CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests, 2nd Edition

AppendixAnswers and Explanations

Chapter 1:  Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities

1. C.  The correct answer is spear phishing. Spear phishing is targeted to a specific group, in this case insurance professionals. Although this is a form of phishing, the more specific answer is the one you will need to choose on questions like this. Phishing uses social engineering techniques to succeed but is once again a broader answer than spear phishing and thus is not the correct choice. Finally, a Trojan horse pretends to be a legitimate or desirable program or file, which this scenario doesn’t describe.
2. B.  A logic bomb is malware that performs its malicious activity when some condition is met. A worm is malware that self-propagates. A Trojan horse ...