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IT Security - Digital Skill Cup 2026

Digital Skills Cup 2026

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Question 1

Which Microsoft solution provides SIEM and SOAR capabilities?

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Azure Advisor

Azure Policy

Question 2

Which Microsoft solution protects on-premises Active Directory from identity-based attacks?

Microsoft Defender for Identity

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Purview

Question 3

Which are examples of applying the principle of least privilege to human service identities?

Assigning broad administrative roles to all IT staff to avoid operational delays, assuming internal trust and audit logs sufficiently mitigate misuse risks

Granting developers permanent write access to production systems to simplify deployment and troubleshooting processes

Allowing developers full production DB admin rights permanently

Granting only the permissions required for tasks and reviewing roles regularly for removal of excess access

Question 4

Which Microsoft service provides SIEM and SOAR capabilities?

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Intune

Microsoft Purview

Question 5

Which of the following statements is correct about the firewall?

It is a device installed at the boundary of a company to prevent unauthorized physical access

It is a device installed at the boundary of an incorporate to protect it against the unauthorized access

It is a kind of wall built to prevent files form damaging the corporate

None of the above

Question 6

What is a “Zero-Day Exploit”?

A vulnerability unknown to the software vendor and without an available patch

A virus that deletes itself after 24 hours

An attack that occurs exactly at midnight

A data compression method

Question 7

Which Microsoft service provides cloud-native SIEM capabilities?

Azure Sentinel

Azure Key Vault

Azure AD

Azure Firewall

Question 8

Which on-prem security control helps prevent unauthorized software execution?

Disk defragmentation

Application whitelisting

DHCP

Load balancing

Question 9

Which flags should protect a session cookie?

httpOnly

secure

readonly

sameSite

Question 10

What does Zero Trust security assume?

Internal networks are trusted

Continuous verification is required

Least privilege access

Perimeter security is sufficient

Question 11

What is the primary function of asymmetric encryption?

Ensure data integrity

Enable passwordless authentication

Use a public key and a private key for encryption and decryption

Reduce the size of transmitted data

Question 12

Which Microsoft 365 feature is used to prevent sensitive information from being shared?

Sensitivity Labels

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Retention Policies

eDiscovery

Question 13

What is a “Man-in-the-Middle Attack”?

A processor design flaw

An attack on the physical middle of a cable

Overloading the central server

When an attacker secretly intercepts or alters communication between two parties

Question 14

In Microsoft Entra ID, which feature helps enforce MFA only when risk is detected (e.g., unfamiliar sign-in, leaked credentials)?

Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

Conditional Access (with risk-based policies)

Access Reviews

Entitlement Management

Question 15

Which Azure service is a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR solution?

Azure Monitor

Microsoft Defender XDR

Microsoft Sentinel

Azure Policy

Question 16

Which AWS service is primarily used to manage user access and permissions for AWS resources?

AWS S3

AWS Lambda

AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)

AWS EC2

Question 17

Which AWS service is specifically designed to help you monitor and manage security and compliance across your AWS infrastructure?

Amazon Soldier

AWS Config

AWS Lambda

Amazon GuardDuty

Question 18

Which combination most effectively improves protection of sensitive data in cloud hosted database?

Enabling encryption at rest and in transit, restricting access via IAM/RBAC and storing credentials in a dedicated secrets management service

Implementing data loss prevention tools without encryption, assuming policy enforcement alone is sufficient to prevent unauthorized disclosure

Relying on strong passwords, frequent credential rotation, and user awareness training without applying cryptographic controls to stored or transmitted data

Using network firewalls and private subnets to isolate sensitive systems while leaving data unencrypted within trusted zones

Question 19

In public key infrastructure (PKI), which factors most directly impact the trustworthiness of a digital certificate?

The strength of the hashing algorithm used in the signature

The certificate authority’s root trust status

The key length of the subject’s public key

The geographic location of the certificate authority

Question 20

Which Azure service provides centralized security posture management and threat protection recommendations across Azure resources?

Azure Policy

Azure Monitor

Azure Advisor

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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