ISC Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) - CC Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
Which type of application can intercept sensitive information such as passwords on a network segment?

A. Network scanner B. Protocol analyzer C. Log server D. Firewall

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 2
When the ISC2 mail server sends mail to other mail servers, it becomes a -?

A. SMTP Server B. SMTP Client C. SMTP Master D. SMTP Peer

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 3
The practice of sending fraudulent communications that appear to come from a reputable source is known as:

A. Virus B. Phishing C. Spoofing D. DoS

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 4
A collection of actions that must be followed to complete a task or process in accordance with a set of rules is known as:

A. Procedure B. Law C. Policy D. Standard

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 5
Why is the recovery of IT often crucial to the recovery and sustainment of business operations?

A. IT can be easily recovered without impact B. Many businesses rely heavily on IT for operations C. IT is not important to business operations D. IT is often the cause of disasters

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 6
A security event in which an intruder gains or attempts unauthorized access to a system is called:

A. Exploit B. Attack C. Threat D. Intrusion

Correct Answer: D

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QUESTION NO: 7
What is remanence?

A. All B. Files or pieces of files get scattered throughout your disks C. Data corruption due to disk failure D. The ability of retaining magnetization in a storage disk after deletion

Correct Answer: D

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QUESTION NO: 8
Which prevents threats?

A. HIDS B. Antivirus C. IDS D. SIEM

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 9
A newly enforced BYOD policy represents which control type?

A. Physical control B. Technical control C. Logical control D. Administrative control

Correct Answer: D

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QUESTION NO: 10
Which authentication enables automatic identification across multiple service providers?

A. Federated B. Token-based C. Kerberos D. Basic

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 11
VLAN hopping belongs to which OSI layer?

A. Layer 7 B. Layer 3 C. Layer 4 D. Layer 2

Correct Answer: D

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QUESTION NO: 12
The DevOps team has updated the application source code. Tom discovered that many unauthorized changes have been made. What is the BEST control Tom can implement to prevent a recurrence of this problem?

A. File labels B. Security audit C. Hashing D. Backup

Correct Answer: C

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