Which of the following is an example of a false positive?

Joe a company’s new security specialist is assigned a role to conduct monthly vulnerability scans
across the network. He notices that the scanner is returning a large amount of false positives or
failed audits. Which of the following should Joe recommend to remediate these issues?

The Quality Assurance team is testing a new third party developed application. The Quality team
does not have any experience with the application. Which of the following is the team performing?

A process in which the functionality of an application is tested without any knowledge of the
internal mechanisms of the application is known as:

The security consultant is assigned to test a client’s new software for security, after logs show
targeted attacks from the Internet. To determine the weaknesses, the consultant has no access to
the application program interfaces, code, or data structures. This is an example of which of the
following types of testing?

Matt, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), tells the network administrator that a security
company has been hired to perform a penetration test against his network. The security company
asks Matt which type of testing would be most beneficial for him. Which of the following BEST
describes what the security company might do during a black box test?

A quality assurance analyst is reviewing a new software product for security, and has complete
access to the code and data structures used by the developers. This is an example of which of the
following types of testing?

Pete, a developer, writes an application. Jane, the security analyst, knows some things about the
overall application but does not have all the details. Jane needs to review the software before it is
released to production. Which of the following reviews should Jane conduct?

An IT auditor tests an application as an authenticated user. This is an example of which of the
following types of testing?

A software development company has hired a programmer to develop a plug-in module to an
existing proprietary application. After completing the module, the developer needs to test the entire
application to ensure that the module did not introduce new vulnerabilities. Which of the following
is the developer performing when testing the application?