CompTIA SecAI+ (Security Artificial Intelligence Plus) Free Sample Questions

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Covers AI types and data security basics, threat modeling and access controls for AI systems, using AI tools to automate and enhance security tasks, and AI governance, risk and compliance.

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CY0-001 Sample Questions

  1. Question 1

    Intermediate

    Basic AI Concepts Related to Cybersecurity · Compare and contrast various AI types and techniques used in cybersecurity

    A security architect is designing a generative AI solution for a financial institution that requires strict adherence to data freshness and granular access control. The solution must answer employee queries based on internal policy documents that change weekly. Which architectural approach provides the BEST balance of up-to-date information retrieval and document-level security permissions without requiring frequent, expensive model retraining?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) allows the system to fetch the most current data from an external source (vector database) at query time. By integrating Access Control Lists (ACLs) at the retrieval layer, the system ensures users only receive answers based on documents they are authorized to view. Fine-tuning is computationally expensive, introduces latency in knowledge updates, and makes granular access control difficult since knowledge is baked into the model weights.

  2. Question 2

    Intermediate

    Securing AI Systems · Given a scenario, analyze the evidence of an attack and suggest compensating controls

    During a threat modeling session for a new LLM-powered customer service chatbot, the security team identifies a risk where an attacker could manipulate the chat history to trick the model into performing unauthorized actions by simulating a conversation that never happened. This specific vulnerability exploits the model's inability to distinguish between system instructions and user input in the context window. Which attack vector does this describe?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    Prompt Injection occurs when an attacker inputs malicious instructions that the LLM interprets as system commands rather than data, effectively overriding the intended behavior. This exploits the 'context window' where user data and system instructions often coexist.

  3. Question 3

    Beginner

    Securing AI Systems · Given a scenario, analyze the evidence of an attack and suggest compensating controls

    An organization is deploying an AI-driven intrusion detection system (IDS). The CISO is concerned that the model might be compromised during the training phase by an insider who subtly alters the training dataset to make the model ignore specific malicious traffic patterns from a certain IP range. Which type of attack is the CISO describing?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    Data Poisoning involves corrupting the training data to compromise the model's behavior. By injecting specific bad data (backdoors) during training, an attacker can teach the model to misclassify specific inputs (like ignoring traffic from a specific IP) while functioning normally for other inputs.

  4. Question 4

    Advanced

    AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance · Summarize the impact of compliance on business use and development of AI

    A multinational corporation is adopting the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) to govern its deployment of generative AI tools. The governance team is currently defining the policies, processes, and procedures to map, measure, and manage AI risks. Which function of the NIST AI RMF are they primarily executing?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: A

    The GOVERN function in the NIST AI RMF is a cross-cutting function that cultivates and implements a culture of risk management. It involves establishing the policies, processes, and procedures that support the other functions (MAP, MEASURE, MANAGE).

  5. Question 5

    Intermediate

    Basic AI Concepts Related to Cybersecurity · Explain the importance of data security in relation to AI

    An AI engineer is preparing a dataset for a credit scoring model. To comply with privacy regulations and reduce bias, they must ensure that sensitive attributes like 'race' and 'gender' are not directly used, but they also need to ensure the model doesn't infer these attributes from proxies like 'zip code'. Which data processing technique should be applied to assess and mitigate this specific risk before training?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    Fairness-aware data balancing and de-biasing techniques involve analyzing the dataset for correlations between proxy variables (like zip code) and protected attributes. This ensures the model does not learn discriminatory patterns indirectly, addressing both privacy and bias/fairness concerns.

  6. Question 6

    Intermediate

    Securing AI Systems · Given a set of requirements, implement security controls for AI systems

    A security operations center (SOC) is integrating a new AI-assisted tool that uses a Large Language Model (LLM) to summarize security incident logs. To prevent sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from leaking into the public model used by the vendor, which control should be implemented at the 'Gateway' layer of the architecture?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: A

    A Data Masking or Redaction Proxy placed at the gateway layer intercepts outgoing prompts before they reach the external LLM. It identifies and replaces PII (like IP addresses, usernames, emails) with generic tokens or redacted text, ensuring the public model never processes the raw sensitive data.

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