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HCIA-Security is Huawei's associate-level security certification for engineers who need basic configuration and maintenance skills for information security solutions in small and medium enterprises. Huawei forum materials for the V4.0 version reference firewall hot-standby topics and related security configuration training. Passing the exam demonstrates foundational security knowledge suitable for junior security and network operations roles.

Exam Topics

  • Network security concepts and specifications5%
  • Network basics10%
  • Common network security threats and threat prevention5%
  • Firewall security policy10%
  • Firewall NAT technologies10%
  • Firewall hot standby technologies10%
  • Firewall user management technologies10%
  • Firewall intrusion prevention technologies10%
  • Fundamentals of encryption technologies10%
  • PKI certificate system5%
  • Encryption technology applications15%

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QuestionQ1

Network basics

Which of the following addresses is the destination address for VRRP packets?

  • A 224.0.0.20
  • B 224.0.0.22
  • C 224.0.0.19
  • D 224.0.0.18
Explanation

VRRP advertisements use the IPv4 multicast destination address 224.0.0.18, as specified for VRRP.

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QuestionQ2

Firewall security policy

Which statement is correct regarding the default zones on Huawei firewalls?

  • A Default security zones can be deleted.
  • B The level of a default security zone can be customized.
  • C Four default security zones are available.
  • D Default security zones cannot be deleted, but their security level can be modified.
Explanation

Huawei firewalls include four default security zones—Local, Trust, DMZ, and Untrust. These predefined zones and their security priorities cannot be deleted or reconfigured.

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QuestionQ3

Firewall user management technologies

Which of the following actions may a firewall authentication policy take on matching data flows?

Choose three
  • A Non-authentication
  • B Server authentication
  • C Authentication exemption
  • D SMS authentication
Explanation

Firewall authentication policies can apply non-authentication, authentication exemption, or SMS authentication to matching data flows. Server authentication is an authentication mechanism used to validate credentials, not a policy action for a matched flow. Huawei documentation identifies none as no authentication and exempt-auth as authentication exemption.

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QuestionQ4

Network basics

Which of the following statements about gratuitous ARP are correct?

Choose three
  • A Gratuitous ARP packets belong to ARP response packets.
  • B Gratuitous ARP packets belong to ARP request packets.
  • C Attackers can use forged gratuitous ARP packets to launch man-in-the-middle attacks.
  • D Gratuitous ARP packets can be sent to check for IP address conflicts.
Explanation

Gratuitous ARP is typically a broadcast ARP request used to announce or validate a host’s own IP-to-MAC mapping. It can help detect IP address conflicts, and forged gratuitous ARP messages can poison ARP caches to redirect traffic in a man-in-the-middle attack.

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QuestionQ5

Firewall security policy

Security policies inspect data flows that traverse firewalls. Only data flows that match the security policies are permitted to pass.

  • A TRUE
  • B FALSE
Explanation

Firewall policy matching selects the action defined by the policy. Traffic is permitted only when the matching policy has an accept action; traffic matching a deny policy, or no policy, is not allowed to proceed.

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