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Cisco IT Essentials

Subjects : cisco, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 23 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is packet filtering?






2. What is a full backup?






3. What products can be used to protect network devices?






4. What is the command in a batch file to do a backup?






5. What is a software firewall?






6. What questions should you ask to determine security factors?






7. Where should network equipment be housed?






8. What does SSID do?


9. What is a zombie?


10. What is phishing protection software?


11. What is two factor security?






12. What are two common security errors?






13. What are file level permissions?






14. Which wireles tool uses a 64-bit or 128-bit incryption key?






15. What does a firewall do?






16. Most popular hashing algorithms?






17. What is malicious software installed on a computer with the knowledge or permission of the user?






18. How can you protect your data?






19. What is hash encoding?






20. What is an incremental backup?






21. When is VPN (virtual private network) used?






22. What are biometric devices?






23. What folder level permissions are available?