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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 an incremental backup?






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






3. What is two factor security?






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






5. What are file level permissions?






6. What folder level permissions are available?






7. What is phishing protection software?


8. What does SSID do?


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






10. Where should network equipment be housed?






11. What is packet filtering?






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






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






14. What is hash encoding?






15. What is a zombie?


16. What is a software firewall?






17. Most popular hashing algorithms?






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






19. How can you protect your data?






20. What are two common security errors?






21. What is a full backup?






22. What does a firewall do?






23. What are biometric devices?