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Cisco IT Essentials

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Answer 23 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is a full backup?
SHA+MD5
Incorrect permissions and incorrect configuration of the wireless utility
An application that filters data packets - uses resources of the pcm potentially slowing it
A backup that archives all selected files regardless of if they have changed since the last backup.

2. What is the command in a batch file to do a backup?
NT Backup
Software firewall - IDs - App and OS patches
With devices to authenticate users asking for access
An application that filters data packets - uses resources of the pcm potentially slowing it

3. Which wireles tool uses a 64-bit or 128-bit incryption key?
At home or business - full-time internet access - laptop or desktop?
Broadcasts the networks name - can be turned off to make network 'disappear'
WEP
Incorrect permissions and incorrect configuration of the wireless utility

4. What is a software firewall?
SHA+MD5
Read - write - read and execute - modify - full control
A backup that archives all files that have changed since the last backup
An application that filters data packets - uses resources of the pcm potentially slowing it

5. What is packet filtering?
Physical+Data security
Set of rules that denies packets that dont meet a certain criteria
Malware
In a locked secure room

6. What is an incremental backup?
An application that filters data packets - uses resources of the pcm potentially slowing it
Broadcasts the networks name - can be turned off to make network 'disappear'
A backup that archives all files that have changed since the last backup
SHA+MD5

7. What are two common security errors?
With devices to authenticate users asking for access
SHA+MD5
Incorrect permissions and incorrect configuration of the wireless utility
At home or business - full-time internet access - laptop or desktop?

8. What products can be used to protect network devices?
Malware
Software firewall - IDs - App and OS patches
Software that protects and blocks against the IP's of known phishing sites
A backup that archives all selected files regardless of if they have changed since the last backup.

9. Most popular hashing algorithms?
Read - write - read and execute - modify - full control
SHA+MD5
NT Backup
Software that protects and blocks against the IP's of known phishing sites

10. What is malicious software installed on a computer with the knowledge or permission of the user?
Incorrect permissions and incorrect configuration of the wireless utility
At home or business - full-time internet access - laptop or desktop?
Malware
With devices to authenticate users asking for access

11. What does SSID do?

12. Where should network equipment be housed?
With devices to authenticate users asking for access
In a locked secure room
NT Backup
On a secure tunnel over an unsecure network

13. What is a zombie?

14. What questions should you ask to determine security factors?
Actively stops computers from accessing the PC
NT Backup
A backup that archives all selected files regardless of if they have changed since the last backup.
At home or business - full-time internet access - laptop or desktop?

15. What is hash encoding?
Devices that detect valid users with their physical characteristics.
Ensures messages are not corrupted or tampered with
In a locked secure room
Actively stops computers from accessing the PC

16. What does a firewall do?
Actively stops computers from accessing the PC
Set of rules that denies packets that dont meet a certain criteria
On a secure tunnel over an unsecure network
Software firewall - IDs - App and OS patches

17. How can you protect your data?
On a secure tunnel over an unsecure network
Software that protects and blocks against the IP's of known phishing sites
A PC that was taken over by malware - and now sends SPAM email to other pc's unknown to the user.
With devices to authenticate users asking for access

18. When is VPN (virtual private network) used?
Malware
Broadcasts the networks name - can be turned off to make network 'disappear'
On a secure tunnel over an unsecure network
An application that filters data packets - uses resources of the pcm potentially slowing it

19. What are file level permissions?
At home or business - full-time internet access - laptop or desktop?
Read - write - read and execute - modify - full control
Malware
On a secure tunnel over an unsecure network

20. What is phishing protection software?

21. What are biometric devices?
On a secure tunnel over an unsecure network
Devices that detect valid users with their physical characteristics.
WEP
Broadcasts the networks name - can be turned off to make network 'disappear'

22. What is two factor security?
A backup that archives all selected files regardless of if they have changed since the last backup.
Incorrect permissions and incorrect configuration of the wireless utility
Software firewall - IDs - App and OS patches
Physical+Data security

23. What folder level permissions are available?
Read - write - list folder contents - read and execute - modify
Devices that detect valid users with their physical characteristics.
A PC that was taken over by malware - and now sends SPAM email to other pc's unknown to the user.
A backup that archives all selected files regardless of if they have changed since the last backup.