Test your basic knowledge |

Comptia Security +: Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The physical part of a computer - as distinguished from the computer software that executes within the hardware.






2. Public Key Infrastructure






3. Also known as Rijndael - is a block cipher adopted as an encryption standard by the US government. It is expected to be used worldwide and analyzed extensively - as was the case with its predecessor - the Data Encryption Standard (DES). AES was adopt






4. The attacker sends a SYN request to the victims machine and the victim machine allocates resources for that request and sends a SYN/ACK back. The attacking machine doesn't respond however - but instead sends another SYN and continues to do so until t






5. Same as AES Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) - also known as Rijndael - is a block cipher adopted as an encryption standard by the US government. It is expected to be used worldwide and analyzed extensively - as was the case with its predecessor -






6. These cryptographic protocols provide secure communications on the Internet. SSL provides endpoint authentication and communications privacy over the Internet using cryptography. In typical use - only the server is authenticated while the client rema






7. The output of a hash function is a digest.






8. The practice of following someone with a security code or keycard through a security door - generally in workplaces.






9. Federal law with many aspects designed to curb terrorist activities; impacts real estate transactions because of disclosure requirements imposed on escrow agents regarding transfer of title and deposits of cash; imposes new disclosure and signature r






10. A type of hash function used to produce a checksum - which is a small - fixed number of bits - against a block of data. This is used to detect errors after transmission or storage.






11. The process of certifying a system that has been built to ensure that it meets the security standards that you have said you will use.






12. Trusted Computing Base. Comprised of the hardware - software - and firmware of the system.






13. Relating to quality or kind. This assigns a level of importance to something.






14. A number of computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems that together provide a system for developing and deploying cross-platform applications. Java is used in a wide variety of computing platforms spanning from embedded devi






15. CISSPs subscribe to a code of ethics for building up the security profession






16. Packet sniffers (also known as Network Analyzers or Ethernet Sniffers) are software programs that can see the traffic passing over a network or part of a network. As data streams travel back and forth over the network - the program captures each pack






17. The practice of obtaining confidential information by manipulation of legitimate users.






18. Motive - Opportunity - and Means. These deal with crime.






19. Jumping into dumpsters to retrieve information about someone/something/a company






20. A component in the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) protocol stack. It sits between the WTP and WDP layers in the WAP communications stack.






21. 0 = striping without parity 1 = mirroring 3 = striping with parity (parity on single drive) 5 = striping with parity (parity striped across all drives)






22. Refers to any of the various programs by which a computer controls aspects of its operations - such as those for translating data from one form to another - as contrasted with hardware - which is the physical equipment comprising the installation.






23. The key that is used to encrypt a file or message is the same key that is used to decrypt the file or message






24. If an employee is suspected of wrongdoing - sending them away from work for a while so that their actions can be audited.






25. They all deal with objects or identifiers that are used during authentication. They provide information that will allow the authentication to happen. There are many types.






26. This deals with differences between plaintext password storage and transmission - versus encrypted password storage and transmission.






27. A network that uses proprietary protocols






28. a.k.a. The Chinese wall. Nash Bridges - Bridge wall - Chinese wall. Dynamically changes access control to prevent unauthorized access.






29. Once authenticated - the level of access you have to a system






30. A site that is ready physically but has no hardware in place - all it has is HVAC






31. Access control method for database based on the content of the database to provide granular access






32. In computer networking - this is the method for finding a host's hardware address when only its IP address is known. Due to the overwhelming prevalence of IPv4 and ethernet - ARP is primarily used to translate ethernet MAC addresses from IP addresses






33. Chief Information Officer






34. In computing - the Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol authenticates a user to an Internet access provider. CHAP provides protection against playback attack by the peer through the use of an incrementally changing identifier and of a variable






35. A legal term used to describe an out-of-court statement offered to establish the truth of the facts asserted in that statement. Hearsay is generally not admissible in common law courts because it is of dubious value - but there are many exceptions to






36. A type of circuit switched telephone network system - designed to allow digital transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires - resulting in better quality and higher speeds than available with analog systems.






37. An organization that got their fame from telling the Senate Judiciary Committee that they could bring down the Internet in 30 minutes. Black hat....






38. A network that uses standard protocols (TCP/IP)






39. Accepting all packets






40. Transferring your risk to someone else - typically an insurance company






41. The apparent simultaneous performance of two or more tasks by a computer's central processing unit.






42. A denial-of-service attack is an attack on a computer system or network that causes a loss of service to users - typically the loss of network connectivity and services by consuming the bandwidth of the victim network or overloading the computational






43. Communications that don't take the natural course of email (when you don't want eavesdropping to happen)






44. A chipset that was developed and promoted by the U.S. Government as an encryption device to be adopted by telecommunications companies for voice transmission.






45. A unit that will detect motion for the purpose of setting of the alarms to alert for unauthorized access.






46. Confidentiality - Integrity - and Availability






47. Chief Executive Officer






48. The amount of users that the system can process in a given amount of time. A typical acceptable amount is 10/minute






49. A set of rules applied by many transit networks which restrict the ways in which the network may be used.






50. Any authentication protocol that requires two independent ways to establish identity and privileges. This contrasts with traditional password authentication - which requires only one factor (knowledge of a password) in order to gain access to a syste