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Information Security

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes the site






2. Fingerprints and patterns






3. The X.500 standard defines a protocol for a client application to access an X.500 directory called ____.






4. A list of statements used by a router to permit or deny the forwarding of traffic on a network based on one or more criteria.






5. There are almost ____ different Microsoft Windows file extensions that could contain a virus.






6. A standard that provides a predefined framework for hardware and software developers who need to implement access control in their devices or applications.






7. A system of security tools that is used to recognize and identify data that is critical to the organization and ensure that it is protected.






8. Malicious or accidental threats by employees. (ex. door to secure building left propped open.)






9. A method for confirming users' identities






10. Below 40% or above 50%






11. A set of permissions that are attached to an object.






12. In a ____ infection - a virus injects itself into the program's executable code instead of at the end of the file.






13. The perimeter of a protected - internal network where users - both authorized and unauthorized - from external networks can attempt to access it. Firewalls and IDS/IPS systems are typically placed in the DMZ.






14. It is able to code and decode data






15. A security analysis of the transaction within its approved context.






16. People very knowledgeable about computers who use their knowledge to invade other people's computers






17. Windows Live ID was originally designed as a ____ system that would be used by a wide variety of Web servers.






18. Can also capture transmissions that contain passwords.






19. Lock - conduit - card key - video equipment - secured guard






20. In the context of SSL encryption - a message issued from the client to the server that contains information about what level of security the client's browser is capable of accepting and what type of encryption the client's browser can decipher (for e






21. The process of giving someone permission to do or have something






22. A user accessing a computer system must present credentials or ____ when logging on to the system.






23. Tools used to configure ________: WEP - WPA - MAC address filtering - SSID broadcasting - wireless antennae






24. A user under Role Based Access Control can be assigned only one ____.






25. Email attack that targets only specific users and has familiar information in it - making it more tempting to click the links in the message.






26. Holds the promise of reducing the number of usernames and passwords that users must memorize.






27. An attack that accesses unauthorized information from a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection - often between cell phones and laptop computers.






28. A ____ virus infects the Master Boot Record of a hard disk drive.






29. In a ____ attack - attackers can attackers use hundreds or thousands of computers in an attack against a single computer or network.






30. Has limited technical knowledge and is motivated by a desire to gain and display technical skills.






31. Form of phishing that targets wealthy individuals.






32. Sending extremely critcal - derogatory - and oftern vulgar email messages or newsgroup postings to other user on the internet or online services






33. A ____ is a set of software tools used by an attacker to hide the actions or presence of other types of malicious software - such as Trojans - viruses - or worms.






34. How often you perform your backups (cost-benefit analysis of backing up)






35. If a user typically accesses his bank's Web site from his home computer on nights and weekends - then this information can be used to establish a ____ of typical access.






36. Sending high volumes of ICMP (usually ping) packets to a target.






37. Requires mutual authentication used for WLAN encryption using Cisco client software.






38. Securing a restricted area by erecting a barrier is called ____.






39. A technology that can help to evenly distribute work across a network.






40. To create a rainbow table - each ____ begins with an initial password that is encrypted.






41. When DNS servers exchange information among themselves it is known as a ____.






42. Viruses and worms are said to be self-____.






43. An attack where the goal is to extract personal - financial or confidential information from the victim by using services such as the telephone or VOIP.






44. How secure the data in your backups is-can use physical security or encryption






45. A ____ virus is loaded into random access memory (RAM) each time the computer is turned on and infects files that are opened by the user or the operating system.






46. A form of filtering that blocks only sites specified as harmful.






47. Peering over the shoulder of someone to see the contents on that person's computer or cell phone screen.






48. A framework for transporting authentication protocols instead of the authentication protocol itself.






49. Magnetic tape drives - hard drives - optical media (CD or DVD) - solid-state media (flash drives or SD)






50. A group of piconets in which connections exist between different piconets is called a ____.