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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. Set of rules that allow or deny traffic






2. Users who access a Web server are usually restricted to the ____ directory.






3. ____ IP addresses are IP addresses that are not assigned to any specific user or organization.






4. An attacker slips through a secure area following a legitimate employee.






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






6. An attacker motivated by the ideology to attack computer or infrastructure networks.






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






8. These attacks may allow an attacker to construct LDAP statements based on user input statements.






9. A variety of threats such as viruses - worms - and Trojan horses






10. A password-protected and encrypted file that holds an individual's identification information - including a public key and a private key. The individual's public key is used to verify the sender's digital signature - and the private key allows the in






11. An operating system that has been reengineered so that it is designed to be secure from the ground up is known as a ____.






12. ____ uses "speckling" and different colors so that no two spam e-mails appear to be the same.






13. The protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization






14. Four interrelated aspects to _________:Access - data - infrastructure - computers






15. Allows a single access point to service different types of users.






16. When a device receives a beacon frame from an AP - the device then sends a frame known as a ____ frame to the AP.






17. A user or a process functioning on behalf of the user that attempts to access an object is known as the ____.






18. Could become a key element in authentication in the future.






19. Terms that can refer to the online enticement of children; rude or threatening messages; slanderous information; or repeated - unwanted messages






20. An independently rotating large cups affixed to the top of a fence prevent the hands of intruders from gripping the top of a fence to climb over it.






21. 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.






22. Sending or posting harmful or cruel text or images using the internet or other digital communication devices.






23. An attack that sends unsolicited messages to Bluetooth-enabled devices.






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






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






26. Wants to cause as much damage as possible - without a particular target or goal.






27. When organizations use software that filters content to prevent the transmission of unauthorized information






28. A ____ means that the application or service assigned to that port is listening for any instructions.






29. A random string of text issued from one computer to another in some forms of authentication. It is used - along with the password (or other credential) - in a response to verify the computer's credentials.






30. A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft - usually by means of fraudulent e-mail






31. Scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt the information






32. Floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes the site






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






34. Hacker who exposes vulnerabilities for financial gain or malicious purpose.






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






36. 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






37. Software written with malicious intent to cause annoyance or damage - need to attach to something (such as an executable file)






38. The breadth of your back-up (what types of files you will back up-media - documents - OS - etc)






39. It is able to code and decode data






40. Keeps a record of the state of a connection between an internal computer and an external device and then makes decisions based on the connection as well as the conditions.






41. A ____ is a computer program or a part of a program that lies dormant until it is triggered by a specific logical event.






42. Software that comes hidden in free downloadable software and tracks online movements - mines the information stored on a computer - or uses a computer's CPU and storage for some task the user knows nothing about - can cause extremely slow performance






43. An attacker redirects an IP address to the MAC address of a computer that is not the intended recipient.






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






45. The act of driving while running a laptop configured to detect and capture wireless data transmissions.






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






47. Using a single authentication credential that is shared across multiple networks.






48. The most common protocol suite used today for local area networks (LANs) as well as the Internet is ____.






49. A type of virus that spreads itself - not only from file to file - but also from computer to computer - do not need to attach to anything to spread and can tunnel themselves into computers.






50. During RADIUS authentication the AP - serving as the authenticator that will accept or reject the wireless device - creates a data packet from this information called the ____.