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Information Security
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ____ model is the least restrictive.
Role Based Access Control
Stateful packet filtering
Protocol analyzer
DAC
2. When organizations use software that filters content to prevent the transmission of unauthorized information
Electronic Activist (hacktivist)
Association request
Content filtering
Bluesnarfing
3. A security analysis of the transaction within its approved context.
Content inspection
Client_Hello
Backup frequency
Logic Bomb
4. Typically used on home routers that allow multiple users to share one IP address received from an Internet service provider (ISP).
PAT
ARP Poisoning
Phishing
Eavesdropping Attack
5. A technology that can help to evenly distribute work across a network.
Extreme temperatures
Session hijacking
Load balancing
Hacker
6. 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
RADIUS
Digital Certificate
Mandatory Access Control
Cognitive biometrics
7. Software attack using special monitoring software to gain access to private communications on the network wire or across a wireless network. (aka sniffing attack)
Eavesdropping Attack
Rootkit
Roller barrier
Extreme temperatures
8. An attack that intercepts legitimate communication between two victims and captures - analyzes and possibly alters the data packets before sending a fake reply.
Wireless VLANs
Man-in-the-Middle Attack
CCTV
Root
9. A threat to networked hosts in which the host is flooded with broadcast ping messages. A _____ _____ is a type of denial-of-service attack.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
EAP
Spear Phishing
Smurf Attack
10. ____ can be prewired for electrical power as well as wired network connections.
Speech recognition
Boot
Locking Cabinets
DNS Hijacking
11. Altering the contents of packets as they travel over the Internet or altering data on computer disks after penetrating a network. For example - an attacker might place a tap on a network line to intercept packets as they leave the computer. The attac
Spyware
Cloud computing
Hoaxes
Packet tampering
12. The geographical storage of your backups-safest place is a different place from where you keep your actual data
Role
What is asymmetic encryption?
BioMetric devices
Distributed storage
13. A means of managing and presenting computer resources by function without regard to their physical layout or location.
Worm
Security
Virtualization
Bluesnarfing
14. Fire - extreme weather - flooding - extreme temperatures - extreme humidity.
NAT
Trusted OS
CCTV
Environmental Threat
15. 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.
Tailgate sensors
Stateful packet filtering
LDAP injection
Impersonation
16. Securing a restricted area by erecting a barrier is called ____.
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Trusted OS
CardSpace
Fencing
17. The signal from an ID badge is detected as the owner moves near a ____ - which receives the signal.
Internal Threat
What is asymmetic encryption?
Proximity reader
Spear Phishing
18. Use multiple infrared beams that are aimed across a doorway and positioned so that as a person walks through the doorway some beams are activated.
Natural Threat
Tailgate sensors
Encryption
Proximity reader
19. 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.
Blacklisting Software
Shoulder Surfing
Biometrics
Vishing
20. A commonly used technique by pornography sites where a user gets "locked" in a web site.
Web security gateway
EAP
Mouse Trapping
Orphaned
21. Broadcast storms can be prevented with ____.
Geometric variance
Standard biometrics
Resident
Loop Protection
22. Can use fingerprints or other unique characteristics of a person's face - hands - or eyes (irises and retinas) to authenticate a user.
ICMP Flood
NAT
Insiders
Standard biometrics
23. ____ are a loose-knit network of attackers - identity thieves - and financial fraudsters.
Cybercriminals
Whaling
Electronic Vandal
Reverse proxy
24. Using a single authentication credential that is shared across multiple networks.
Identity management
Biometrics
Electronic Vandal
UDP Flood
25. An attack that sends unsolicited messages to Bluetooth-enabled devices.
Dwell Time
Cipher locks
Bluejacking
Fencing
26. Software written with malicious intent to cause annoyance or damage - need to attach to something (such as an executable file)
Digital Certificate
Virus
Malicious Insiders
Sniffer
27. 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.
Worm
MPack
IEEE 802.1x
Packet tampering
28. Allows a single access point to service different types of users.
Wireless VLANs
Denial of service attack
Packet tampering
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29. An authentication protocol that operates over PPP and that requires the authenticator to take the first step by offering the other computer a challenge. The requestor responds by combining the challenge with its password - encrypting the new string o
Adware
Subject
CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)
Three-Way Handshake
30. Requires that if the fraudulent application of a process could potentially result in a breach of security - then the process should be divided between two or more individuals.
Cloud computing
Separation of duties
Extreme temperatures
UDP Flood
31. When a device receives a beacon frame from an AP - the device then sends a frame known as a ____ frame to the AP.
Private
Backup frequency
Association request
Social engineering
32. A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft - usually by means of fraudulent e-mail
SYN Flood
Role Based Access Control
Mouse Trapping
Phishing
33. ____ is an image spam that is divided into multiple images.
Impersonation
Firewalls
Boot
GIF Layering
34. An attempt to discover an encryption key or password by trying numerous possible character combinations. usually - a brute force attack is performed rapidly by a program designed for that purpose.
Brute Force Attack
Environmental Threat
Adware
Rainbow Tables
35. Type of software attack where an attacker captures network traffic and stores it for retransmission at a later time to gain unauthorized access to a network.
Floor Guard
Bluesnarfing
Replay Attack
War Driving
36. Using video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific and limited set of receivers is called ____.
Subject
CCTV
Sniffer
Authentication
37. Has limited technical knowledge and is motivated by a desire to gain and display technical skills.
Character
DAC
Rainbow Tables
Script Kiddie
38. A security attack in which an internet user sends commands to another internet user's machine that cause the screen to fill with garbage characters. A flashing attack causes the user to terminate her session.
Cipher locks
Flashing
DNS
Speech recognition
39. These accounts are user accounts that remain active after an employee has left an organization.
Zone transfer
Kerberos
Chain
Orphaned
40. A pay-per-use computing model in which customers pay only for the computing resources they need.
IEEE 802.1x
Identity management
Stateless Firewall
Cloud computing
41. 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.
Operation
DLP
Cyber Theft
Role
42. The identification of a user based on a physical characteristic - such as a fingerprint - iris - face - voice - or handwriting
Biometrics
Internal Threat
Social engineering
DNS
43. These attacks may allow an attacker to construct LDAP statements based on user input statements.
Router
LDAP injection
Zone transfer
Password Crackers
44. Wants to cause as much damage as possible - without a particular target or goal.
Information security
MPack
Fake Antivirus
Electronic Vandal
45. A feature of Windows that is intended to provide users with control of their digital identities while helping them to manage privacy.
Access Control
White Hat
CardSpace
Offline cracking
46. 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.
Roller barrier
Impersonation
LEAP
Electronic eavesdropping
47. ____ uses "speckling" and different colors so that no two spam e-mails appear to be the same.
Load balancing
Cyberstalking/Harassment
Word Splitting
Geometric variance
48. Sending high volumes of UDP requests to a target.
ACL (Access Control List)
Load balancing
Flaming
UDP Flood
49. The act of driving while running a laptop configured to detect and capture wireless data transmissions.
War Driving
Subject
Clickjacking
BioMetric devices
50. 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.
NAT
Challenge
Stateless Firewall
Clickjacking