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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. The most restrictive access control model is ____.






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






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






5. A firewall capable of monitoring a data stream from end to end.






6. The process of verifying that your backups actually work






7. A device that is around the same size as a credit card - containing embedded technologies that can store information and small amounts of software to perform some limited processing






8. A ____ does not serve clients - but instead routes incoming requests to the correct server.






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






10. A feature of Windows that is intended to provide users with control of their digital identities while helping them to manage privacy.






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






12. Can use fingerprints or other unique characteristics of a person's face - hands - or eyes (irises and retinas) to authenticate a user.






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






14. Below 70 degrees or above 75 degrees






15. 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.






16. Software that can guess passwords






17. The signal from an ID badge is detected as the owner moves near a ____ - which receives the signal.






18. Can create entries in a log for all queries that are received.






19. Due to the limitations of online guessing - most password attacks today use ____.






20. 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.






21. Attack computer systems by transmitting a virus hoax - with a real virus attached. By masking the attack in a seemingly legitimate message - unsuspecting users more readily distribute the message and send the attack on to their co-workers and friends






22. 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 ____.






23. ____ is a software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user.






24. Using one's social skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other information valuable to the attacker. <dumpster diving - or looking through people's trash - etc>






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






26. This attack is where every possible combination of letters - numbers - and characters is used to create encrypted passwords.






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






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






29. Pretending to be another person.






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






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






32. If a password is communicated across a network to log on to a remote system - it is vulnerable to ______.






33. 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.






34. Business ____ theft involves stealing proprietary business information such as research for a new drug or a list of customers that competitors are eager to acquire.






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






36. Hurricanes - tornadoes - flooding and earthquakes are all examples of this.






37. The ____ model is the least restrictive.






38. A ____ encrypts all data that is transmitted between the remote device and the network.






39. Hides inside other software - usually as an attachment or a downloadable file






40. A private key and public key






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






42. 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.






43. The Chinese government uses _____ to prevent Internet content that it considers unfavorable from reaching its citizenry.






44. Hardware and/or software that guards a private network by analyzing the information leaving and entering the network






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






46. Small electronic devices that change user passwords automatically






47. 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.






48. Ensures that messages are not corrupt or tampered with






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






50. A database - organized as a hierarchy or tree - of the name of each site on the Internet and its corresponding IP number.