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Information Security
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The most popular attack toolkit - which has almost half of the attacker toolkit market is ____.
computer footprint
SYN Flood
MPack
Ciphertext
2. Fingerprints and patterns
Backup scope
BioMetric devices
Role Based Access Control
Speech recognition
3. Sending extremely critcal - derogatory - and oftern vulgar email messages or newsgroup postings to other user on the internet or online services
Port Scanner
Denial of service attack
Packet filtering
Flaming
4. Using video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific and limited set of receivers is called ____.
DAC
CCTV
Shoulder Surfing
EAP
5. An AP that is set up by an attacker.
Rule Based Access Control
ACL
Evil Twin
Open Port
6. 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
Hoaxes
Content inspection
External Threat
Boot
7. Provides a greater degree of security by implementing port-based authentication.
Cyberbullying
Eavesdropping Attack
Firewall logs
IEEE 802.1x
8. Requires mutual authentication used for WLAN encryption using Cisco client software.
Cyberbullying
Loop Protection
LEAP
Packet filtering
9. An attacker slips through a secure area following a legitimate employee.
Tailgating
computer footprint
Challenge
Replicating
10. Can be used to determine whether new IP addresses are attempting to probe the network.
Firewall logs
Hybird
Brute Force Attack
PAT
11. The process of verifying that your backups actually work
Tailgating
Identity management
Testing
Session hijacking
12. The identification of a user based on a physical characteristic - such as a fingerprint - iris - face - voice - or handwriting
Biometrics
Bluejacking
Smurf Attack
Trusted OS
13. Floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes the site
Extreme temperatures
Brute Force Attack
Geometric variance
Denial of service attack
14. A framework for transporting authentication protocols instead of the authentication protocol itself.
Replay
EAP
Shoulder Surfing
Clickjacking
15. Small electronic devices that change user passwords automatically
Extreme temperatures
Token
Web security gateway
Stateful packet filtering
16. Software that searches a server - switch - router - or other device for open ports - which can be vulnerable to attack.
Extreme Humidity
PAT
Biometrics
Port Scanner
17. Allows a single access point to service different types of users.
Wireless VLANs
Environmental Threat
DAC
Access Control
18. A program that is automatically downloaded to your computer without your consent or even your knowledge.
Drive-by Download
Loop Protection
Rainbow Tables
TCP/IP
19. The ____ attack will slightly alter dictionary words by adding numbers to the end of the password - spelling words backward - slightly misspelling words - or including special characters such as @ - $ - ! - or %.
Account expiration
Swiss Cheese
Hybird
Cyberbullying
20. 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
Environmental Threat
Testing
Electronic eavesdropping
CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)
21. 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.
Security
Packet filtering
DAC
computer footprint
22. 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.
Trojan-horse virus
Authentication
Bluesnarfing
Flashing
23. A secret combination of letters - numbers - and/or characters that only the user should know.
Tailgating
ACL (Access Control List)
Symmetric encryption
Password
24. A set of permissions that are attached to an object.
Brute Force Attack
LDAP injection
Smurf Attack
ACL
25. A security analysis of the transaction within its approved context.
Content inspection
Drive-by Download
Content-Filtering Firewall
Cybercriminals
26. It accepts spoken words for input as if they had been typed on the keyboard.
Speech recognition
Role Based Access Control
Brute Force
Natural Threat
27. A ____ does not serve clients - but instead routes incoming requests to the correct server.
Symmetric encryption
Reverse proxy
Stateless Firewall
Client_Hello
28. Tools used to configure ________: WEP - WPA - MAC address filtering - SSID broadcasting - wireless antennae
Bluesnarfing
CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)
Wireless security
War Driving
29. ____ can be prewired for electrical power as well as wired network connections.
Blacklisting Software
White Hat
Locking Cabinets
Digital Certificate
30. Due to the limitations of online guessing - most password attacks today use ____.
OAuth
Firewalls
Offline cracking
Virtualization
31. Software that can guess passwords
Password Crackers
LDAP injection
Testing
Firewall logs
32. When organizations use software that filters content to prevent the transmission of unauthorized information
Mouse Trapping
Content filtering
Media for backups
Association request
33. A means of managing and presenting computer resources by function without regard to their physical layout or location.
Virtualization
DNS Hijacking
UDP Flood
Password Crackers
34. ____ involves horizontally separating words - although it is still readable by the human eye.
Mandatory Access Control
Tailgating
Word Splitting
Sniffer
35. Magnetic tape drives - hard drives - optical media (CD or DVD) - solid-state media (flash drives or SD)
Subject
Spyware
Media for backups
ICMP Flood
36. An attack that sends unsolicited messages to Bluetooth-enabled devices.
Hybird
Bluejacking
UDP Flood
Offline cracking
37. A ____ is designed to separate a nonsecured area from a secured area.
Loop Protection
Backup frequency
SSO
Mantrap
38. A user or a process functioning on behalf of the user that attempts to access an object is known as the ____.
DAP
Buffer Overflow
Fake Antivirus
Subject
39. Wants to cause as much damage as possible - without a particular target or goal.
Logic Bomb
Honeynet
Electronic Vandal
UDP Flood
40. 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.
ICMP Flood
Rootkit
Bluesnarfing
Replay Attack
41. The geographical storage of your backups-safest place is a different place from where you keep your actual data
Distributed
NAT
Distributed storage
Vishing
42. An attacker motivated by the ideology to attack computer or infrastructure networks.
Subject
Packet tampering
Cyberterrorist
Cloud computing
43. 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
Digital Certificate
Spoofing
Geometric variance
Encryption
44. A standard that provides a predefined framework for hardware and software developers who need to implement access control in their devices or applications.
Hacker
Access Control
Loop Protection
OAuth
45. Has limited technical knowledge and is motivated by a desire to gain and display technical skills.
SSO
Operation
Amart card
Script Kiddie
46. Content filtering - encryption - firewalls
Fencing
Cognitive biometrics
DAC
Prevention and detection
47. Viruses and worms are said to be self-____.
ACL (Access Control List)
Replicating
Spimming
Encryption
48. ____ is an attack in which an attacker attempts to impersonate the user by using his session token.
Fencing
Locking Cabinets
DNS poisoning
Session hijacking
49. Set of rules that allow or deny traffic
Packet filtering
Identity Theft
Backup scope
Vishing
50. Hacker who exposes vulnerabilities for financial gain or malicious purpose.
Protocol analyzer
DNS
Sniffer
Black Hat