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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. 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.






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






3. An attack that intercepts legitimate communication between two victims and captures - analyzes and possibly alters the data packets before sending a fake reply.






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






5. Broadcast storms can be prevented with ____.






6. How many past backups you keep - what you did on your machine etc.






7. Forwards packets across computer networks.






8. A firewall that can block designated types of traffic from entering a protected network.






9. The weakness of passwords centers on ____.






10. A means of managing and presenting computer resources by function without regard to their physical layout or location.






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






12. Sifting through a company's garbage to find information to help break into their computers






13. A method for confirming users' identities






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






15. A ____ is designed to separate a nonsecured area from a secured area.






16. 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.






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






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






19. Fingerprints and patterns






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. An attack that targets a computer's physical components and peripherals. (ie. hard disk - motherboard - cabling - etc.)






25. Often used for managing user access to one or more systems.






26. Using video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific and limited set of receivers is called ____.






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






28. ____ is an image spam that is divided into multiple images.






29. The most restrictive access control model is ____.






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






31. ____ attacks are responsible for half of all malware delivered by Web advertising.






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






33. Generally represent disgruntled employees and alike who are seeking to perform vengeful acts against their current or former employer.






34. Can also capture transmissions that contain passwords.






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






36. Motivated by a desire to cause social change - trying to get media attention by disrupting services - or promoting a message by changing information on public websites.






37. 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.






38. Pretending to be another person.






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






40. The geographical storage of your backups-safest place is a different place from where you keep your actual data






41. Form of phishing that targets wealthy individuals.






42. Forging of the return address on an e-mail so that the e-mail message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender. This is not a virus but rather a way by which virus authors conceal their identities as they send out viruses.






43. Fire - extreme weather - flooding - extreme temperatures - extreme humidity.






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






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






46. The ____ model is the least restrictive.






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






48. It accepts spoken words for input as if they had been typed on the keyboard.






49. It is able to code and decode data






50. 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.