Test your basic knowledge |

Information Security

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. A method for confirming users' identities






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






3. An attack that uses multiple computers on disparate networks to launch an attack from multiple hosts simultaneously.






4. 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.






5. A program or device that can monitor data traveling over a network. Sniffers can show - all the data being transmitted over a network - including passwords and sensitive information - tends to be a favorite weapon in the hacker's arsenal






6. Securing a restricted area by erecting a barrier is called ____.






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






8. Software that can guess passwords






9. Permits users to share resources stored on one site with a second site without forwarding their authentication credentials to the other site.






10. Has limited technical knowledge and is motivated by a desire to gain and display technical skills.






11. 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.






12. The action that is taken by the subject over the object is called a ____.






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






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






15. Attacker sets up a rogue DNS server that responds to legitimate requests with IP addresses for malicious or non-existent websites.






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. A private key and public key






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






24. A framework for transporting authentication protocols instead of the authentication protocol itself.






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. A commonly used technique by pornography sites where a user gets "locked" in a web site.






30. 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.






31. Email attack that targets only specific users and has familiar information in it - making it more tempting to click the links in the message.






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






33. ____ are combination locks that use buttons which must be pushed in the proper sequence to open the door.






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






35. A technique for crashing by sending too much data to the buffer in a comuter's memory






36. The weakness of passwords centers on ____.






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






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






39. Ensures that messages are not corrupt or tampered with






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






41. A secret combination of letters - numbers - and/or characters that only the user should know.






42. 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.






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






44. When DNS servers exchange information among themselves it is known as a ____.






45. A set of permissions that are attached to an object.






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






47. Set of rules that allow or deny traffic






48. A ____ can block malicious content in "real time" as it appears without first knowing the URL of a dangerous site.






49. A technology that can help to evenly distribute work across a network.






50. An authentication process that involves three steps.







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests