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






2. Countless requests for a TCP connection sent to an FTP server - web server - or system attached to the internet.






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






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






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






6. Suitable for what are called "high-volume service control applications" such as dial-in access to a corporate network.






7. ____ are a loose-knit network of attackers - identity thieves - and financial fraudsters.






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






9. Magnetic tape drives - hard drives - optical media (CD or DVD) - solid-state media (flash drives or SD)






10. People very knowledgeable about computers who use their knowledge to invade other people's computers






11. Floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes the site






12. 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






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






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






15. The most common protocol suite used today for local area networks (LANs) as well as the Internet is ____.






16. 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.






17. Lock - conduit - card key - video equipment - secured guard






18. ____ uses "speckling" and different colors so that no two spam e-mails appear to be the same.






19. A user or a process functioning on behalf of the user that attempts to access an object is known as the ____.






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. A list of statements used by a router to permit or deny the forwarding of traffic on a network based on one or more criteria.






26. A ____ virus infects the Master Boot Record of a hard disk drive.






27. A ____ attack is similar to a passive man-in-the-middle attack.






28. A technique that allows private IP addresses to be used on the public Internet.






29. 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.






30. A ____ is a computer program or a part of a program that lies dormant until it is triggered by a specific logical event.






31. Mass mailings sent as Instant Messages to users. Often these can feature links to explicit porn sites.






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






33. A program that is automatically downloaded to your computer without your consent or even your knowledge.






34. A security analysis of the transaction within its approved context.






35. A ____ tester has an in-depth knowledge of the network and systems being tested - including network diagrams - IP addresses - and even the source code of custom applications.






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






37. A feature that controls a device's tolerance for unanswered service requests and helps to prevent a DoS attack.






38. The time it takes for a key to be pressed and then released.






39. A ____ is a computer typically located in an area with limited security and loaded with software and data files that appear to be authentic - yet they are actually imitations of real data files.






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






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






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






43. A pay-per-use computing model in which customers pay only for the computing resources they need.






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






45. A user under Role Based Access Control can be assigned only one ____.






46. A group of piconets in which connections exist between different piconets is called a ____.






47. Fingerprints and patterns






48. A ____ is a series of instructions that can be grouped together as a single command and are often used to automate a complex set of tasks or a repeated series of tasks.






49. A form of filtering that blocks only sites specified as harmful.






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