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1. These access points are serious threats to network security because they allow attackers to intercept the RF signal and bypass network security to attack the network or capture sensitive data.
Packet tampering
Dumpster Diving
Rogue
DNS poisoning
2. Can create entries in a log for all queries that are received.
DNS Log
Dumpster Diving
Cracker
History
3. ____ is an attack in which an attacker attempts to impersonate the user by using his session token.
Session hijacking
Wireless VLANs
Electronic Vandal
Floor Guard
4. Use multiple infrared beams that are aimed across a doorway and positioned so that as a person walks through the doorway some beams are activated.
External Threat
Bluejacking
Tailgate sensors
Distributed
5. 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.
Internal Threat
Amart card
Black Hat
White box
6. A ____ is designed to separate a nonsecured area from a secured area.
Mouse Trapping
Identity management
Mantrap
Content filtering
7. An attacker redirects an IP address to the MAC address of a computer that is not the intended recipient.
ARP Poisoning
Word Splitting
Data
Clickjacking
8. Sending or posting harmful or cruel text or images using the internet or other digital communication devices.
Wireless security
Cyberbullying
Worm
GIF Layering
9. A form of filtering that blocks only sites specified as harmful.
Rule Based Access Control
Association request
Blacklisting Software
Wireless VLANs
10. An authentication process that involves three steps.
Flaming
Three-Way Handshake
Insiders
Ciphertext
11. Terms that can refer to the online enticement of children; rude or threatening messages; slanderous information; or repeated - unwanted messages
Cyberstalking/Harassment
Geometric variance
MPack
BioMetric devices
12. Ensures that messages are not corrupt or tampered with
Zone transfer
Hoaxes
Distributed storage
Hash encoding
13. An attack that intercepts legitimate communication between two victims and captures - analyzes and possibly alters the data packets before sending a fake reply.
Man-in-the-Middle Attack
Protocol analyzer
Floor Guard
Cracker
14. A technology that can help to evenly distribute work across a network.
SYN Flood
Load balancing
Bluesnarfing
DLP
15. The act of driving while running a laptop configured to detect and capture wireless data transmissions.
Environmental Threat
War Driving
LEAP
ARP Poisoning
16. Hacker who exposes vulnerabilities for financial gain or malicious purpose.
Geometric variance
Black Hat
Bluejacking
Stateful Firewall
17. In a ____ infection - a virus injects itself into the program's executable code instead of at the end of the file.
Swiss Cheese
Character
Bluesnarfing
Ciphertext
18. 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
Challenge
CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)
Federated identity management
ARP Poisoning
19. Has limited technical knowledge and is motivated by a desire to gain and display technical skills.
Subject
UDP Flood
Macro
Script Kiddie
20. The unique data block that results when an original piece of data (such as text) is encrypted (for example - by using a key.)
Biometrics
Firewall logs
Client_Hello
Ciphertext
21. When a device receives a beacon frame from an AP - the device then sends a frame known as a ____ frame to the AP.
Association request
70
Bluesnarfing
ACL (Access Control List)
22. When organizations use software that filters content to prevent the transmission of unauthorized information
Worm
CCTV
Content filtering
DNS Log
23. The ____ model is the least restrictive.
Encryption
DAC
Man-in-the-Middle Attack
Zone transfer
24. Four interrelated aspects to _________:Access - data - infrastructure - computers
What is asymmetic encryption?
Extreme Humidity
Physical security
Worm
25. Sifting through a company's garbage to find information to help break into their computers
Dumpster Diving
Brute Force
White box
Spimming
26. Web application attacks are considered ____ attacks.
Physical security access control measures
DLP
Malicious code
Server-Side
27. Fingerprints and patterns
BioMetric devices
Fake Antivirus
Brute Force
Protocol analyzer
28. A ____ means that the application or service assigned to that port is listening for any instructions.
Open Port
ACL (Access Control List)
Malicious code
Backup frequency
29. Requires mutual authentication used for WLAN encryption using Cisco client software.
LEAP
Zone transfer
EAP
Distributed storage
30. Hides inside other software - usually as an attachment or a downloadable file
Clickjacking
Trojan-horse virus
LDAP injection
Dwell Time
31. ____ is an image spam that is divided into multiple images.
Separation of duties
UDP Flood
GIF Layering
Ciphertext
32. The action that is taken by the subject over the object is called a ____.
Firewalls
Distributed storage
Trojan-horse virus
Operation
33. Form of phishing that targets wealthy individuals.
Roller barrier
Whaling
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
Hash encoding
34. The protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization
Spear Phishing
Stateless Firewall
Information security
Authorization
35. An attack that sends unsolicited messages to Bluetooth-enabled devices.
Mandatory Access Control
What is asymmetic encryption?
BioMetric devices
Bluejacking
36. Tools used to configure ________: WEP - WPA - MAC address filtering - SSID broadcasting - wireless antennae
Hybird
Proximity reader
Wireless security
Prevention and detection
37. The most common protocol suite used today for local area networks (LANs) as well as the Internet is ____.
Malicious code
TCP/IP
Password
Shoulder Surfing
38. An AP that is set up by an attacker.
LEAP
Smurf Attack
Evil Twin
MPack
39. 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
Dumpster Diving
Password Crackers
Distributed storage
Sniffer
40. 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.
Spoofing
Cyberbullying
Stateful packet filtering
Testing
41. It is able to code and decode data
Chain
Symmetric encryption
Rainbow Tables
Client_Hello
42. People very knowledgeable about computers who use their knowledge to invade other people's computers
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
Vishing
Hacker
Content-Filtering Firewall
43. Viruses and worms are said to be self-____.
Token
Replicating
Dumpster Diving
Black Hat
44. Can use fingerprints or other unique characteristics of a person's face - hands - or eyes (irises and retinas) to authenticate a user.
Standard biometrics
Mantrap
Electronic Activist (hacktivist)
Whaling
45. In the context of SSL encryption - a message issued from the client to the server that contains information about what level of security the client's browser is capable of accepting and what type of encryption the client's browser can decipher (for e
Client_Hello
GIF Layering
Mouse Trapping
Man-made Threat
46. These attacks may allow an attacker to construct LDAP statements based on user input statements.
Eavesdropping Attack
Loop Protection
LDAP injection
Cyber Theft
47. Users who access a Web server are usually restricted to the ____ directory.
Honeynet
UDP Flood
Root
Amart card
48. The geographical storage of your backups-safest place is a different place from where you keep your actual data
Cybercriminals
Locking Cabinets
Distributed storage
computer footprint
49. 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.
Replicating
Vishing
Trojan-horse virus
BioMetric devices
50. Fire - extreme weather - flooding - extreme temperatures - extreme humidity.
Wireless VLANs
Environmental Threat
Data
Token
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