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Information Security
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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. 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.
Cipher locks
DAP
Vishing
Information security
2. An attack that forces a user to unintentionally click a link.
Clickjacking
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
Physical security
DMS (Demilitarized Zone)
3. Sending extremely critcal - derogatory - and oftern vulgar email messages or newsgroup postings to other user on the internet or online services
Authorization
Floor Guard
Flaming
Password
4. 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
Hardware Attack
White box
Token
Hoaxes
5. During RADIUS authentication the AP - serving as the authenticator that will accept or reject the wireless device - creates a data packet from this information called the ____.
Cracker
TCP/IP
Authentication request
Association request
6. Peering over the shoulder of someone to see the contents on that person's computer or cell phone screen.
Drive-by Download
Shoulder Surfing
DAP
Cyberbullying
7. A ____ can block malicious content in "real time" as it appears without first knowing the URL of a dangerous site.
Bluesnarfing
Web security gateway
Content inspection
Hash encoding
8. ____ is an image spam that is divided into multiple images.
Speech recognition
GIF Layering
SSO
Scatternet
9. A means of managing and presenting computer resources by function without regard to their physical layout or location.
Dwell Time
Virtualization
NAT
Bluesnarfing
10. Considered a more "real world" access control than the other models because the access is based on a user's job function within an organization.
Bluesnarfing
Role Based Access Control
Content inspection
Data
11. The set of letters - symbols - and characters that make up the password are known as a ____ set.
Character
Cyber Theft
DNS Log
Chain
12. A ____ is a set of software tools used by an attacker to hide the actions or presence of other types of malicious software - such as Trojans - viruses - or worms.
Session hijacking
ARP Poisoning
Authentication
Rootkit
13. A variety of threats such as viruses - worms - and Trojan horses
Malicious code
Server-Side
Whaling
Identity Theft
14. A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft - usually by means of fraudulent e-mail
Identity Theft
White Hat
Phishing
Chain
15. Malicious or accidental threats by employees. (ex. door to secure building left propped open.)
Authentication
Cracker
Internal Threat
TCP/IP
16. Below 70 degrees or above 75 degrees
Extreme temperatures
Brute Force Attack
SYN Flood
DAC
17. An attacker slips through a secure area following a legitimate employee.
Tailgating
Identity management
Cyberterrorist
Cognitive biometrics
18. An attempt to discover an encryption key or password by trying numerous possible character combinations. usually - a brute force attack is performed rapidly by a program designed for that purpose.
Operation
CardSpace
Brute Force Attack
Clickjacking
19. A commonly used technique by pornography sites where a user gets "locked" in a web site.
Dumpster Diving
Honeypot
Mouse Trapping
Chain
20. When DNS servers exchange information among themselves it is known as a ____.
Security
Bluejacking
Zone transfer
TCP/IP
21. The most common protocol suite used today for local area networks (LANs) as well as the Internet is ____.
Client_Hello
Electronic eavesdropping
TCP/IP
Physical security access control measures
22. 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
Insiders
Bluesnarfing
Digital Certificate
Account expiration
23. Hardware and/or software that guards a private network by analyzing the information leaving and entering the network
Fencing
Firewalls
Whaling
Testing
24. A ____ is a network set up with intentional vulnerabilities.
Cognitive biometrics
DNS Hijacking
Honeynet
Role
25. The breadth of your back-up (what types of files you will back up-media - documents - OS - etc)
Human memory
Offline cracking
Backup scope
PAT
26. Mass mailings sent as Instant Messages to users. Often these can feature links to explicit porn sites.
Roller barrier
Wireless VLANs
Spimming
Flaming
27. Form of phishing that targets wealthy individuals.
Dwell Time
Cyberstalking/Harassment
ARP Poisoning
Whaling
28. The ____ model is the least restrictive.
Orphaned
Hash encoding
Scatternet
DAC
29. Generally represent disgruntled employees and alike who are seeking to perform vengeful acts against their current or former employer.
Malicious Insiders
Spimming
Identity Theft
Security
30. Can be used to determine whether new IP addresses are attempting to probe the network.
Firewall logs
Eavesdropping Attack
Tailgating
DNS
31. How often you perform your backups (cost-benefit analysis of backing up)
Private
Backup frequency
Extreme Humidity
Stateless Firewall
32. 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.
Denial of service attack
CardSpace
Cyberstalking/Harassment
Stateful packet filtering
33. 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.
Roller barrier
Content filtering
Rootkit
Cybercriminals
34. ____ involves horizontally separating words - although it is still readable by the human eye.
Word Splitting
Cognitive biometrics
Man-made Threat
Electronic eavesdropping
35. In a ____ attack - attackers can attackers use hundreds or thousands of computers in an attack against a single computer or network.
DMS (Demilitarized Zone)
Distributed
Physical security
Content-Filtering Firewall
36. Altering the contents of packets as they travel over the Internet or altering data on computer disks after penetrating a network. For example - an attacker might place a tap on a network line to intercept packets as they leave the computer. The attac
Reverse proxy
Packet tampering
Separation of duties
SYN Flood
37. Sending high volumes of ICMP (usually ping) packets to a target.
Honeypot
LEAP
ICMP Flood
OAuth
38. Business ____ theft involves stealing proprietary business information such as research for a new drug or a list of customers that competitors are eager to acquire.
Human memory
Data
Port Scanner
Rogue
39. Users who access a Web server are usually restricted to the ____ directory.
Electronic Activist (hacktivist)
Malicious code
Root
Distributed
40. Typically used on home routers that allow multiple users to share one IP address received from an Internet service provider (ISP).
PAT
Whaling
RADIUS
Zone transfer
41. A user accessing a computer system must present credentials or ____ when logging on to the system.
Identification
Electronic eavesdropping
Spoofing
Firewall logs
42. Software that can guess passwords
White box
Root
Distributed storage
Password Crackers
43. An attack that accesses unauthorized information from a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection - often between cell phones and laptop computers.
Replay Attack
Natural Threat
Bluesnarfing
Cognitive biometrics
44. 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
Identity management
Information security
Client_Hello
45. Viruses and worms are said to be self-____.
Replicating
GIF Layering
Spyware
Chain
46. 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.
Bluesnarfing
BioMetric devices
Logic Bomb
Spoofing
47. A technique that allows private IP addresses to be used on the public Internet.
NAT
Reverse proxy
Electronic Vandal
Human memory
48. Legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident <tell people passwords - etc>
ACL
Wireless VLANs
Insiders
Federated identity management
49. Software that comes hidden in free downloadable software and tracks online movements - mines the information stored on a computer - or uses a computer's CPU and storage for some task the user knows nothing about - can cause extremely slow performance
Role Based Access Control
Loop Protection
Spyware
Spimming
50. Fire - extreme weather - flooding - extreme temperatures - extreme humidity.
ACL
Environmental Threat
Dumpster Diving
Resident