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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. 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.






2. Web application attacks are considered ____ attacks.






3. Below 70 degrees or above 75 degrees






4. It is able to code and decode data






5. 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.






6. ____ involves stealing another person's personal information - such as a Social Security number - and then using the information to impersonate the victim - generally for financial gain.






7. A person who uses his knowledge of operating systems and utilities to intentionally damage or destroy data or systems.






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






9. A ____ encrypts all data that is transmitted between the remote device and the network.






10. Can also capture transmissions that contain passwords.






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






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






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






14. Sending high volumes of UDP requests to a target.






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






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






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






18. An attacker slips through a secure area following a legitimate employee.






19. Legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident <tell people passwords - etc>






20. 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.






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






22. Typically used on home routers that allow multiple users to share one IP address received from an Internet service provider (ISP).






23. 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






24. A hacker who exposes security flaws in applications and operating systems so manufacturers can fix them before they become widespread problems.






25. The most popular attack toolkit - which has almost half of the attacker toolkit market is ____.






26. Wants to cause as much damage as possible - without a particular target or goal.






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






28. 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






29. The breadth of your back-up (what types of files you will back up-media - documents - OS - etc)






30. Tools used to configure ________: WEP - WPA - MAC address filtering - SSID broadcasting - wireless antennae






31. An attacker redirects an IP address to the MAC address of a computer that is not the intended recipient.






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






33. The set of letters - symbols - and characters that make up the password are known as a ____ set.






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






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






36. Password and BioMetric






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






38. Software that searches a server - switch - router - or other device for open ports - which can be vulnerable to attack.






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






40. The ____ attack will slightly alter dictionary words by adding numbers to the end of the password - spelling words backward - slightly misspelling words - or including special characters such as @ - $ - ! - or %.






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






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






43. A threat that originates from outside the company. (ex. power failure.)






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






45. An authentication service commonly used on UNIX devices that communicates by forwarding user authentication information to a centralized server.






46. Due to the limitations of online guessing - most password attacks today use ____.






47. An authentication system developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and used to verify the identity of networked users.






48. A private key and public key






49. 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






50. 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.