Question 1

Packet-filtering firewalls are the most sophisticated type of firewall.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a data safeguard?

Accepted Answer

A)  firewalls 
B)  compliance 
C)  physical security 
D)  hiring 
A)  firewalls 
B)  compliance 
C)  physical security 
D)  hiring

Question 3

Which of the following statements is TRUE of position sensitivity?

Accepted Answer

A)  It protects sensitive data by storing it in specific encrypted form. 
B)  It enables security personnel to prioritize their activities in accordance with the possible risk and loss. 
C)  It refers to the specific documentation of highly influential and sensitive positions in an administration. 
D)  It increases the effectiveness of user accounts by giving users the maximum possible privilege needed to perform their job. 
A)  It protects sensitive data by storing it in specific encrypted form. 
B)  It enables security personnel to prioritize their activities in accordance with the possible risk and loss. 
C)  It refers to the specific documentation of highly influential and sensitive positions in an administration. 
D)  It increases the effectiveness of user accounts by giving users the maximum possible privilege needed to perform their job.

Question 4

Backup and recovery against computer security threats are ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  technical safeguards 
B)  data safeguards 
C)  human safeguards 
D)  hardware safeguards 
A)  technical safeguards 
B)  data safeguards 
C)  human safeguards 
D)  hardware safeguards

Question 5

Which of the following uses an individual's personal physical characteristics such as fingerprints, facial features, and retinal scans for verification purposes?

Accepted Answer

A)  credit card 
B)  smart card 
C)  biometric authentication 
D)  symmetric encryption 
A)  credit card 
B)  smart card 
C)  biometric authentication 
D)  symmetric encryption

Question 6

Davian, a professional hacker, tries every possible combination of characters to crack his victim's email password. Using this technique, he can crack a six-character password of either upper- or lowercase letters in about ten minutes. Which of the following techniques is used by Davian to obtain access to his victim's email?

Accepted Answer

A)  denial-of-service attack 
B)  brute force attack 
C)  pretexting 
D)  spoofing 
A)  denial-of-service attack 
B)  brute force attack 
C)  pretexting 
D)  spoofing

Question 7

In a brute force attack, a password cracker tries every possible combination of characters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Currently, which of the following is NOT true about computer crime according to the Ponemon study?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social engineering are increasing serious security threats. 
B)  Data loss and business disruption are principal costs of computer crime. 
C)  Detection and recovery account for over half of the internal costs related to cyber intrusions. 
D)  Security safeguards don't work. 
A)  Social engineering are increasing serious security threats. 
B)  Data loss and business disruption are principal costs of computer crime. 
C)  Detection and recovery account for over half of the internal costs related to cyber intrusions. 
D)  Security safeguards don't work.

Question 9

________ is the process of transforming clear text into coded, unintelligible text for secure storage or communication.

Accepted Answer

A)  Usurpation 
B)  Authentication 
C)  Malware protection 
D)  Encryption 
A)  Usurpation 
B)  Authentication 
C)  Malware protection 
D)  Encryption

Question 10

What are the precautions to be taken when opening email attachments to avoid malwares?

Accepted Answer

Users should open email attachments only

Question 11

A threat is a person or an organization that seeks to obtain or alter data illegally, without the owner's permission or knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A virus is a computer program that replicates itself.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

With asymmetric encryption, two different keys are used for encoding and decoding a message.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Explain how defining positions in an organization can safeguard against security threats.

Accepted Answer

Effective human safeguards begin with de

Question 15

The creation of backup copies of database contents makes the data more vulnerable to security threats.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Incident-response plans should provide centralized reporting of all security incidents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A ________ pretends to be a legitimate company and sends emails requesting confidential data.

Accepted Answer

A)  hacker 
B)  phisher 
C)  wardriver 
D)  sniffer 
A)  hacker 
B)  phisher 
C)  wardriver 
D)  sniffer

Question 18

What should a company store off premise preferably in a remote location?

Accepted Answer

A)  private keys 
B)  servers 
C)  backup copies of data 
D)  escrow 
A)  private keys 
B)  servers 
C)  backup copies of data 
D)  escrow

Question 19

________ take computers with wireless connections through an area and search for unprotected wireless networks.

Accepted Answer

A)  Wardrivers 
B)  Pretexters 
C)  Hackers 
D)  Phishers 
A)  Wardrivers 
B)  Pretexters 
C)  Hackers 
D)  Phishers

Question 20

Malware protection is an example of a technical safeguard.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Information Systems Security

Packet-filtering firewalls are the most sophisticated type of firewall.

Which of the following is an example of a data safeguard?

Which of the following statements is TRUE of position sensitivity?

Backup and recovery against computer security threats are ________.

Which of the following uses an individual's personal physical characteristics such as fingerprints, facial features, and retinal scans for verification purposes?

In a brute force attack, a password cracker tries every possible combination of characters.

Currently, which of the following is NOT true about computer crime according to the Ponemon study?

________ is the process of transforming clear text into coded, unintelligible text for secure storage or communication.

What are the precautions to be taken when opening email attachments to avoid malwares?

A threat is a person or an organization that seeks to obtain or alter data illegally, without the owner's permission or knowledge.

A virus is a computer program that replicates itself.

With asymmetric encryption, two different keys are used for encoding and decoding a message.

Explain how defining positions in an organization can safeguard against security threats.

The creation of backup copies of database contents makes the data more vulnerable to security threats.

Incident-response plans should provide centralized reporting of all security incidents.

A ________ pretends to be a legitimate company and sends emails requesting confidential data.

What should a company store off premise preferably in a remote location?

________ take computers with wireless connections through an area and search for unprotected wireless networks.

Malware protection is an example of a technical safeguard.

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