Question 1

Attackers only need to find a single weakness to break in.Consequently,companies must ________.

Accepted Answer

A) have comprehensive security 
B) have insurance 
C) do risk analysis 
D) only give minimum permissions 
A) have comprehensive security 
B) have insurance 
C) do risk analysis 
D) only give minimum permissions

Question 2

A way back into a system that an attacker can use to get into the compromised computer later is called a ________.(Choose the most specific answer.)

Accepted Answer

A) backdoor 
B) Trojan horse 
C) compromise 
D) rootkit 
A) backdoor 
B) Trojan horse 
C) compromise 
D) rootkit

Question 3

What type of attacker are most attackers today?

Accepted Answer

A) disgruntled employees and ex-employees 
B) criminals 
C) hackers motivated by a sense of power 
D) cyberterrorists 
A) disgruntled employees and ex-employees 
B) criminals 
C) hackers motivated by a sense of power 
D) cyberterrorists

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the four response phases for when attacks occur?

Accepted Answer

A) detecting the attack 
B) stopping the attack 
C) repairing the damage 
D) All of the above are response phases. 
A) detecting the attack 
B) stopping the attack 
C) repairing the damage 
D) All of the above are response phases.

Question 5

Security is primarily a management issue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The last stage in a hacking attack is ________.

Accepted Answer

A) scanning 
B) the break-in 
C) creating a back door 
D) none of the above 
A) scanning 
B) the break-in 
C) creating a back door 
D) none of the above

Question 7

Viruses propagate within a computer by infecting other programs in that computer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Requiring someone requesting to use a resource to prove his or her identity is ________.

Accepted Answer

A) confidentiality 
B) authentication 
C) authorization 
D) both B and C 
A) confidentiality 
B) authentication 
C) authorization 
D) both B and C

Question 9

Compromises also are called ________.

Accepted Answer

A) breaches 
B) incidents 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) breaches 
B) incidents 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B

Question 10

The password 7u3aB& is adequately strong.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

It is generally illegal to write malware.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following can be a type of backdoor?

Accepted Answer

A) A new account 
B) A Trojan horse 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) A new account 
B) A Trojan horse 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B

Question 13

With complex passwords,adding a single character increases the number of passwords that must be tried in brute force guessing by a factor of about ________.

Accepted Answer

A) 2 
B) 10 
C) 25 
D) 70 
A) 2 
B) 10 
C) 25 
D) 70

Question 14

In general,authenticated users should be given maximum permissions in a resource so that they can do their jobs with few restrictions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which type of firewall filtering collects streams of packets to analyze them as a group?

Accepted Answer

A) static packet filtering 
B) stateful packet inspection 
C) deep inspection 
D) none of the above 
A) static packet filtering 
B) stateful packet inspection 
C) deep inspection 
D) none of the above

Question 16

Scripts normally are bad.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What type of attacker can do the most damage?

Accepted Answer

A) criminal attackers 
B) hackers driven by curiosity 
C) employees and ex-employees 
D) national governments 
A) criminal attackers 
B) hackers driven by curiosity 
C) employees and ex-employees 
D) national governments

Question 18

Universal malware requires a vulnerability to succeed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The password R7%t& can be defeated by a ________.

Accepted Answer

A) dictionary attack 
B) hybrid mode dictionary attack 
C) brute-force attack 
D) All of the above could defeat the password equally quickly. 
A) dictionary attack 
B) hybrid mode dictionary attack 
C) brute-force attack 
D) All of the above could defeat the password equally quickly.

Question 20

Scripts are likely to be dangerous primarily if a computer has a vulnerability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Attackers only need to find a single weakness to break in.Consequently,companies must ________.

A way back into a system that an attacker can use to get into the compromised computer later is called a ________.(Choose the most specific answer.)

What type of attacker are most attackers today?

Which of the following is not one of the four response phases for when attacks occur?

Security is primarily a management issue.

The last stage in a hacking attack is ________.

Viruses propagate within a computer by infecting other programs in that computer.

Requiring someone requesting to use a resource to prove his or her identity is ________.

Compromises also are called ________.

The password 7u3aB& is adequately strong.

It is generally illegal to write malware.

Which of the following can be a type of backdoor?

With complex passwords,adding a single character increases the number of passwords that must be tried in brute force guessing by a factor of about ________.

In general,authenticated users should be given maximum permissions in a resource so that they can do their jobs with few restrictions.

Which type of firewall filtering collects streams of packets to analyze them as a group?

Scripts normally are bad.

What type of attacker can do the most damage?

Universal malware requires a vulnerability to succeed.

The password R7%t& can be defeated by a ________.

Scripts are likely to be dangerous primarily if a computer has a vulnerability.

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Exam 3: Network Security

Attackers only need to find a single weakness to break in.Consequently,companies must ________.

A way back into a system that an attacker can use to get into the compromised computer later is called a ________.(Choose the most specific answer.)

What type of attacker are most attackers today?

Which of the following is not one of the four response phases for when attacks occur?

Security is primarily a management issue.

The last stage in a hacking attack is ________.

Viruses propagate within a computer by infecting other programs in that computer.

Requiring someone requesting to use a resource to prove his or her identity is ________.

Compromises also are called ________.

The password 7u3aB& is adequately strong.

It is generally illegal to write malware.

Which of the following can be a type of backdoor?

With complex passwords,adding a single character increases the number of passwords that must be tried in brute force guessing by a factor of about ________.

In general,authenticated users should be given maximum permissions in a resource so that they can do their jobs with few restrictions.

Which type of firewall filtering collects streams of packets to analyze them as a group?

Scripts normally are bad.

What type of attacker can do the most damage?

Universal malware requires a vulnerability to succeed.

The password R7%t& can be defeated by a ________.

Scripts are likely to be dangerous primarily if a computer has a vulnerability.

Welcome to the Cloud

Network Standards

Network Management

Wired Ethernet Lans

Wireless Lans I

Wireless Lans 2

Tcpip Internetworking I

Tcpip Internetworking 2

Wide Area Networks

Networked Applications

Module a More on Tcp

Module B More on Modulation

Module C More on Telecommunications

Module D Directory Servers

Filters