Question 1

The general name for evil software is ________.

Accepted Answer

A) virus 
B) worm 
C) exploit 
D) malware 
A) virus 
B) worm 
C) exploit 
D) malware D

Question 2

Electronic signatures also provide ________ in addition to authentication.

Accepted Answer

A) message integrity 
B) message encryption 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) message integrity 
B) message encryption 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B A

Question 3

Which of the following tends to be more damaging to the victim?

Accepted Answer

A) credit card theft 
B) identity theft 
C) Both are about equally damaging to the victim. 
D) Neither is damaging to the victim. 
A) credit card theft 
B) identity theft 
C) Both are about equally damaging to the victim. 
D) Neither is damaging to the victim. B

Question 4

When a packet that is not part of an ongoing connection and that does not attempt to open a connection arrives at a stateful inspection firewall,the firewall ________.(Read this question carefully.)

Accepted Answer

A) drops the packet 
B) passes the packet 
C) opens a new connection 
D) does not approve the connection 
A) drops the packet 
B) passes the packet 
C) opens a new connection 
D) does not approve the connection

Question 5

The Target attackers sold their stolen card information to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) crimeware shops 
B) card shops 
C) card counterfeiters 
D) Hallmark 
A) crimeware shops 
B) card shops 
C) card counterfeiters 
D) Hallmark

Question 6

Passwords are widely used because they ________.

Accepted Answer

A) are demanded by users 
B) offer strong authentication 
C) are the only authentication techniques known by most security professionals 
D) are inexpensive to use 
A) are demanded by users 
B) offer strong authentication 
C) are the only authentication techniques known by most security professionals 
D) are inexpensive to use

Question 7

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 8

Using encryption,you make it impossible for attackers to read your messages even if they intercept them.This is ________.

Accepted Answer

A) authentication 
B) confidentiality 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) authentication 
B) confidentiality 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B

Question 9

In digital certificate authentication,the verifier gets the key it needs directly from the ________.

Accepted Answer

A) supplicant 
B) verifier 
C) true party 
D) certificate authority 
A) supplicant 
B) verifier 
C) true party 
D) certificate authority

Question 10

Trojan horses can spread by ________.

Accepted Answer

A) e-mailing themselves to victim computers 
B) directly propagating to victim computers 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) e-mailing themselves to victim computers 
B) directly propagating to victim computers 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B

Question 11

Stateful firewalls are attractive because of their ________.

Accepted Answer

A) high filtering sophistication 
B) ability to filter complex application content 
C) QoS guarantees 
D) low cost 
A) high filtering sophistication 
B) ability to filter complex application content 
C) QoS guarantees 
D) low cost

Question 12

Iris scanning is attractive because of its ________.

Accepted Answer

A) low cost 
B) precision 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) low cost 
B) precision 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B

Question 13

NGFWs ________.

Accepted Answer

A) can implement different rules for different applications 
B) can detect threats that span multiple packets 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) can implement different rules for different applications 
B) can detect threats that span multiple packets 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B

Question 14

In digital certificate authentication,the supplicant encrypts the challenge message with ________.

Accepted Answer

A) the supplicant's private key 
B) the verifier's private key 
C) the true party's private key 
D) none of the above 
A) the supplicant's private key 
B) the verifier's private key 
C) the true party's private key 
D) none of the above

Question 15

In a firewall,VPN traversal ________.

Accepted Answer

A) increases the effectiveness of firewall filtering 
B) reduces firewall filtering effectiveness 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) increases the effectiveness of firewall filtering 
B) reduces firewall filtering effectiveness 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B

Question 16

Authentication should generally be ________.

Accepted Answer

A) as strong as possible 
B) appropriate for a specific resource 
C) the same for all resources, for consistency 
D) all of the above 
A) as strong as possible 
B) appropriate for a specific resource 
C) the same for all resources, for consistency 
D) all of the above

Question 17

A user picks the password "tiger." This is likely to be cracked quickly by a(n)________.

Accepted Answer

A) attack on an application running as root 
B) brute-force attack 
C) dictionary attack 
D) reverse engineering attack 
A) attack on an application running as root 
B) brute-force attack 
C) dictionary attack 
D) reverse engineering attack

Question 18

What type of attacker are most of attackers today?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

The general name for a security flaw in a program is a ________.

Accepted Answer

A) virus 
B) malware 
C) security fault 
D) vulnerability 
A) virus 
B) malware 
C) security fault 
D) vulnerability

Question 20

Viruses most commonly spread from one computer to another ________.

Accepted Answer

A) via e-mail 
B) by propagating directly by themselves 
C) through obfuscation 
D) all of the above 
A) via e-mail 
B) by propagating directly by themselves 
C) through obfuscation 
D) all of the above

The general name for evil software is ________.

Electronic signatures also provide ________ in addition to authentication.

Which of the following tends to be more damaging to the victim?

When a packet that is not part of an ongoing connection and that does not attempt to open a connection arrives at a stateful inspection firewall,the firewall ________.(Read this question carefully.)

The Target attackers sold their stolen card information to ________.

Passwords are widely used because they ________.

What type of attacker can do the most damage?

Using encryption,you make it impossible for attackers to read your messages even if they intercept them.This is ________.

In digital certificate authentication,the verifier gets the key it needs directly from the ________.

Trojan horses can spread by ________.

Stateful firewalls are attractive because of their ________.

Iris scanning is attractive because of its ________.

NGFWs ________.

In digital certificate authentication,the supplicant encrypts the challenge message with ________.

In a firewall,VPN traversal ________.

Authentication should generally be ________.

A user picks the password "tiger." This is likely to be cracked quickly by a(n)________.

What type of attacker are most of attackers today?

The general name for a security flaw in a program is a ________.

Viruses most commonly spread from one computer to another ________.

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Exam 3: Network Security

The general name for evil software is ________.

Electronic signatures also provide ________ in addition to authentication.

Which of the following tends to be more damaging to the victim?

When a packet that is not part of an ongoing connection and that does not attempt to open a connection arrives at a stateful inspection firewall,the firewall ________.(Read this question carefully.)

The Target attackers sold their stolen card information to ________.

Passwords are widely used because they ________.

What type of attacker can do the most damage?

Using encryption,you make it impossible for attackers to read your messages even if they intercept them.This is ________.

In digital certificate authentication,the verifier gets the key it needs directly from the ________.

Trojan horses can spread by ________.

Stateful firewalls are attractive because of their ________.

Iris scanning is attractive because of its ________.

NGFWs ________.

In digital certificate authentication,the supplicant encrypts the challenge message with ________.

In a firewall,VPN traversal ________.

Authentication should generally be ________.

A user picks the password "tiger." This is likely to be cracked quickly by a(n)________.

What type of attacker are most of attackers today?

The general name for a security flaw in a program is a ________.

Viruses most commonly spread from one computer to another ________.

Welcome to the Cloud

Network Standards

Network and Security Management

Ethernet 8023switched Lans

Wireless Lans I

Wireless Lans 2

Tcp-Ip Internet Working I

Tcp-Ip Internet Working 2

Carrier Wide Area Networks Wans

Networked Applications

Module a More on Tcp

Module B More on Modulation

Module C More on Telecommunications

Module D Directory Servers

Filters