Question 1

Attacking your own firm occurs in ________.

Accepted Answer

A) vulnerability testing 
B) auditing 
C) Both A and B 
D) Neither A nor B 
A) vulnerability testing 
B) auditing 
C) Both A and B 
D) Neither A nor B

Question 2

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Guidelines must be followed. 
B) Guidelines must be considered. 
C) Both A and B 
D) Neither A nor B 
A) Guidelines must be followed. 
B) Guidelines must be considered. 
C) Both A and B 
D) Neither A nor B

Question 3

It is still hacking if a person breaks into a computer accidentally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Antivirus programs can usually stop directly-propagating worms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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) root exploit 
E) rootkit 
A) backdoor 
B) Trojan horse 
C) compromise 
D) root exploit 
E) rootkit

Question 6

________ is lying to get victims to do something against their financial self interest.

Accepted Answer

A) Social engineering 
B) Fraud 
A) Social engineering 
B) Fraud

Question 7

Unsolicited commercial e-mail is better known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A) adware 
B) spam 
C) social engineering 
D) identity theft 
A) adware 
B) spam 
C) social engineering 
D) identity theft

Question 8

DoS attacks attempt to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) hack a computer 
B) reduce the availability of a computer 
C) Both A and B 
D) Neither A nor B 
A) hack a computer 
B) reduce the availability of a computer 
C) Both A and B 
D) Neither A nor B

Question 9

Prepare2 can be cracked most quickly by a(n)________.

Accepted Answer

A) authentication attack 
B) brute-force attack 
C) dictionary attack 
D) dictionary attack in hybrid mode 
A) authentication attack 
B) brute-force attack 
C) dictionary attack 
D) dictionary attack in hybrid mode

Question 10

Electronic signatures provide message-by-message ________.

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 11

Which of the following can be upgraded after it is installed on a victim computer?

Accepted Answer

A) Trojan horses. 
B) Bots. 
C) Viruses. 
D) Worms. 
A) Trojan horses. 
B) Bots. 
C) Viruses. 
D) Worms.

Question 12

________ is the dominant firewall filtering method used on main border firewalls today.

Accepted Answer

A) ACL filtering 
B) Application content filtering 
C) Stateful packet inspection 
D) None of the above. 
A) ACL filtering 
B) Application content filtering 
C) Stateful packet inspection 
D) None of the above.

Question 13

The goal of security is to eliminate risk.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The last stage in a hacking attack is the break-in.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

An attack that occurs before a patch is available is called a zero-day attack.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The password 7u3ab& can be defeated most quickly by a ________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

________ is the general name for proofs of identity in authentication.

Accepted Answer

A) Permissions 
B) Credentials 
C) Authorizations 
D) Certificates 
E) Signatures 
A) Permissions 
B) Credentials 
C) Authorizations 
D) Certificates 
E) Signatures

Question 18

When a packet that is part of an ongoing connection arrives at a stateful inspection firewall,the firewall usually ________.

Accepted Answer

A) drops the packet 
B) drops the packet and notifies an administrator 
C) passes the packet 
D) passes the packet,but notifies an administrator 
A) drops the packet 
B) drops the packet and notifies an administrator 
C) passes the packet 
D) passes the packet,but notifies an administrator

Question 19

What does a hacker usually do IMMEDIATELY after downloading a hacker toolkit?

Accepted Answer

A) Install a Trojan horse. 
B) Create a backdoor. 
C) Execute the exploit. 
D) None of the above. 
A) Install a Trojan horse. 
B) Create a backdoor. 
C) Execute the exploit. 
D) None of the above.

Question 20

Hackers send probe packets to identify ________.

Accepted Answer

A) IP addresses with active hosts 
B) hosts running certain applications 
C) Both A and B 
D) Neither A nor B 
A) IP addresses with active hosts 
B) hosts running certain applications 
C) Both A and B 
D) Neither A nor B

Attacking your own firm occurs in ________.

Which of the following is true?

It is still hacking if a person breaks into a computer accidentally.

Antivirus programs can usually stop directly-propagating worms.

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.)

________ is lying to get victims to do something against their financial self interest.

Unsolicited commercial e-mail is better known as ________.

DoS attacks attempt to ________.

Prepare2 can be cracked most quickly by a(n)________.

Electronic signatures provide message-by-message ________.

Which of the following can be upgraded after it is installed on a victim computer?

________ is the dominant firewall filtering method used on main border firewalls today.

The goal of security is to eliminate risk.

The last stage in a hacking attack is the break-in.

An attack that occurs before a patch is available is called a zero-day attack.

The password 7u3ab& can be defeated most quickly by a ________.

________ is the general name for proofs of identity in authentication.

When a packet that is part of an ongoing connection arrives at a stateful inspection firewall,the firewall usually ________.

What does a hacker usually do IMMEDIATELY after downloading a hacker toolkit?

Hackers send probe packets to identify ________.

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Exam 3: Network Security

Attacking your own firm occurs in ________.

Which of the following is true?

It is still hacking if a person breaks into a computer accidentally.

Antivirus programs can usually stop directly-propagating worms.

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.)

________ is lying to get victims to do something against their financial self interest.

Unsolicited commercial e-mail is better known as ________.

DoS attacks attempt to ________.

Prepare2 can be cracked most quickly by a(n)________.

Electronic signatures provide message-by-message ________.

Which of the following can be upgraded after it is installed on a victim computer?

________ is the dominant firewall filtering method used on main border firewalls today.

The goal of security is to eliminate risk.

The last stage in a hacking attack is the break-in.

An attack that occurs before a patch is available is called a zero-day attack.

The password 7u3ab& can be defeated most quickly by a ________.

________ is the general name for proofs of identity in authentication.

When a packet that is part of an ongoing connection arrives at a stateful inspection firewall,the firewall usually ________.

What does a hacker usually do IMMEDIATELY after downloading a hacker toolkit?

Hackers send probe packets to identify ________.

Networking: How We Got Here

Network Standards

Network Management

Physical Layer Propagation

Switched Wired Networks

Wireless Networks I

Wireless Networks 2

Tcp-Ip Internetworking

Internetworking 2

Networked Applications

More on Tcp-Ip

More on Modulation

More on Telecommunications

Filters