Question 1

Which of the following is a physical security measure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fitting electronic trackers to a computer 
B)  Restricting access through passwords 
C)  Filtering data packets using a firewall 
D)  Checking a user's signature

Question 2

Confidentiality,integrity,and availability are collectively referred to as the CIA triangle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A _____ attack floods a network or server with service requests to prevent legitimate users' access to the system.

Accepted Answer

A)  social engineering 
B)  denial-of-service 
C)  backdoor 
D)  phishing

Question 4

After examining an incoming packet,a firewall cannot reject that packet.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Describe the process of vein analysis in biometric security measures.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the process of vein analysis in...

Question 6

_____ use a physiological element to enhance security measures.

Accepted Answer

A)  Modems 
B)  Firewalls 
C)  Intrusion detection systems 
D)  Biometric security measures

Question 7

In the context of security,_____ means using "people skills"-such as being a good listener and assuming a friendly,unthreatening air-to trick others into revealing private information.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the context of security,_____ means using...

Question 8

In the context of security,social engineering protects the integrity of information resources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

_____ is software that secretly gathers information about users while they browse the Web.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ is software that secretly gathers information...

Question 10

Part of ensuring integrity is identifying authorized users and granting them access privileges.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Describe how blended threats work.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe how blended threats work....

Question 12

_____ outlines procedures for keeping an organization operational in the event of a natural disaster or a network attack or intrusion.

Accepted Answer

A)  Social engineering 
B)  Business continuity planning 
C)  An intrusion detection system 
D)  Terminal resource security

Question 13

A level 2 security system protects _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  back-end systems 
B)  corporate networks 
C)  Web servers 
D)  e-mail servers

Question 14

Application-filtering firewalls are less expensive than packet-filtering firewalls.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

_____ is a form of spyware that collects information about a user (without the user's consent) to determine which advertisements to display in the user's Web browser.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ is a form of spyware that...

Question 16

What is data encryption?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is data encryption?...

Question 17

Which of the following forms of text used in an encryption algorithm is unreadable without a decryption key?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plaintext 
B)  Cleartext 
C)  Codetext 
D)  Ciphertext

Question 18

What is the McCumber cube?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the McCumber cube?...

Question 19

A (n) _____ travels from computer to computer in a network,but it does not usually erase data.

Accepted Answer

A)  Trojan program 
B)  worm 
C)  applet 
D)  backdoor

Question 20

In _____ encryption,the same key is used to encrypt and decrypt a message.

Accepted Answer

A)  symmetric 
B)  asymmetric 
C)  synchronous 
D)  asynchronous

Exam 5: Protecting Information Resources

Which of the following is a physical security measure?

Confidentiality,integrity,and availability are collectively referred to as the CIA triangle.

A _____ attack floods a network or server with service requests to prevent legitimate users' access to the system.

After examining an incoming packet,a firewall cannot reject that packet.

Describe the process of vein analysis in biometric security measures.

_____ use a physiological element to enhance security measures.

In the context of security,_____ means using "people skills"-such as being a good listener and assuming a friendly,unthreatening air-to trick others into revealing private information.

In the context of security,social engineering protects the integrity of information resources.

_____ is software that secretly gathers information about users while they browse the Web.

Part of ensuring integrity is identifying authorized users and granting them access privileges.

Describe how blended threats work.

_____ outlines procedures for keeping an organization operational in the event of a natural disaster or a network attack or intrusion.

A level 2 security system protects _____.

Application-filtering firewalls are less expensive than packet-filtering firewalls.

_____ is a form of spyware that collects information about a user (without the user's consent) to determine which advertisements to display in the user's Web browser.

What is data encryption?

Which of the following forms of text used in an encryption algorithm is unreadable without a decryption key?

What is the McCumber cube?

A (n) _____ travels from computer to computer in a network,but it does not usually erase data.

In _____ encryption,the same key is used to encrypt and decrypt a message.