Deck 11: Network Management and Security

Question 1

A ____ looks at the long-term operation of the business, so a business should develop two plans.

A) business continuity plan
B) disaster recovery plan
C) business recovery plan
D) disaster prevention plan

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A denial-of-service attack (DOS attack) is characterized by an attempt to prevent legitimate users of a service from using that service.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A(n) ____ is a stand-alone hardware unit that connects to the network or a software program running on a network host, collecting statistical information about the network performance.

A) program analyzer
B) packet analyzer
C) interface analyzer
D) protocol analyzer

Answer 3

D

Question 4

____________________ hardening involves updating or patching applications as required, as well as properly administering usernames and passwords (changing default usernames and passwords).

Question 5

____________________ is a security measure that uses the public network infrastructure, such as the Internet, as part of a Virtual Private Network.

Question 6

A ____ uses a special switch (typically utilizing Fibre Channel technology) to connect servers and storage devices on their own physical network.

A) NAS
B) SAN
C) SAD
D) SAS

Question 7

A ____ is a partitioning of the ports on a VLAN-capable switch into LAN groups whose traffic is isolated from each other.

A) private LAN
B) software LAN
C) segmented LAN
D) virtual LAN

Question 8

____ is a technology where high-capacity file storage is directly connected to the network.

A) NAS
B) SAN
C) MAS
D) NAD

Question 9

A ____ is software that has been written to enter a computer system and corrupt the files on the hard drive.

A) computer virus
B) Trojan
C) worm
D) rootkit

Question 10

A(n) ____________________ allows you to connect the keyboard, video, and mouse signals from two or more computers to a single keyboard, video monitor, and mouse.

Question 11

A(n) ____________________ is a program that replicates itself, but does not necessarily infect other programs.

Question 12

Network security begins with the security measures in place on the server.

Question 13

A(n) ____________________ device is a network device that you can manage via a network connection, either through an ordinary browser or through special management software that comes with the device.

Question 14

A proxy-service firewall provides a combination of packet-filtering and proxy-service in one unit, requiring the most amount of inspection time per packet.

Question 15

Integrity of information is achieved through encryption.

Question 16

____ hardening involves disabling non-essential protocols and services, installing up-to-date service packs, patches, and hotfixes, and properly establishing access control permissions.

A) Network
B) System
C) Application
D) Operating system

Question 17

Network management is one of the most important tasks that is performed in a networked computer environment.

Question 18

The ____ module converts the server's keyboard, video, and mouse signals for transport over Cat 5 UTP cable and provides interfacing for USB and PS/2 mice.

A) AICC
B) UICC
C) RICC
D) GICC

Question 19

A(n) ____ combines traffic sniffing with analysis techniques.

A) firewall
B) intrusion detection system
C) router
D) application firewall

Question 20

____ hardening involves the use of routers, firewalls, IDS systems, and fault tolerance to help provide a protected and highly-available network.

A) Network
B) System
C) Application
D) Operating system

Question 22

List and describe the different types of hardening.

Question 23

What is a firewall?

Question 24

Discuss the advantage of having a disk image.

Question 25

List and describe five areas to consider in User Management.

Question 26

List five disaster recovery safeguards that can be used to help guarantee a relatively quick and painless recovery in the event that a disaster occurs.