Deck 4: Information Security and Encryption

Question 1

From the options below, which of them is not a threat to information security?

A)disaster
B)eavesdropping
C)information leakage
D)unchanged default password

Answer 1

unchanged default password

Question 2

Compromising confidential information comes under __________________________________________ 

A)bug
B)threat
C)vulnerability
D)attack

Answer 2

threat

Question 3

Which of the following are not security policies?

A)regulatory
B)advisory
C)availability
D)user policies

Answer 3

availability

Question 4

Examples of User Policies is/are:

A)password policies
B)internet usage
C)system use
D)all of the above

Question 5

____________________________Policy ensures that the organization is maintaining standards set by specific industry regulation.

A)regulatory
B)advisory
C)availability
D)user policies

Question 6

____________________________  Policy is like standards rules and regulations set by the management to advise their employees on their activity or behavior

A)regulatory
B)advisory
C)availability
D)user policies

Question 7

What defines the restrictions on employees such as usage?

A)regulatory
B)advisory
C)availability
D)user policies

Question 8

The full form of OSI is OSI model is ____________________________

A)open systems interconnection
B)open software interconnection
C)open systems internet
D)open software internet

Question 9

In layer, vulnerabilities are directly associated with physical access to networks and hardware.

A)physical
B)data-link
C)network
D)application

Question 10

Which of the following attack can actively modify communications or data?

A)both active and passive attacks
B)neither active and passive attacks
C)active attacks
D)passive attacks

Question 11

Release of Message Content and Traffic analysis are type of :

A)both active and passive attacks
B)neither active and passive attacks
C)active attacks
D)passive attacks

Question 12

If communication between 2 people is overheard by a third person without manipulation of any data, it is called as:

A)release of message content-passive attack
B)traffic analysis -passive attacks
C)release of message content- active attacks
D)traffic analysis -active attacks

Question 13

If communication between 2 people is overheard by a third person without extraction of any data, it is called as:

A)release of message content-passive attack
B)traffic analysis -passive attacks
C)release of message content- active attacks
D)traffic analysis -active attacks

Question 14

____________________________  means when an attacker pretends to be authentic user

A)masquerade
B)replay
C)modification
D)traffic analysis

Question 15

______________ attack is when original data is modified and malicious data is inserted

A)masquerade
B)replay(rewrite)
C)modification
D)traffic analysis

Question 16

When original data is changed to make it non-meaningful by attacker it is known as

A)masquerade
B)replay
C)modification of messages
D)traffic analysis

Question 17

Which is the type of attack when Network is made unavailable for user

A)masquerade
B)replay
C)modification
D)denial of service

Question 18

Modification of Data is done in:

A)both active and passive attacks
B)neither active and passive attacks
C)active attacks
D)passive attacks

Question 19

The information that gets transformed in encryption is

A)plain text
B)parallel text
C)encrypted text
D)decrypted text

Question 20

A process of making the encrypted text readable again.

A)decryption
B)encryption
C)network security
D)information hiding

Question 21

A unique piece of information that is used in encryption.

A)cipher
B)plain text
C)key
D)cipher.

Question 22

Assurance that authentic user is taking part in communication is:

A)authentication
B)authorization
C)access control
D)auditing

Question 23

ATM pin while withdrawing money is an example of using:

A)authentication
B)authorization
C)access control
D)auditing

Question 24

Study of creating a d using encryption and decryption techniques.

A)cipher
B)cryptography
C)encryption
D)decryption