Network Threat
Taking someone's personal information and posing as that person for financial or legal transactions is known as ________.
A) hacking
B) identity theft
C) perjury
D) creating viruses
B) identity theft
Someone who hacks into a computer system to find and fix security vulnerabilities is known as a(n) ________.
A) white-hat hacker
B) black-hat hacker
C) gray-hat hacker
D) red-hat hacker
A) white-hat hacker
Attacks that are launched from multiple zombie computers at the same time are called ________.
A) Trojan horses
B) distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS)
C) worms
D) script kiddies
B) distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS)
A firewall designed specifically for home networks is called a ________ firewall.
A) home
B) personal
C) logical
D) static
B) personal
Which device is used by other network devices to authenticate and authorize management access?
a) Firewall
b) IPS
c) AAA server
d) IDS
c) AAA server
Which of the following statements is NOT true about identity theft?
A) Thieves can access personal information by stealing wallets and purses.
B) Thieves can trick people to volunteer their personal information.
C) Thieves can install devices on ATMs that record account numbers and passcodes.
D) Thieves can easily defeat 2-factor authentication.
D) Thieves can easily defeat 2-factor authentication.
______________ identify specific known threats and are used in anti-virus software.
A) Digital Certificates
B) Signature Files
C) Hot Fixes
D) Patches
B) Signature Files
Is a scam that fools users into thinking they have some form of malware on their system.
a) Adware
b) Grayware
c) Spyware
d) Scareware
d) Scareware
________ floods a computer with requests until it shuts down denying access to legitimate users.
A) An encryption virus
B) A DoS attack
C) A polymorphic virus
D) Port blocking
B) A DoS attack
This zone is used to house servers that should be accessible to outside users.
a) Intranet
b) Extranet
c) Internet
d) DMZ
d) DMZ
The most common occurrence of identity compromise is through ________.
A) phishing scams
B) stolen wallets
C) data breaches of a company that stores your information
D) skimming devices
C) data breaches of a company that stores your information
A virus hidden in a website is known as a(n) ________,
A) script
B) Trojan horse
C) macro
D) multipartite virus
A) script
_____________ refers to an attacker entering a secured building by following an authorized employee.
a) Masquerading
b) High jacking
c) Piggybacking
d) Shoulder Surfing
c) Piggybacking
________ is a network of computers infected with the same Trojan
A) Zombie
B) Cluster
C) Botnet
D) Trojan
c) Botnet
Where should Data backups be stored to ensure best data protection?
a) Off-site
b) On-site
c) Backup room
d) Optical disc
a) Off-site
A(n) ________ is a program that analyzes the contents of data packets on a network.
A) packet sniffer
B) hacker
C) phisher
D) trojan horse
A) packet sniffer
Which of the following are considered slightly different from viruses because they can run without user interaction?
A) Spam
B) E-mail viruses
C) Worms
D) Keystroke logger
C) Worms
A way to help ensure that passwords remain secret on a Cisco router or switch.
a) Encrypt all plaintext passwords
b) keep default password
c) use short password easy to remember
c) do not allow remote access
a) Encrypt all plaintext passwords
Which of the following is a program that appears to be something useful or desirable but does something malicious in the background?
A) A bot
B) A Trojan horse
C) A worm
D) A zombie
B) A Trojan horse
What is the most secure way to configure a remote network device?
a) Telent
b) SSH
c) Console Connection
d) Crossover Cable
b) SSH
What type of threat includes temperature extremes (too hot or too cold) or humidity extremes (too wet or too dry).
A) hardware threats
B) environmental threats
C) maintenance threats
d) electrical threats
B) environmental threats
These are all important protective measures for preventing viruses EXCEPT ________.
A) installing antivirus software and keeping it up to date
B) avoiding unknown websites
C) not using Wi-Fi hotspots
D) protecting your personal information
not using Wi-Fi hotspots
______________ exploits human nature by convincing someone to reveal information or perform an activity.
a) Phishing
b) Whaling
c) Social Hacking
d) Social Engineering
d) Social Engineering
A stealthy type of malware that can be very difficult to detect and remove from a system.
A) A botnet
B) A Rootkit
C) A worm
D) A zombie
B) A Rootkit
Firewall type where incoming packets must be legitimate responses to requests from internal hosts.
a) VPN
b) Stateful firewall
c) URL filtering firewall
d) Application filtering firewall
b) Stateful firewall