Introduction to Computer Security Test Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to Computer Security provides students with a foundational understanding of the principles, technologies, and practices essential for safeguarding computer systems and information. Topics include system vulnerabilities, threats, and attack techniques; authentication, access control, and encryption; network security basics; operating system security; and ethical and legal aspects of security. Through theoretical concepts and practical exercises, students will learn how to identify risks, implement protective measures, and understand the impact of security breaches on society and organizations. This course equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate and address contemporary security challenges in computing environments.
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Corporate Computer Security 4th Edition by Randy
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Chapter 1: The Threat Environment
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Q1) Botnets usually have multiple owners over time.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Someone sends you a "game." When you run it, it logs you into an IRS server. This is hacking.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Terrorists can use IT to ________.
A) destroy utilities
B) finance their terrorism
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Answer: C
Q4) When a company visits a website to collect public information about a competitor, this is a form of trade secret espionage.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Planning and Policy
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Q1) Once a company's resources are enumerated, the next step is to ________.
A) create a protection plan for each
B) assess the degree to which each is already protected
C) enumerate threats to each
D) classify them according to sensitivity
Answer: D
Q2) Mandatory vacations should be enforced ________.
A) to improve employee diligence to threats
B) to reduce the possibility of collusion between employees
C) to be in compliance with state and federal law
D) for ethical purposes
Answer: B
Q3) A(n) ________ is a statement of what should be done under specific circumstances.
A) implementation control
B) policy
C) policy guidance document
D) procedure
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Cryptography
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Q1) Which of the following layers does IPsec protect?
A) The transport layer
B) The application layer
C) Both of the above
D) Neither of the above
Answer: D
Q2) The 56-bit key size ________.
A) is sufficient for major business transactions
B) is sufficient for most residential consumer applications
C) is considered a strong length
D) All of the above
Answer: B
Q3) To check a certificate's revocation status, the verifier can ________.
A) download the CRL from the CA
B) send an OCSP message to the CA
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Secure Networks
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Q1) CTS frames tell other wireless clients that you want to transmit for a given amount of time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In regards to network security, ________ means preventing unauthorized users from gaining information about the network structure, data flowing across the network, network protocols used, or packet header values.
A) confidentiality
B) integrity
C) availability
D) authentication
Q3) The 802.11 standards were developed by the IEEE 802.11 Working Group.
A)True
B)False
Q4) WEP stands for ________.
A) wireless equivalent privacy
B) wireless equivalent policy
C) wired equivalent privacy
D) wired equivalent policy
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Chapter 5: Access Control
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Q1) If a laptop needs to be taken off premises, ________.
A) it should first be logged out.
B) it should be logged in when returned
C) all sensitive information should be removed
D) All of the above
Q2) ________ can be much shorter than ________.
A) PINs, passwords
B) Passwords, PINs
C) There is no general length difference between passwords and PINs.
D) None of the above
Q3) In ________ the department has discretion over giving access to individuals, within policy standards set by higher authorities.
A) policy-based access control
B) mandatory access control
C) discretionary access control
D) delegated access control
Q4) Microsoft domains can be organized into trees, and trees can be organized into forests.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Firewalls
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Q1) Static packet filtering is sometimes used ________.
A) as a secondary filtering mechanism on an application proxy firewall
B) on border routers
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q2) Ingress ACL rules typically permit a specific type of internally originated connection to outside resources.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ________ firewalls filter traffic passing between different parts of a site's network.
A) Border
B) Internal
C) Intermediate
D) None of the above
Q4) Stateful packet inspection firewalls are ________.
A) expensive
B) fairly safe in practice
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
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Chapter 7: Host Hardening
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Q1) Which of the following is not a common problem with antivirus protections?
A) Users may turn the AV off.
B) The virus program contract may expire.
C) Automatic updates of virus signatures might be inadvertently turned off.
D) All of the above are common problems with antivirus protections.
Q2) The super user account in UNIX is called ________.
A) root
B) administrator
C) MMC
D) kernel
Q3) Assigning security measures to groups is ________ than assigning security measures to individuals within groups.
A) cheaper
B) less accurate
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q4) CLI shells use more system resources than GUIs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Application Security
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Q1) The Skype protocol is relatively easy for corporate firewalls to filter.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Companies are responsible for filtering sexually or racially harassing messages and can be sued for not doing so.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The first task in security is to understand the environment to be protected.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Website defacement occurs when attackers take over a computer and produce false web pages.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Spammers are one reason that some companies have outsourced e-mail filtering. A)True
B)False
Q6) Cookies can used to track users at a website.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Data Protection
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Q1) Using the delete key prevents data from being easily recovered.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Databases are ________.
A) integrated collections of data
B) integrated collections of metadata
C) Neither A nor B
D) Both A and B
Q3) Backup onto another hard drive is a very slow method of backup.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sanitation can protect against SQL injection attacks.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Backing up data to a second hard drive on a computer is more expensive than backup onto to magnetic tape.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Incident and Disaster Response
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Q1) Which of the following is not one of the four security levels of incidents?
A) False alarms
B) Minor incidents
C) Virus epidemics
D) Disasters
Q2) Once an attack has begun, a company should never allow the attacker to continue.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is the most effective alternative for disaster recovery backup?
A) Hot sites
B) Cold sites
C) CDP
D) All of the above
Q4) What information should alarms give the security staff?
A) A way to test the alarm for accuracy
B) Advice about what the security administrator should do
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
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Chapter 11: Module A: Networking Concepts
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Q1) If a router receives a packet with a TTL value of 1, what will it do?
A) Increase the TTL value to 2.
B) Keep the TTL value at 1.
C) Drop the packet.
D) None of the above.
Q2) When your home PC is on a network, it is a host.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The main advantage of IPv6 compared to IPv4 is ________.
A) support for more IP addresses
B) faster transmission
C) higher security
D) None of the above.
Q4) A device attached to a network is called a ________.
A) client
B) server
C) host
D) Neither A nor B
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