Network Security Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Network Security is an in-depth course that explores the principles, technologies, and practices used to protect computer networks from unauthorized access, misuse, malfunction, modification, and destruction. The course covers foundational topics including cryptography, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, secure network protocols, and vulnerability assessment. Students will learn to identify common threats and vulnerabilities, implement effective defense strategies, and evaluate current security tools and policies to mitigate risks. Through practical exercises and case studies, the course prepares students to address real-world challenges in designing and maintaining secure network infrastructures.
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Corporate Computer Security 4th Edition by
Randy J. Boyle
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Chapter 1: The Threat Environment
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Q1) Traditional hackers are motivated by ________.
A) thrill
B) validation of power
C) doing damage as a by-product
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Countries would engage in cyberwar ________.
A) before a physical attack
B) after a physical attack
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Answer: C
Q3) Most traditional external hackers cause extensive damage or commit theft for money.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Planning and Policy
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Q1) ________ requires multiple countermeasures to be defeated for an attack to succeed.
A) Defense in depth
B) Weakest link analysis
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Answer: A
Q2) When risk analysis deals with costs and benefits that vary by year, the computations should use ________.
A) NPV
B) IRR
C) Either A or B
D) Neither A nor B
Answer: C
Q3) What security function(s) usually is(are) not outsourced?
A) Planning
B) Intrusion detection
C) Vulnerability testing
D) All of the above
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Cryptography
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Q1) A remote access VPN typically gives users access to multiple resources within a site.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A ________ is a cryptographic system that provides secure communication over an untrusted network.
A) virtual private network
B) secure link
C) complete cryptographic system
D) None of the above.
Answer: A
Q3) A commonly SSL/TLS-aware application is ________.
A) webservice
B) database
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Secure Networks
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Q1) Rogue access points are authorized access points set up by individuals or departments.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In a P2P attack, there is a change in traffic pattern but the overall volume of traffic is the same.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a man-in-the-middle attack, ________.
A) an evil twin must have a stronger signal than the legitimate AP
B) an evil twin sends own attacks, impersonating the victim
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q4) In addition to deauthenticate messages, an attacker could flood wireless clients with ________.
A) RTS
B) CTS
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
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Chapter 5: Access Control
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Q1) LDAP can be used ________.
A) to update information in the directory server
B) to retrieve data from the directory server
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q2) A private key/public key pair is usually created by the ________.
A) client
B) PKI server
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q3) ________ 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
Q4) Giving a user permissions to use a certain resource is ________.
A) authentication
B) authorization
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
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Chapter 6: Firewalls
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Q1) Firewalls will drop ________.
A) suspicious packets
B) provable attack packets
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q2) The firewall should go through vulnerability testing after each change.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Static packet filtering firewalls are limited to ________.
A) inspecting packets for which there are good application proxy filtering rules
B) inspecting packets in isolation from their context
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q4) Antivirus servers can only find viruses, not other types of malware.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The combination of high safety and low cost makes SPI firewalls extremely popular.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Host Hardening
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Q1) Which of the following is a danger created by notebook computer loss or theft?
A) Loss of capital investment
B) Loss of sensitive data
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q2) UNIX allows permissions to be assigned to ________.
A) the account that owns the file or directory
B) a group associated with the directory
C) everyone else
D) All of the above
Q3) To how many accounts and groups can different permissions be applied in Windows?
A) 3
B) 6
C) 100
D) almost an unlimited number
Q4) The super user account in Windows is called root.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Application Security
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Q1) In IM, all messages pass through a ________ server.
A) relay
B) presence
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q2) ________ introduced community strings for security, in which a shared secret was used to authenticate messages.
A) SNMP V1
B) SNMP V2
C) SNMP V3
D) None of the above
Q3) For all applications, a basic rule is ________.
A) always trust user input
B) sometimes trust user input
C) never trust user input
D) None of the above
Q4) If a hacker takes over an application program, he or she receives the permissions with which the program runs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Data Protection
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Q1) Properly hardened hosts and securely coded applications can help protect data while it is transmitted.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The most common form of deletion in Windows-based systems is nominal deletion.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most companies conduct full backups on a daily basis.
A)True
B)False
Q4) File/directory backup is slower and takes up more storage space than image backup.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Data destruction is ________.
A) optional
B) necessary
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
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Chapter 10: Incident and Disaster Response
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Q1) ________ specify how a company will restore IT functions after a disaster.
A) Business continuity plans
B) IT disaster recovery plans
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q2) Only an expert witness is allowed to interpret facts for juries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In ________ transfers, each event's data goes to the manager immediately.
A) batch
B) real-time
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q4) A walkthrough is also called a ________.
A) table-top exercise
B) live test
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) A ________ is the path that a frame takes across a single switched network.
A) physical link
B) data link
C) route
D) connection
Q2) ________ tell the attacker that a certain IP address has a live host or router.
A) ICMP Echo replies
B) ICMP error messages
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Q3) The IP header checksum field is used for error detection.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In TCP, if a receiver receives a damaged TCP segment, it ________.
A) sends a negative acknowledgement
B) sends the segment back to the original sender
C) does nothing
D) None of the above.
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