CIS 333 Week 11 Final Exam Set 3 NEW

02 Jun CIS 333 Week 11 Final Exam Set 3 NEW

Question 1 The world needs people who understand computer-systems ________ and who can protect computers and networks from criminals and terrorists.

Question 2 Connecting your computers or devices to the ________ immediately exposes them to attack.

Question 3 The physical part of the LAN Domain includes a __________, which is an interface between the computer and the LAN physical media.

Question 4 Which of the following is the definition of ciphertext?

Question 5 Which of the following describes the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?

Question 6 ____________ is the amount of time it takes to recover and make a system, application, and data available for use after an outage.

Question 7 A ________ examines the network layer address and routes packets based on routing protocol path determination decisions.

Question 8 What term is used to describe the amount of time that an IT system, application, or data is not available to users?

Question 9 What name is given to a U.S. federal law that requires U.S. government agencies to protect citizens’ private data and have proper security controls in place?

Question 10 SIP is a ___________ protocol used to support real-time communications.

Question 11 What term is used to describe a strategy that uses a device to provide electrical power for IP phones from the RJ-45 8-pin jacks directly to the workstation outlet?

Question 12 A common DSL service is ________, where the bandwidth is different for downstream and upstream traffic.

Question 13 ________ is the basis for unified communications and is the protocol used by real-time applications such as IM chat, conferencing, and collaboration.

Question 14 What name is given to a software-based application like WebEx that supports audio conferencing and sharing of documents (text, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.) for real-time discussions with team members or colleagues?

Question 15 Medical practices and hospitals realized early on that ________ provide(s) the ability to provide access to the necessary information without having to invest in many computers and network infrastructure.

Question 16 What is meant by digital subscriber line (DSL)?

Question 17 What is meant by application convergence?

Question 18 What term is used to describe streamlining processes with automation or simplified steps?

Question 19 As users upgrade LANs to GigE or 10GigE, switches must support ________ and data IP traffic.

Question 20 During the late 1980s into the early 1990s, service providers converted the core switches at their central offices from ______________ to digital central office (CO) switches.

Question 21 What is meant by firewall?

Question 22 What is meant by promiscuous mode?

Question 23 Malicious software can be hidden in a ________.

Question 24 Another type of attacker is called a ________. This is a person with little or no skill who simply follows directions or uses a “cookbook” approach to carrying out a cyberattack without understanding the meaning of the steps he or she is performing.

Question 25 Loss of financial assets due to ________ is a worst-case scenario for all organizations.

Question 26 What term is used to describe an attack in which the attacker gets between two parties and intercepts messages before transferring them on to their intended destination?

Question 27 In popular usage and in the media, the term ________ often describes someone who breaks into a computer system without authorization.

Question 28 What is meant by pharming?

Question 29 Black-hat hackers generally poke holes in systems, but do not attempt to disclose __________ they find to the administrators of those systems.

Question 30 ________ is a method that black-hat hackers use to attempt to compromise logon and password access controls, usually following a specific attack plan, including the use of social engineering to obtain user information.

Question 31 __________ is rapidly becoming an increasingly important aspect of enterprise computing.       

Question 32 When you accept a __________, you take no further steps to resolve.

Question 33 The recovery point objective (RPO) identifies the amount of _________ that is acceptable.

Question 34 What is meant by risk register?

Question 35 A ___________ primarily addresses the processes, resources, equipment, and devices needed to continue conducting critical business activities when an interruption occurs that affects the business’s viability.

Question 36 What name is given to any risk that exists but has a defined response?

Question 37 How often should an organization perform a risk management plan?

Question 38 What is the difference between a BCP and a DRP?

Question 39 Your _________ plan shows that you have examined risks to your organization and have developed plans to address each risk.

Question 40 Which of the following best describes quantitative risk analysis?

Question 41 A communication protocol that is connectionless and is popular for exchanging small amounts of data or messages is called ________.

Question 42 ________ is an authorization method in which access to resources is decided by the user’s formal status.

Question 43 ________ is used to describe a property that indicates that a specific subject needs access to a specific object. This is necessary to access the object in addition to possessing the proper clearance for the object’s classification.

Question 44 What is meant by physically constrained user interface?

Question 45 A method of restricting resource access to specific periods of time is called ________.

Question 46 An organization’s facilities manager might give you a security card programmed with your employee ID number, also known as a ________.

 Question 47 Which of the following adequately defines continuous authentication?

Question 48 What name is given to an access control method that bases access control approvals on the jobs the user is assigned?

Question 49 _____________is the process of dividing a task into a series of unique activities performed by different people, each of whom is allowed to execute only one part of the overall task.

Question 50 Which of these biometric authentication methods is not as accurate as the rest?

Question 51 One of the most popular types of attacks on computer systems involves ___________. These attacks deceive or use people to get around security controls. The best way to avoid this risk is to ensure that employees know how to handle such attacks.

Question 52 What is meant by certification?

Question 53 Your organization’s __________ sets the tone for how you approach related activities.

Question 54 The primary task of an organization’s __________ team is to control access to systems or resources.

Question 55 What is meant by standard?

Question 56 Enacting changes in response to reported problems are called ________.

Question 57 From the perspective of a _________ professional, configuration management evaluates the impact a modification might have on security.

Question 58 ___________ are the benchmarks that help make sure a minimum level of security exists across multiple applications of systems and across different products.

Question 59 ________ is the process of managing changes to computer/device configuration or application software.

Question 60 What term is used to describe a set of step-by-step actions to be performed to accomplish a security requirement, process, or objective?

Question 61 One of the best ways to avoid wasting your organization’s resources is to ensure that you follow the ________ review cycle.

Question 62 Which of the following is the definition of hardened configuration?

Question 63 As your organization evolves and as threats mature, it is important to make sure your __________ still meet(s) the risks you face today.

Question 64 Security audits help ensure that your rules and __________ are up to date, documented, and subject to change control procedures.

Question 65 ________ provides information on what is happening as it happens.

Question 66 What is a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system?

Question 67 ________ gives you the opportunity to review your risk-management program and to confirm that the program has correctly identified and reduced (or otherwise addressed) the risks to your organization.

Question 68 Which of the following defines network mapping?

Question 69 Audits also often look at the current configuration of a system as a snapshot in time to verify that it complies with ________.

Question 70 Which of the following is the definition of anomaly-based IDS?

Question 71 An attacker or event that might exploit a vulnerability is a(n) ____________.

Question 72 You must consider many factors when evaluating countermeasures. Countermeasures might generate more calls to the help desk, slower response times for users, and so on. This is referred to as ________.

Question 73 An organization knows that a risk exists and has decided that the cost of reducing it is higher than the loss would be. This can include self-insuring or using a deductible. This is categorized as ________.

Question 74 ________ allows an organization to transfer risk to another entity. Insurance is a common way to reduce risk.

Question 75 A(n) ________ is an intent and method to exploit a vulnerability.

Question 76 It is necessary to create and/or maintain a plan that makes sure your company continues to operate in the face of disaster. This is known as a ________.

Question 77 ___________ is the likelihood that a particular threat exposes a vulnerability that could damage your organization.

Question 78 An intrusion detection system (IDS) is an example of ___________ controls.

Question 79 A _____________ is a flaw or weakness in a system’s security procedures, design, implementation, or internal controls.

Question 80 Forensics and incident response are examples of ___________ controls.

Question 81 What name is given to an encryption cipher that is a product cipher with a 56-bit key consisting of 16 iterations of substitution and transformation?

Question 82 What name is given to an encryption cipher that uniquely maps any letter to any other letter?

Question 83 Without any knowledge of the key, an attacker with access to an encrypted message and the decryption cipher could try every possible key to decode the message. This is referred to as ________.

Question 84 In a ________, the cryptanalyst possesses certain pieces of information before and after encryption.

Question 85 Cryptography accomplishes four security goals: nonrepudiation, integrity, authentication, and ________________.

Question 86 _______________ enables you to prevent a party from denying a previous statement or action.

Question 87 Cryptography accomplishes four security goals: confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and ________________.

Question 88 ________ is the act of unscrambling ciphertext into plaintext.

Question 89 A ________ is an encryption key used to encrypt other keys before transmitting them.

Question 90 What is meant by key distribution?

Question 91 A _____________ contains rules that define the types of traffic that can come and go through a network.

Question 92 ________ is a suite of protocols designed to connect sites securely using IP networks.

Question 93 Which OSI Reference Model layer creates, maintains, and disconnects communications that take place between processes over the network?

Question 94 What name is given to a protocol to implement a VPN connection between two computers?

Question 95 A firewall that examines each packet it receives and compares the packet to a list of rules configured by the network administrator is the definition of ________.

Question 96 Network ________ is gathering information about a network for use in a future attack.

Question 97 Which OSI Reference Model layer is responsible for the coding of data?

Question 98 Which OSI Reference Model layer must translate the binary ones and zeros of computer language into the language of the transport medium?

Question 99 A ___________ controls the flow of traffic by preventing unauthorized network traffic from entering or leaving a particular portion of the network.

Question 100 Which OSI Reference Model layer is responsible for transmitting information on computers connected to the same local area network (LAN)?

Question 101 _____________ are the main source of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and spam.

Question 102 A ________ is a virus that attacks and modifies executable programs (like COM, EXE, SYS, and DLL files).

Question 103 ________ include a separate encryption engine that stores the virus body in encrypted format while duplicating the main body of the virus.

Question 104 ________ attack countermeasures such as antivirus signature files or integrity databases.

Question 105 A ____________ tricks users into providing logon information on what appears to be a legitimate Web site but is in fact a Web site set up by an attacker to obtain this information.

Question 106 The ________ is a U.S. standards organization whose goal is to empower its members and constituents to strengthen the U.S. marketplace position in the global economy, while helping to ensure the safety and health of consumers and the protection of the environment.

Question 107 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Common Gateway Interface (CGI), and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) are standards developed or endorsed by the ____________.

Question 108 The ____________ is a network of centers around the United States that offers technical and business assistance to small- and medium-sized manufacturers.

Question 109 The ________ is the main United Nations agency responsible for managing and promoting information and technology issues.

Question 110 The ________ is an organization formed in 1994 to develop and publish standards for the World Wide Web.

Question 111 What name is given to educational institutions that meet specific federal information assurance educational guidelines?

Question 112 The standard bachelor’s degree is a __________ program.

Question 113 The purpose of ________ is to provide formal training courses that lead to a certificate or professional certification and not a degree.

Question 114 With university doctoral programs, completing the degree requirements takes ________.       

Question 115 “There are so many demands on your time, it is often difficult to justify setting aside time to study. Also, you may find that self-study takes more time than you planned.” This is a disadvantage to choosing the self-study option that can be labeled ________.

Question 116 The best fits for (ISC)2’s _____________ are personnel responsible for developing and implementing processes used to assess risk and for establishing security requirements.

Question 117 CompTIA’s Security+ certification provides ________.

Question 118 (ISC)2 offers the ________________ credential, which is one of the few credentials that address developing secure software. It evaluates professionals for the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and deploy secure applications.

Question 119 The ____________ concentration from (ISC)2 contains deeper managerial elements such as project management, risk management, setting up and delivering a security awareness program, and managing a business continuity planning program.

Question 120 The four main credentials of the ________ are Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP®), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®), Certified Authorization Professional (CAP®), and Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP®).

Question 121 The regulating agency for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is the ________.

Question 122 The ________________ ,enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was designed to promote the widespread adoption and standardization of health information technology.

 Question 123 The regulating agency for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is the ________.

Question 124 Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, credit card numbers, and date of birth are examples of __________ as stipulated under GLBA.

Question 125 What name is given to patient health information that is computer based?