What is a digital certificate?

electronic doc that use a digital signature to bind public key wit identity

What is the purpose of a Certificate Authority (CA)?

a) To issue and manage digital certificates

Which of the following best describes a man-in-the-middle attack?

An attacker intercepts and possibly alters communication between two partys

What does the term "DDoS attack" stand for?

a) Distributed Denial of Service

What is a rainbow table?

b) A precomputed table for reversing cryptographic hash functions

What is the primary purpose of a digital signature?

b) To verify the authenticity and integrity of a message or document

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1
What technology is often used to create a digital signature?
c) Steganography
a) Symmetric encryption
d) Symmetric encryption
b) Public key cryptography
2
What is a digital certificate?
electronic doc that use a digital signature to bind public key wit identity
) A software tool used to encrypt data
c) A certificate issued by a university for cybersecurity courses
c) A certificate issued by a country for cybersecurity courses
3
What is the purpose of a Certificate Authority (CA)?
d) c) To monitor encryption
b) To secure websites with firewalls
a) To issue and manage digital certificates
c) To monitor internet traffic
4
Which of the following is used to mitigate the effectiveness of brute-force attacks prevent hash cracking?
c) Buffering
d) stalling
a) Salting
b) Logging
5
Which of the following is a common method used in social engineering attacks?
b) Installing antivirus software
using mifi
a) Email phishing
) Using a VPN
6
Which of the following best describes a man-in-the-middle attack?
none
) An attacker gains physical access to a computer
An attacker floods a network with traffic to disrupt service
An attacker intercepts and possibly alters communication between two partys
7
Which of the following is considered the most secure method of authentication?
c) Two-factor authentication
b) Biometric authentication
d)Pin
a) Username and password
8
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using digital signatures?
a) Non-repudiation
b) Data integrity
c) Faster processing speeds
d) Data integrity
9
What does the term "DDoS attack" stand for?
Does Data Online Services
b) Direct Data Operation Service
c) Digital Data Online Security
a) Distributed Denial of Service
10
What is a rainbow table?
b) A precomputed table for reversing cryptographic hash functions
d) A type of virusthat targets hashed data
c) A type of malware that targets hashed data
a) A colorful chart used in cybersecurity training
11
Which method is commonly used to crack a hashed password?
b) Steganography
a) Dictionary attack
d) password attack
c) Key exchange
12
Which entity typically issues digital certificates?
ISO
a) Certificate Authority (CA)
c) Cybersecurity analyst
b) Internet Service Provider (ISP)
13
In digital signatures, what does the private key do?
It encrypts the message
a) It decrypts the message
c) It verifies the signature
b) It signs the message
14
What is the primary purpose of a digital signature?
d) To decrypt data
c) To store data securely
b) To verify the authenticity and integrity of a message or document
a) To encrypt data

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1
What technology is often used to create a digital signature?
c) Steganography
a) Symmetric encryption
d) Symmetric encryption
b) Public key cryptography
2
What is a digital certificate?
electronic doc that use a digital signature to bind public key wit identity
) A software tool used to encrypt data
c) A certificate issued by a university for cybersecurity courses
c) A certificate issued by a country for cybersecurity courses
3
What is the purpose of a Certificate Authority (CA)?
d) c) To monitor encryption
b) To secure websites with firewalls
a) To issue and manage digital certificates
c) To monitor internet traffic
4
Which of the following is used to mitigate the effectiveness of brute-force attacks prevent hash cracking?
c) Buffering
d) stalling
a) Salting
b) Logging
5
Which of the following is a common method used in social engineering attacks?
b) Installing antivirus software
using mifi
a) Email phishing
) Using a VPN
6
Which of the following best describes a man-in-the-middle attack?
none
) An attacker gains physical access to a computer
An attacker floods a network with traffic to disrupt service
An attacker intercepts and possibly alters communication between two partys
7
Which of the following is considered the most secure method of authentication?
c) Two-factor authentication
b) Biometric authentication
d)Pin
a) Username and password
8
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using digital signatures?
a) Non-repudiation
b) Data integrity
c) Faster processing speeds
d) Data integrity
9
What does the term "DDoS attack" stand for?
Does Data Online Services
b) Direct Data Operation Service
c) Digital Data Online Security
a) Distributed Denial of Service
10
What is a rainbow table?
b) A precomputed table for reversing cryptographic hash functions
d) A type of virusthat targets hashed data
c) A type of malware that targets hashed data
a) A colorful chart used in cybersecurity training
11
Which method is commonly used to crack a hashed password?
b) Steganography
a) Dictionary attack
d) password attack
c) Key exchange
12
Which entity typically issues digital certificates?
ISO
a) Certificate Authority (CA)
c) Cybersecurity analyst
b) Internet Service Provider (ISP)
13
In digital signatures, what does the private key do?
It encrypts the message
a) It decrypts the message
c) It verifies the signature
b) It signs the message
14
What is the primary purpose of a digital signature?
d) To decrypt data
c) To store data securely
b) To verify the authenticity and integrity of a message or document
a) To encrypt data