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Networking Essentials: Chapter 7 Review
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A review quiz for Chapter 7 of the Networking Essentials curriculum from Cisco, Network Security
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1
What is the term for when personal information is stolen to let a hacker act as the victim?
Identity Theft
Disruption of Service
Information Theft
Data Loss/Manipulation
2
True or False: Many home network devices include multifunction firewall software.
False
True
3
What is an attack created to overwhelm networks with useless data using 100s of attack points?
Hacking
Brute Force Attacks
Denial of Service (DoS)
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
4
What is a form of social engineering where a person pretends to be part of a real organization?
Phishing
Vishing (Phone Phishing)
Company Faking
Pretexting
5
What does antivirus software rely on in order to find and prevent new viruses?
Other computers sharing virus info with the software
The user's web search for viruses
Virus signatures
Finding a new virus itself
6
Through what medium is phishing typically done?
Telephone
E-mail or text messaging
Face-to-Face
Written
7
What is the name of security software installed to prevent popup and pop-under windows?
Spam Filter
Popup Blocker
Antispyware
Antivirus
8
What is a malicious program that spreads by modifying other programs or files?
Disease
Virus
Worm
Trojan Horse
9
What does an attacker hope to gain from a vishing (phone phishing) attack?
Bank account numbers or passwords of the victim
First and last name of the victim
Social insurance number of the victim
Username and password to the victim's computer
10
When are bots typically the most active?
Idle times in the time zone of the "zombie" computer
Any time the "zombie" computer is on the Internet
Peak times in the time zone of the "zombie" computer
Any time the bot sees fit
11
What is the term for sending a flood of packets to a server requesting a client connection?
Ping of Death
SYN (synchronous) Flooding
Distributed Denial of Service
Botnet
12
What is the name for sending e-mail advertising to as many users as possible?
Botneting
Widespread Advertisement
Oversaturating
Spam
13
What is the feature of antivirus programs that allows virus scan to run at regular intervals?
Automatic Updates
E-mail Checking
Resident Dynamic Scanning
Scheduled Scans
14
What is the term for threats that come from individuals working outside of an organization?
Public Threats
Outside Threats
Internal Threats
External Threats
15
What is
NOT
one of the ways firewall rules can be configured?
Permit or deny traffic to a specific application
Allowing IP addresses of internal devices
Blocking IP addresses of external devices
Permit or deny packets matching ranges of TCP or UDP ports
16
What is
NOT
one of the ways user data can end up in the hands of the wrong people?
Misplaced or stolen laptops
Lost smart phones or removable storage devices
Failure to properly remove data from devices before disposal
Encrypting data on your device
17
What is the term for preventing users from accessing services to which they should be entitled?
Identity Theft
Information Theft
Disruption of Service
Data Loss/Manipulation
18
How can an internal attack be accidental?
An employee picks up a virus externally and brings it in
A person plugging their cell phone in by USB to a computer
Activating code they wrote to flood their local server
Installing Norton Anti-Virus
19
What is the name for a collection of patches and updates?
Service Packs
Patchworks
Update Batch
Patch Packs
20
What is the name for a program that gathers your info without your knowledge or permission?
Adware
Popups or Pop-unders
Spyware
Tracking Cookies
21
What is a malicious program that spreads by sending copies of itself through the network?
Worm
Trojan Horse
Virus
Disease
22
What is the name for objects that are used to record information about an Internet user?
Tracking Cookies
Adware
Popups or Pop-unders
Spyware
23
What is the feature of antivirus programs that allows virus scan to run at regular intervals?
Automatic Updates
Resident Dynamic Scanning
Scheduled Scans
E-mail Checking
24
How do external attackers work their way into a network?
Having physical access to a device on the network
By working at the ISP of their vicitim
Through the Internet
Cutting into a fiber cable
25
What would sending a virus that removes all entries on a hard drive be an example of?
Identity Theft
Disruption of Service
Information Theft
Data Loss/Manipulation
26
What is the term for a router being able to briefly forward data through inbound TCP/UDP ports?
Port Triggering
Port Tracking
DMZing
Port Forwarding
27
What is the feature of antivirus programs that checks for, and downloads, known virus patterns?
E-mail Checking
Automatic Updates
Resident Dynamic Scanning
Scheduled Scans
28
What is a collection of methods used to fool internal users into performing specific actions?
Social Media
Electrical Engineering
Social Engineering
Socializing
29
Why is social engineering effective?
Companies have poor network security
Typically users are the weakest link in security
Computers are easily cracked through social means
All social engineering attacks are well-planned
30
What term refers to an area of the network that is usable by both internal and external users?
Demilitarized zone (DMZ)
Public network
Firewall Hole
Private network
31
What is a specific name for a type of firewall device developed by Cisco?
Adaptive Security Appliance
Allowed Security Appliance
Armored Security Application
Firewall
32
What is the term for a rule-based method of directing traffic between devices using ports?
DMZing
Port Forwarding
Port Tracking
Port Triggering
33
What is the name of a security tool that controls traffic to and from a network?
Popup Blocker
Spam Filter
Antispyware
Firewall
34
What is the name for windows that show up over or under your browser when visiting websites?
Popups or Pop-unders
Spyware
Tracking Cookies
Adware
35
What is one of the major ways spam can be sent to users?
Malware
Bots or Botnets
Manually sending e-mails
Zombies
36
What process do firewalls typically carry out for devices on their network?
Network Address Translation
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
37
What is the name of security software installed to detect and remove malware (worms, Trojans)?
Antispyware
Spam Filter
Popup Blocker
Antivirus
38
How does bot software infect a host?
Clicking an advertisement on a web page
Downloading and installing a remote control function
Deleting a computer's firewall
Downloading and installing a virus
39
How do you accomplish a Ping of Death?
Ping a device several times simultaneously
Send a packet larger than 65,535 bytes
Send a packet smaller than 20 bytes
Send a packet between 60,000 and 65,535 bytes
40
What is the name of a program used to collect info about users to provide targeted advertising?
Spyware
Tracking Cookies
Popups or Pop-unders
Adware
41
Pick one of the two different types of traffic that firewalls allow into your network.
Traffic destined for a port that you have permitted
Responses to traffic that originates from your network
Packets that have a destination IP address of your computer
Traffic destined for all well-known ports
42
What does the term DMZ stand for?
Demilitarized Zone
Default MAC Zettabyte
Data Mining Zone
Domain Modem Zone
43
What would stealing an organization's research to sell to another company be an example of?
Identity Theft
Disruption of Service
Information Theft
Data Loss/Manipulation
44
For pretexting to be effective, what does the attacker have to do?
Own a telephone
Establish legitimacy with the victim
Know about networking
Take an improvization class
45
What is the term for breaking into a device to get private information, typically for resell?
Data Loss/Manipulation
Disruption of Service
Information Theft
Identity Theft
46
What is a form of social engineering where an invented scenario is used to deceive a victim?
Scenario-Creating
Phishing
Vishing (Phone Phishing)
Pretexting
47
What is a form of social engineering where a user is told to call a "real" bank service?
Phishing
Vishing (Phone Phishing)
Pretexting
Company Faking
48
What is the feature of antivirus programs that checks program files when they are accessed?
E-mail Checking
Automatic Updates
Scheduled Scans
Resident Dynamic Scanning
49
What is a device or software that prevents undesirable traffic from entering the network?
Antivirus
Switch
Firewall
Router
50
What is a malicious program that is written to appear like a legitimate program?
Trojan Horse
Virus
A large wooden rabbit...
Worm
51
What is the name of security software installed to detect and remove spyware and adware?
Antispyware
Popup Blocker
Spam Filter
Antivirus
52
What is one of the most important things to change to improve security?
Firewall settings
Default usernames for admin and guest accounts
Adding NAT on your router
BIOS System password
53
What is an attack done with fast computers guessing passwords rapidly, which can deny services?
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
Brute Force Attacks
Hacking
Denial of Service (DoS)
54
How are popups and pop-unders different from adware?
Popups and pop-unders can be blocked, adware cannot
Adware is visible to the user, popups and pop-unders are not
Popups and pop-unders are not created for advertising
Popups and pop-unders are not created to collect information
55
True or False: A DMZ is more secure than the internal network.
False
True
56
What would stealing a person's information to apply for a passport be called?
Identity Theft
Data Loss/Manipulation
Information Theft
Disruption of Service
57
Which of the following is
NOT
a sign that your computer has been infected?
Program does not respond to mouse and keystrokes
CPU usage is very high
A program does not respond
Computer starts acting abnormally
58
What is the term for breaking into a computer to delete or change information on the device?
Data Loss/Manipulation
Disruption of Service
Information Theft
Identity Theft
59
What is the name of security software applied to applications to correct vulnerabilities?
Popup Blocker
Antispyware
Patches and Updates
Spam Filter
60
What is the term for an attack done by someone who has authorized access or physical access?
Inside Threat
External Threat
Internal Threat
Outside Threat
61
What is the feature of antivirus programs that scans e-mails coming in and going out?
Scheduled Scans
Automatic Updates
Resident Dynamic Scanning
E-mail Checking
62
What is a person who gains access to a network or device by altering apps or using weaknesses?
Network-Breakers
Hack-workers
Criminals
Hackers
63
What is
NOT
one of the actions to do to prevent the spread of spam?
Report spam to the government agency that deals with it
Don't open e-mail attachments from people you do not know
Forward suspicious e-mails
Run an up-to-date antivirus program
64
Which of the following is the password that is most difficult to crack?
12345
TheTragicallyHip
My-fAv_BAND_1s_tH3-H!p
Scott
65
What is it called when an attacker floods a system with traffic to prevent legitimate traffic?
Ping of Death
Worm
Virus
Denial of Service
66
What would attacking a network device to stop users from accessing services be called?
Data Loss/Manipulation
Information Theft
Disruption of Service
Identity Theft
67
What is one of the most common types of spam forwarded to other users?
Fake bank e-mails
Advertisements people think other people will like
Copyright notice e-mails
Virus warnings for fake viruses
68
What is the name of a security software to identify and remove unwanted e-mails?
Spam Filter
Patches and Updates
Antispyware
Popup Blocker
