Chapter 17: Security Concepts

Question 1

Cable locks are used to secure laptops and any device with a ____.

Answer 1

USS or Universal Security Slot

Question 2

The ____, also known as a metal detector, uses an electromagnetic field to detect metallic objects.

Answer 2

magnetometer

Question 3

Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) uses a protocol called ____ to quickly look up objects, such as users, computers, and printers.

Answer 3

LDAP or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Question 4

Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) works in conjunction with ____, which is the protocol that performs the authentication of users.

Answer 4

Kerberos

Question 5

Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) uses a directory partition called the ____ to describe classes of objects and the attributes that define each object.

Answer 5

schema partition

Question 6

A/An ____ virus is designed to make itself difficult to detect or analyze by covering themselves with protective code that stops debuggers or disassemblers from examining critical elements of the virus.

Answer 6

armored

Question 7

A/An ____ virus infects the Master Boot Record (MBR) of a hard disk an loads when the computer boots and can re-infect an operating system.

Answer 7

boot sector

Question 8

A/An ____ virus attaches itself to legitimate programs and then creates a program with a different filename extension.

Answer 8

companion

Question 9

A/An ____ virus exploits the enhancements made to many application programs.

Answer 9

macro

Question 10

A/An ____ virus attacks your system in multiple ways.

Answer 10

multipartite

Question 11

A/An ____ virus alters programs and databases, and the only way to remove this virus is to reinstall the programs that are infected. If you miss even a single instance of this virus on the victim system, the process will start again and infect the system once more.

Answer 11

phage

Question 12

A/An ____ virus will change form to avoid detection and attempt to hide from your antivirus software.

Answer 12

polymorphic

Question 13

A/An ____ bypasses the antivirus software installed on a computer and can directly attack your antivirus software and potentially destroy the virus definition database file.

Answer 13

retrovirus

Question 14

A/An ____ virus attempts to avoid detection by masking itself from applications. When a system utility or program runs, it redirects commands around itself to avoid detection.

Answer 14

stealth

Question 15

A/An ____ is different from a virus in that it can reproduce itself, it’s self-contained, and it doesn’t need a host application to be transported.

Answer 15

worm

Question 16

____ is a form of social engineering in which you ask someone for a piece of information that you are missing by making it look as if it is a legitimate request.

Answer 16

Phishing

Question 17

When phishing is combined with VoIP, it becomes known as ____.

Answer 17

vishing

Question 18

With ____ phishing, the attacker uses information that the target would be less likely to question because it appears to be coming from a trusted source.

Answer 18

spear

Question 19

A/An ____ attack occurs when a threat agent enters a series of escape codes along with a well-crafted SQL statement into a URL. The seamlessly harmless page on the backend that is awaiting the request runs the SQL query along with its normal query.

Answer 19

Structured Query Language (SQL) injection

Question 20

____ is a tactic a threat agent uses to deliver a malicious script to the victim by embedding it into a legitimate web page.

Answer 20

Cross-Site Scripting or XSS