Chapter 28 Review: Securing Computers

Question 1

What type of attack is represented by a hacker changing their MAC address to match the server, causing the router to adjust MAC address tables accordingly?

Answer 1

Address spoofing

Question 2

What type of network matches the following firewall settings?

Enables you to share resources, discover other devices, and allow other devices to discover your computer

Answer 2

Private network

Question 3

What type of network matches the following firewall settings?

Prevents your computer from sharing and disables all discovery protocols

Answer 3

Guest or Public Network

Question 4

What type of network matches the following firewall settings?

The controller on the network tells your machine what it can and cannot share

Answer 4

Domain Network

Question 5

Laptops are easily stolen. One of the easiest ways to physically protect your laptop is with a _______

Answer 5

Cable lock

Question 6

A type of virus that changes its signature to varied, but operational copies of itself to prevent detection is a _____ virus

Answer 6

Polymorph

Question 7

A user logs in with a user name and password, and then a numeric key on a fob he possesses. What type of authentication is this?

Answer 7

Two factor authentication

Question 8

A _____ is carried around by a user and contains a series of numbers that changes from time to time that can be used to access a secure location

Answer 8

Security Token

Question 9

_____ is when your computer is locked or your data is encrypted until you pay a certain amount of money to a hacker

Answer 9

Ransomware

Question 10

The _______ states that user accounts should have permission to access only the resources they need and no more

Answer 10

Principle of least privilige

Question 11

What type of malware is this?

Often hides until it can be activated by human action, possibly stealing information

Answer 11

Virus

Question 12

What type of malware is this?

Program that takes advantage of very low level operating system functions to hide itself

Answer 12

Rootkit

Question 13

What type of malware is this?

Replicates on its own through hardware or through networks

Answer 13

Worm

Question 14

What type of malware is this?

A network of infected computers under the control of a person or a group

Answer 14

Botnet

Question 15

What type of malware is this?

Encrypts data on a hard drive and then demands money to decrypt the data

Answer 15

Ransomware

Question 16

What type of malware is this?

Malware that appears to be something beneficial but usually has evil intent

Answer 16

Trojan Horse

Question 17

A _____ protects an internal network from unauthorized access to and from the Internet by hiding addresses and blocking ports

Answer 17

Firewall

Question 18

What kind of device can stop an attack while it’s happening, offers VPN and load balancing support, and includes an anti virus solution?

Answer 18

UTM (Unified Threat Management)

Question 19

Local Security policy works great for individual systems, but if you want to apply the same settings to more than one PC on your network, you’re better off using ______ for more granular control over your network clients

Answer 19

Group Policy

Question 20

Some attacks take advantage of human shortcomings to gain access that should otherwise be denied. What type of attack is this?

Answer 20

Social engineering

Question 21

A man in the middle trap is often used to combat what form of infiltration?

Answer 21

Tailgaiting

Question 22

A fingerprint scanner would use what type of factor to establish identity?

Answer 22

Inherence factor (something you are)

Question 23

What is the order of the best practice for malware removal according to 902 exam standards?

Answer 23

1. Identify malware symptoms
2. Quarantine infected system
3. Disable system restore (Windows)
4. Remediate infected systems
5. Schedule scans and run updates
6. Enable system restore and create a new restore point
7. Educate end user

Question 24

A dictionary attack is a form of _______ attack which essentially guesses every word in a dictionary

Answer 24

Brute force

Question 25

A security hole is often found in software after its release and can be unknown by the developer. The security hole may be exploited by an attacker before the developer can fix it. This is known as a ______ attack

Answer 25

Zero day

Question 26

What is the most secure W-Fi encryption we have today?

Answer 26

WPA2

Question 27

What is like a virus, but does not require a host application to be transported, and is self contained and can reproduce on its own?

Answer 27

Worm