Security+ Practice Test 3

Question 1

The term “URL hijacking” (a.k.a. “Typosquatting”) refers to a practice of registering misspelled domain name closely resembling other well established and popular domain name in hopes of getting Internet traffic from users who would make errors while typing in the URL in their web browsers.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A modification introduced to a computer code that changes its external behavior (e.g. to maintain compatibility between a newer OS and an older version of application software) is called:

Answer 2

Shimming

Question 3

The practice of optimizing existing computer code without changing its external behavior is known as:

Answer 3

Refactoring

Question 4

Which of the terms listed below refer(s) to software/hardware driver manipulation technique(s) that might be used to enable malware injection?

Answer 4

Refactoring

Shimming

Question 5

IP spoofing and MAC spoofing rely on falsifying what type of address?

Answer 5

Source address

Question 6

Which of the following security protocols is the least susceptible to wireless replay attacks?

Answer 6

WPA2-CCMP

Question 7

A type of wireless attack designed to exploit vulnerabilities of WEP is known as:

Answer 7

IV attack

Question 8

The term “Evil twin” refers to a rogue Wireless Access Point (WAP) set up for eavesdropping or stealing sensitive user data. Evil twin replaces the legitimate access point and by advertising its own presence with the same Service Set Identifier (SSID, a.k.a. network name) appears as a legitimate access point to connecting hosts.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

A wireless jamming attack is a type of:

Answer 9

Denial of Service (Dos) attack

Question 10

A solution that simplifies configuration of new wireless networks by allowing non-technical users to easily configure network security settings and add new devices to an existing network is known as:

Answer 10

WPS

Question 11

Which of the wireless technologies listed below are deprecated and should not be used due to their known vulnerabilities?

Answer 11

WPS

WEP

Question 12

The practice of sending unsolicited messages over Bluetooth is called:

Answer 12

Bluejacking

Question 13

Gaining unauthorized access to a Bluetooth device is referred to as:

Answer 13

Bluesnarfing

Question 14

Which of the following wireless technologies enables identification and tracking of tags attached to objects?

Answer 14

RFID

Question 15

What is the name of a technology used for contactless payment transactions?

Answer 15

NFC

Question 16

A wireless disassociation attack is a type of:

Answer 16

Denial of Service (Dos) attack

Question 17

Which cryptographic attack relies on the concepts of probability theory?

Answer 17

Birthday

Question 18

Which of the acronyms listed below refers to a cryptographic attack where the attacker has access to both the plaintext and its encrypted version?

Answer 18

KPA

Question 19

Rainbow tables are lookup tables used to speed up the process of password guessing.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Which of the following answers refers to the contents of a rainbow table entry?

Answer 20

Hash/Password

Question 21

Which password attack takes advantage of a predefined list of words?

Answer 21

Dictionary attack

Question 22

An attack against encrypted data that relies heavily on computing power to check all possible keys and passwords until the correct one is found is known as:

Answer 22

Brute-force attack

Question 23

One of the measures for bypassing the failed logon attempt account lockout policy is to capture any relevant data that might contain the password and brute force it offline.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

A situation where cryptographic hash function produces two different digests for the same data input is referred to as hash collision.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Which of the following answers lists an example of a cryptographic downgrade attack?

Answer 25

POODLE