vocabularyQ2R

Question 1

Qualitative Risk Assessment

Answer 1

A technique that involves no numbers, only comparisons. This assessment type is used in ranking risks.

Question 2

Quantitative Risk Assessment

Answer 2

A structured technique that assigns a numerical value to the likelihood and the extent of a risk.

Question 3

Quantitative Risk Assessment

Answer 3

A structured technique which assigns a numerical value to the likelihood and the extent of a risk.

Question 4

Query Language

Answer 4

A language with primitive statements that extract data. A query language is required by every database and database product.

Question 5

RADIUS

Answer 5

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server is a centralized authentication protocol that authenticates and authorizes users, generally through dial-up access, and provides the authentication mechanism that allows dial-up subjects to access objects.

Question 6

RADIUS

Answer 6

The Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service protocol is a centralized authentication protocol that authenticates and authorizes users, generally through dial-up access, and provides the authentication mechanism that allows dial-up subjects to access objects.

Question 7

RAM

Answer 7

Random access memory is a type of real memory. It includes dynamic RAM which is slower, cheaper, and must be periodically charged because it uses capacitors. It also includes static RAM which uses flip-flop circuits that do not lose their charges, which is faster and more expensive.

Question 8

Random Access

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The act of accessing memory in any order.

Question 9

Reciprocal Processing Agreement

Answer 9

An agreement with a similar company that allows a disaster-stricken business to transfer data to the other business, thereby using their capacity until they recover.

Question 10

Reference Monitor

Answer 10

A control layer of software within the system that stands between subjects and objects to enforce access rules.

Question 11

Register

Answer 11

An area of extremely fast memory within the CPU that is easy for the CU and ALU to read from and write to.

Question 12

Relational Database

Answer 12

A database architecture model which dictates that all data is stored logically as a collection of tables, each containing fields, and stored independently of each other. In a true relational database, no true relationships are stored in the database.

Question 13

Replay Attack

Answer 13

A type of attack in which the attacker intercepts the session and records it in order to play back the session at a later time.

Question 14

Ring Topology

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A LAN topology in which each node is connected to its neighbor on either side and messages travel from node to node until they reach their destination. This type of topology requires each machine to either have two NIC cards or special hardware allowing the NIC to connect on two sides.

Question 15

RISC

Answer 15

Reduced Instruction Set Computing is an instruction set design where there are few and smaller types of instructions that do one particular thing giving the compilers the option to combine small steps to get them to accomplish a specific task.

Question 16

Risk

Answer 16

The combination of threat and vulnerability at any given time.

Question 17

Risk Assessment

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The process of identifying and categorizing risks that threaten each businesss priorities and processes.

Question 18

ROM

Answer 18

Read-only memory is a type of real memory that is put on a chip at the manufacturing location. It is true read-only memory, so it can never be changed. Lowest-level instructions are put on ROM.

Question 19

Rootkit

Answer 19

Freely available software that exploits known vulnerabilities and increases system access.

Question 20

ROT3 Cipher

Answer 20

A type of cryptography in which each character is taken and three is added to that character to create a new character value, such as an A becoming a D.

Question 21

Router

Answer 21

A network layer device that determines the most favorable path on which to forward network traffic.

Question 22

Row

Answer 22

A group of fields positioned horizontally on a table. Also may be referred to as a record.

Question 23

RSA Encryption

Answer 23

Rivest-Shamir-Adelman encryption is a patented public key encryption standard. It was created by Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adelman in 1978.