105P2 Module 3, 4, & 5 Review

(MODULE 3: Network Security Concepts)

The IT department is reporting that a company web server is receiving an abnormally high number of web page requests from different locations simultaneously. Which type of security attack is occurring?

• DDoS

• phishing

• social engineering

• spyware

• adware

What causes a buffer overflow?

• downloading and installing too many software updates at one time

• launching a security countermeasure to mitigate a Trojan horse

• attempting to write more data to a memory location than that location can hold

• sending too much information to two or more interfaces of the same device, thereby causing dropped packets

Which objective of secure communications is achieved by encrypting data?

• authentication

• availablity

• confidentiality

• integrity

What type of malware has the primary objective of spreading across the network?

• virus

• worm

• botnet

• Trojan Horse

Which algorithm can ensure data confidentiality?

• MD5

• RSA

• AES

• PKI

What three items are components of the CIA triad? (Choose three.)

• Integrity

• Confidentiality

• Availability

• Access

• Scalability

Which cyber attack involves a coordinated attack from a botnet of zombie computers?

• DDoS

• ICMP redirect

• address spoofing

• MITM

What specialized network device is responsible for enforcing access control policies between networks?

• IDS

• bridge

• firewall

• switch

To which category of security attacks does man-in-the-middle belong?

• reconnaissance

• social engineering

• access

• DoS

What is the role of an IPS?

• to filter traffic based on Layer 7 information

• to enforce access control policies based on packet content

• to detect patterns of malicious traffic by the use of signature files

• to filter traffic based on defined rules and connection context