Cybersecurity Quiz

What is BitLocker?

• Antivirus software

• Encryption software (Windows)

• Firewall software

• Network monitoring software

What does a stateless firewall do?

• Looks at whether the packet is part of an existing session

• Filters inbound traffic only

• Filters outbound traffic only

• Examines each packet one-by-one

What does an intrusion detection system (IDS) do?

• Identifies attacks and notifies the administrators

• Filters inbound traffic

• Filters outbound traffic

• Detects attacks and performs actions to neutralize the threat

What is the purpose of a VPN concentrator?

• Set up a site-to-site VPN

• Filter inbound traffic

• Filter outbound traffic

• Set up a remote-access VPN for a very large number of individual remote clients

What is the purpose of a Certificate Authority (CA)?

• Get a TLS certificate for a web server

• Remotely access a computer in a secure manner over an unsecured network

• Establish an encrypted link between a browser and a web server

• Encrypt a session key to send to a web server

What is one of the main functions of a proxy server?

• Detect attacks and perform actions to neutralize the threat

• Set up a site-to-site VPN

• Identify attacks and notify the administrators

• Filter inappropriate requests and keep knowledge of internet usage

What is the purpose of hashing in cybersecurity?

• Transform a given key or string of characters into another value for security

• Encrypt a session key to send to a web server

• Remotely access a computer in a secure manner over an unsecured network

• Get a TLS certificate for a web server

What does a stateful-inspection firewall do?

• Examines each packet one-by-one

• Filters outbound traffic only

• Filters inbound traffic only

• Examines each packet and looks at whether the packet is part of an existing session

What is the purpose of a VPN router?

• Set up a site-to-site VPN

• Set up a remote-access VPN for a very large number of individual remote clients

• Filter outbound traffic

• Filter inbound traffic

What is the main function of an intrusion prevention system (IPS)?

• Filter outbound traffic

• Filter inbound traffic

• Detect attacks and perform actions to neutralize the threat

• Identify attacks and notify the administrators