CIW NTA Cert Prep I

Gwen works for a small company where she has been asked to find a cost-effective option for providing comprehensive customer service. The finance, technical support, sales and customer service departments all need to share the information about their customers. Gwen is considering adoption of a customer relationship management application. Which of the following would be the most cost-effective solution?

• She can outsource all customer service so the company can focus on product development.

• She can hire a programmer to develop and maintain the CRM specific to her company’s needs, then have a service provider host the application.

• She can contract with a cloud service provider to host the CRM that her company’s employees can access.

• She can purchase a new server, then create and maintain the CRM in-house.

You want to enable wireless security on your Android device and your Linux system. Which of the following is a disadvantage of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)?

• It enables MAC address filtering

• It is easily compromised by hackers

• It only supports 56-bit symmetric-key encryption

• It is based on the outdated 802.11a wireless standard

Which of the following is a drawback to using Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)?

• Encryption and decryption speeds are slower compared to other protocols.

• Symmetric-key encryption is susceptible to cracking.

• Wireless network overhead is excessive.

• The number of devices than can communicate using WEP is limited.

What is the biggest security concern with wireless networks?

• Firewall software is not available for access points.

• Wireless encryption algorithms must be implemented.

• Wireless networks do not support intrusion detection.

• Wireless networks do not support encryption via an access point.

Selena has decided to change a 32-character unique wireless network name on her wireless router to improve network security after a break-in. She is following advice from CERT to make this change in order to avoid attacks from botnets. Which of the following settings would she modify?

• Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) signal

• Media Access Control (MAC) address

• Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)

• Service Set Identifier (SSID)

ABC Company develops its own database applications. ABC is considering migrating to cloud services to accommodate the company's growth. What strategy should ABC use to ensure continuous data protection if it begins using cloud services?

• Cloud-only solution

• Regional systems solution

• Location systems solution

• Multiple cloud-service providers

On your Windows laptop, you store all your vacation photos and your entire digital music library. Concerned about data loss, you perform frequent backups. Your laptop has recently been stolen and you need to restore your files to a desktop computer. Which Windows tool would you use to recover and set up the saved copies of your files onto your desktop computer?

• Backup and restore

• Backup Recovery

• System recovery

• System restore

Which of the following is a security threat commonly associated with cloud-based services?

• Malware

• Phishing

• Hypervisor vulnerabilities

• Operating system vulnerabilities

Jenny recently switched from broadband cable Internet to ADSL service with her local phone company. To economize, she chose the self-installation option. It appears that her ADSL modem is not allowing her to connect to the Internet. What setting should she check first?

• Loopback address

• Software version

• Default gateway

• Device name

A friend has called you about a possible computer problem because her computer is acting strangely. Sounds play unexpectedly, the monitor turns off suddenly, the hard-drive light flashes constantly, the computer sometimes reboots itself without warning. When you inspect your friend’s system, you notice that several ports are open. Which of the following is most likely the cause of these symptoms?

• The computer has been infected with a polymorphic virus.

• The computer is experiencing a denial-of-service attack.

• The computer has been infected with an illicit server.

• The computer has been infected by a worm.