Network Security Revision 2

What does WEP stand for?

• • (A) Wireless Encryption Protocol

• • (B) Wired Equivalent Privacy

• • (C) Wireless Equivalency Protection

• • (D) Wireless Equipment Protocol

WEP relies on which of the following to secure data transmission?

• • (A) Public Key

• • (B) Private Key

• • (C) Secret Key

• • (D) Access Key

What is used in WEP to ensure that packets are not modified during transmission?

• • (A) Encryption Algorithm

• • (B) Integrity Check (IC)

• • (C) Hash Function

• • (D) Checksum

How many configurations of WEP keys are available?

• • (A) 2

• • (B) 3

• • (C) 4

• • (D) 5

Which of the following encryption algorithms does WEP use?

• • (A) AES

• • (B) RC4

• • (C) DES

• • (D) RSA

One of the limitations of WEP is that it uses:

• • (A) Dynamic keys

• • (B) A single pair of shared keys among users

• • (C) A longer initialization vector

• • (D) Biometric authentication

What is the length of WEP's initialization vector (IV)?

• • (A) 12 bits

• • (B) 16 bits

• • (C) 24 bits

• • (D) 32 bits

Which of the following is a limitation of WEP related to authentication?

• • (A) Two-sided authentication is required

• • (B) Only the client authenticates itself to the Access Point (AP)

• • (C) Both client and AP authenticate each other

• • (D) No authentication is required

What vulnerability led to the development of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?

• • (A) WEP's use of dynamic keys

• • (B) WEP's use of a short IV and static keys

• • (C) WEP's use of biometric authentication

• • (D) WEP's use of 256-bit encryption

What protocol does WPA utilize for enhanced security?

• • (A) AES

• • (B) RSA

• • (C) Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)

• • (D) DES