Cybersecurity Quiz Chapter 1

What type of attack uses many systems to flood the resources of a target, thus making the target unavailable?

• ping sweep

• DoS

• spoof

• DDoS

What does the term vulnerability mean?

• a known target or victim machine

• a weakness that makes a target susceptible to an attack

• a potential threat that a hacker creates

• a computer that contains sensitive information

• a method of attack to exploit a target

What is the workforce framework category that includes highly specialized review and evaluation of incoming cybersecurity information to determine if it is useful for intelligence?

• Protect and Defend

• Securely Provision

• Oversight and Development

• Analyze

Thwarting cyber criminals includes which of the following? (Choose two.)

• hiring hackers

• shutting down the network

• sharing cyber Intelligence information

• establishing early warning systems

• changing operating systems

What type of an attack can disable a computer by forcing it to use memory or by overworking its CPU?

• DDoS

• exhaustion

• APT

• algorithm

Pick three types of records that cyber criminals would be interested in stealing from organizations. (Choose three.)

• food

• rock

• employment

• education

• medical

What name is given to a amateur hacker?

• script kiddie

• blue team

• red hat

• black hat

What name is given to hackers who hack for a cause?

• white hat

• hactivist

• hacker

• blue hat

What does the term BYOD represent?

• bring your own decision

• bring your own disaster

• buy your own disaster

• bring your own device

What is an example of an Internet data domain?

• Palo Alto

• Cisco

• Juniper

• Linkedin