Cybersecurity Quiz

Which of the following is used to authenticate asymmetric keys? (cryptography)

• Digital signature

• MAC Address

• Password

• Demilitarized zone (DMZ)

A client on a TCP/IP network is attempting to establish a session with a server. Which of the following correctly lists the order of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) session establishment messages? (network)

• SYN, ACK, SYN, ACK

• SYN, SYN, ACK, ACK

• SYN/ACK, SYN/ACK

• SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK

Which of the following concepts represent the three fundamental principles of information security? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three? (information technology)

• Privacy

• Availability

• Integrity

• Confidentiality

What Do We Have In Layer 3 Of OSI Model? (network)

• Data

• Segment

• Packet

• Bits

Which of the following network protocols is used to resolve FQDNs to IP addresses? (network)

• DHCP

• NetBios

• LLMNR

• DNS

You have decided to implement an intrusion detection system on your network. You primarily are interested in the IDS being able to recognized known attack techniques. Which type of IDS should you choose? ( security technology)

• Signature Based

• Passive

• Active

• Anomaly Based

In asymmetric encryption, any message encrypted with the use of a public key can only be decrypted by applying the same algorithm and a matching private key. (cryptography)

• True

• False

Which of the algorithms listed below does not fall into the category of asymmetric encryption? (cryptography)

• GPG

• DSA

• RSA

• AES

• DHE

An attack against encrypted data that relies heavily on computing power to check all possible keys and passwords until the correct one is found is known as : (security technology)

• Replay attack

• Brute-force attack

• Dictionary attack

• Birthday attack

Which term best describes the absence or weakness of a safeguard related to an asset? (information technology)

• Vulnerability

• Risk

• Exploit

• Threat