Cybersecurity I: Unit 1 - Foundations & Threats Exam Review

In the CIA Triad the "C" stands for:

• Continuation

• Confidentiality

• Congressional

• Communication

In the CIA Triad the "A" stands for:

• Authority

• Authentication

• Availability

• Accountability

Which of the following is a breach of integrity in the CIA Triad?

• A DDoS attack that shuts down a website

• A student getting a teacher password and changing the grades for the quiz

• Your co-worker reading your emails without your permission

• A hacker convinces elderly person to send money to get a friend out of jail

__________ is proving who you are, so trust can be established between you and another party.

• Access

• Authority

• Authentication

• Accounting

A school ID is an example of _____ to prove who you are.

• something you have

• something you know

• something you are

• none of the above

A password is an example of ______ to prove who you are.

• something you have

• something you know

• something you are

• none of the above

A software program that automates the process of trying all possible combinations of characters to determine a password.

• Guess & Check

• Stealing

• Hackathon

• Brute Force

What type of attack will test a weak password against a large number of accounts?

• Password Spraying

• Dictionary

• Wildfire

• Brute Force

What type of attack will try a lot of known passwords against just one account?

• Password Spraying

• Dictionary

• Brute Force

• Wildfire

When a database is exposed or stolen, it is said to be a ___________.

• Takedown

• Hit

• Heist

• Breach