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INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK SECURITY & COMPUTER

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT IS COMPUTER SECURITY

a)

measures to protect data during transmission across the network.

b)

generic name for the collection of tools designed to protect data and to prevent hackers.

c)

measures to protect data during their transmission over a collection of interconnected networks

2.

Three aspects of information security EXCEPT:

a)

security attack

b)

SECURITY MECHANISM

c)

SECURITY SERVICES

d)

NETWORK SECURITY

3.

SECURITY ATTACK:

a)

ANY ACTION THAT COMPROMISES THE SECURITY OF INFORMATION THAT OWNED BY ORGANIZATION

b)

A MECHANISM THAT IS DESIGNED TO DETECT,TO PREVENT OR RECOVER FROM SECURITY ATTACK

c)

A SERVICES THAT ENHANCES THE SECURITY OF DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION TRANSFER

4.

SECURITY SERVICES EXCEPT

a)

CONFIDENTIALITY

b)

AUTHENTICATION

c)

NON REPUDIATION

d)

INTERCEPTION

5.

SECURITY ATTACK

a)

AUTHENTICATION

b)

MODIFICATION

c)

FABRICATION

6.

Modification of data stream

a)

PAASIVE ATTACK

b)

ACTIVE ATTACK

c)

MODIFY ATTACK

d)

SECURITY ATTACK

7.

programs can be installed on computer systems to observe traffic, storing information (ID/Passwords) that can be used to access other systems.

a)

DENIAL OF SERVICES

b)

HACKING

c)

SNIFFING

d)

PORT SCANNING

8.

is a program that can infect other programs by modifying them to include a copy of itself

a)

HACKING

b)

VIRUS

c)

DENIAL OF SERVICES

9.

The assurance that the communicating entity is the one that it claims to be.

a)

PEER ENTITY COMMUNICATION

b)

AUTHENTICATION

c)

DATA INTEGRITY

10.

Provides protection against denial by one of the entities involved in a communication of having participated in all or part of the communication.

a)

NON REPUDIATION

b)

FABRICATION

c)

MODIFICATION