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WorksheetsUnit 3 System Hardening Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
What is the purpose of a vulnerability assessment?
To identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in a system
To analyze the security of digital products
To reduce the attack surface of a system
To harden a system against cyber attacks
William, a cybersecurity student, is working on a project to analyze vulnerability data. He needs to use a database that is commonly used as an industry repository of vulnerability data. Which database should he use?
Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) database
National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
What is the purpose of system hardening?
To secure user access and backups
To identify and mitigate vulnerabilities
To analyze the security of digital products
To reduce the attack surface of a system
Noah, Nora, and Maya are working together to harden the security of their school's computer system. Which of the following actions, if taken by them, would NOT be a step towards hardening the system?
Performing regular software updates on all the computers
Restricting user access based on the least privilege principle
Backing up important data regularly
Keeping third-party applications up to date
What is the purpose of user access control (UAC) settings?
To restrict user actions and limit vulnerabilities
To secure user access and backups
To analyze the security of digital products
To reduce the attack surface of a system
Abigail received an email warning about the increasing threat of ransomware and data loss. She wants to know, what is the first level of defense she should consider?
Creating system images of her computer
Using sync services like Dropbox or Google Drive
Performing regular software updates
Maintaining regular backups of her data
Charlotte, Anika, and Mason are part of the IT team in a company. They are discussing the best practices for securing user access. Which of the following practices mentioned by them is NOT recommended?
Severely restrict administrative rights
Implement strong password policies
Grant unlimited access to all users
Follow the least privilege principle
What is the purpose of system images?
To restrict user actions and limit vulnerabilities
To secure user access and backups
To analyze the security of digital products
To create backups that include the operating system
Benjamin, Abigail, and Samuel are working on securing third-party applications for their school's computer lab. Which of the following is NOT a recommended practice they should follow?
Regularly update and patch applications
Review and harden application settings
Disable unnecessary services
Keep applications running with default configurations
Jackson, Benjamin, and Grace are working on a school project to create a digital product. What is the purpose of them conducting a vulnerability scan on their project?
To identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in their project
To analyze the security of their digital product
To reduce the attack surface of their project
To harden their project against cyber attacks
What is the purpose of a firewall in a network?
To restrict user actions and limit vulnerabilities
To secure user access and backups
To analyze the security of digital products
To block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications
Aiden, Emma, and Charlotte are setting up a network for their school's computer lab. What would be the primary function of a firewall they might install in this network?
To monitor the network traffic in the computer lab
To provide a user interface for managing the computer lab's network
To control incoming and outgoing network traffic in the computer lab based on predetermined security rules
To provide storage for the computer lab's network data
Henry, Kai, and Olivia are discussing cybersecurity threats. Henry mentions Phishing, Kai talks about Malware, and Olivia brings up Ransomware. However, Kai also mentions Firewall as a threat. Which of these is NOT a type of cybersecurity threat?
Phishing
Malware
Ransomware
Firewall
What is the primary function of the least privilege principle in system security?
To grant all users unrestricted access
To limit user access based on their role and responsibilities
To ensure regular software updates
To backup important data regularly
Henry, Emma, and William are working on a project that involves using several third-party applications. Why is it important for them to keep these applications up to date in the context of system security?
To ensure compatibility with other applications they are using
To add new features to the applications for their project
To fix security vulnerabilities and prevent potential attacks on their project
To increase the speed of the applications for efficient work
