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Introduction to Cybersecurity Final Exam Units 1-8

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vulnerabilities can be found in technology products including operating systems, software applications and hardware devices.

a)

False

b)

True

2.

Anyone can access the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)?

a)

False

b)

True

3.

Should you install updates?

a)

Yes

b)

No

4.

The data that has been encrypted is called...

a)

Algorithm

b)

Code

c)

Plaintext

d)

Ciphertext

5.

In the CIA Triad - the "C" stands for:

a)

Confidentiality

b)

Congressional

c)

Continuation

d)

Communication

6.

A one-way algorithm used to encrypt a password for secure storage or transfer.

a)

SAM registry

b)

Encoding

c)

Hash

d)

Single Sign-On

7.

Which of the following is a phishing attack that targets a specific individual or organization?

a)

Smishing

b)

Wishing

c)

Vishing

d)

Spear-phishing

8.

In Windows you use the command edit to create an empty file. What is the equivalent command in Linux?

a)

touch

b)

edit

c)

cp

d)

new

9.

How many bits are there in a byte?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

6

d)

2

10.

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

a)

Heist

b)

Breach

c)

Takedown

d)

Hit

11.

What is used to authenticate a document or website by a 3rd party to ensure it is coming from the intended source?

a)

Proximity Reader

b)

Certificate

c)

License

d)

Identity Card

12.

The Windows operating system is an example of

a)

Specialized Operating System

b)

Linux

c)

Graphical User Interface

d)

Command Line

13.

The single most important thing you can do to secure a system is:

a)

install antivirus

b)

remove all services

c)

install updates

d)

remove all users

14.

A single on/off or 0/1 in a computer's transistor is known as a

a)

hex

b)

nibble

c)

byte

d)

bit

15.

Which of the following is the base 16 number system?

a)

Hexadecimal

b)

Binary

c)

Decimal

d)

Octal

16.

Which of the following would NOT be considered OSINT?

a)

YouTube

b)

Google Maps

c)

Twitter

d)

Google Classroom

17.

This is considered the single biggest threat in the digital world and was used in 67% of cyber attacks last year?

a)

Dumpster Diving

b)

Piggybacking

c)

Shoulder Surfing

d)

Phishing

18.

A program that blocks access to files or use of the device until a ransom is paid.

a)

Logic Bomb

b)

Ransomware

c)

Rootkit

d)

Spyware

19.

What is the goal of social engineering?

a)

To make people behave better

b)

To help people make more friends

c)

To have an unauthorized user to determine a user's password using brute force

d)

To get an authorized user to give information to an unauthorized person

20.

Administrator privileges on a system provide the user with _________.

a)

Partial access - on the device

b)

Full access - on the device

c)

Access to just administrator tasks

21.

In Linux, to find which path I am currently in you can type which of the following?

a)

help

b)

ls

c)

cd

d)

pwd

22.

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

a)

Your co-worker reading your emails without your permission

b)

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

c)

A hacker convincing an elderly person to send money to get a friend out of jail.

d)

A DDoS Attack that shuts down a website.

23.

Which of the following Social Engineering techniques are best protected against by use of a security guard or turnstile?

a)

Dumpster Diving

b)

Baiting

c)

Piggybacking

d)

Shoulder Surfing

24.

In Linux, which of the following commands will take you up one level in the path to your parent directory?

a)

cd /parent

b)

cd ..

c)

cd ~

d)

cd parent

25.

Applications are _____ .

a)

part of the operating system

b)

created solely by the user

c)

third party programs that add functions for the user

d)

never come with vulnerabilities

26.

An attack that takes advantage of code flaws that have VERY recently been discovered.

a)

Rootkit

b)

Backdoor

c)

Zero Day

d)

Logic Bomb

27.

A __________ is a tweak to the OS code that will fix an issue in how it runs or compatibility with devices and applications.

a)

Hotfix

b)

Service Pack

c)

Patch

d)

Service Update

28.

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

a)

Authentication

b)

Access

c)

Accounting

d)

Authority

29.

Software that gathers data and forwards it to a third party without the consent or knowledge of the user.

a)

Logic Bomb

b)

Spyware

c)

Rootkit

d)

Ransomware

30.

A historic cipher in which the alphabet is shifted left or right a given number of spaces.

a)

Julius Cipher

b)

Caesar Cipher

c)

Enigma Cipher

d)

Vigenere Cipher

31.

A files that appear to be legitimate programs, but really contain malicious code.

a)

Virus

b)

Worm

c)

Backdoor

d)

Trojan

32.

Scrambling data so that it is unreadable to anyone except those who know the trick to decoding it is...

a)

Cryptography

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Coding

d)

Cybersecurity

33.

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

a)

Stealing

b)

Brute Force

c)

Hackathon

d)

Guess & Check

34.

Which of the following is the MOST effective way for an administrator to determine what security holes reside on a network?

a)

Perform a vulnerability scan

b)

Install and monitor an IDS

c)

Run a sniffer

d)

Run a port scan

35.

A program that reproduces itself and can transport from system to system without attaching to a file.

a)

Worm

b)

Backdoor

c)

Virus

d)

Trojan

36.

A program that attaches itself to a host file and replicates itself on a system.

a)

Trojan

b)

Virus

c)

Worm

d)

Backdoor

37.

What is the biggest security weakness in any organization?

a)

Not using two factor authentication

b)

Not using strong enough filters

c)

Passwords not long enough

d)

Human factors

38.

A virtual machine allows the computer to have...

a)

more than one operating system

b)

additional harddrive space

c)

better 3D graphics

d)

additional RAM

39.

The place that text based commands are entered can be called any of the following EXCEPT

a)

Shell

b)

GUI

c)

Command Prompt

d)

Terminal

40.

Which of the following CANNOT be used for biometric authentication?

a)

All of these can be used

b)

Fingerprint

c)

Retina Scan

d)

Heart Rate

41.

"Root" on a Linux machine is:

a)

The administrative account with the most access to the machine

b)

The path on the motherboard that connects different components of the computer

c)

The location in memory where passwords are stored

d)

The cable that connects the machine to the Internet

42.

In Linux, if you don't know what a command is or how it works, you can type in which of the following?

a)

man

b)

what

c)

help

d)

info

43.

You are visiting a website and accidentally click on a link to accept free software. Which tool will keep the software from installing on your PC?

a)

UAC

b)

Avast Antivirus

c)

AppLocker

d)

Windows Defender

44.

A substitution cipher based on multiple alphabets and a system to switch between them using a password. A table or chart is often used.

a)

Julius Cipher

b)

Enigma Cipher

c)

Vigenere Cipher

d)

Caesar Cipher

45.

This is a technique used to solve substitution ciphers based on commonly used letters and words.

a)

guess and check

b)

polyalphabetic analysis

c)

encryption analysis

d)

frequency analysis

46.

The practice of hiding messages in an image or text is called...

a)

Steganography

b)

Photography

c)

Bibliography

d)

Chirography

47.

The information about a file that is embedded in the file, such as date, location, size, etc

a)

gigadata

b)

metadata

c)

versiondata

d)

imagedata

48.

Linux CLI is case sensitive

a)

True

b)

False

49.

To use autocomplete when typing in a command in Linux you can use which key

a)

return

b)

Left arrow

c)

Tab

d)

CTRL

50.

Which of the following commands is used for searching for a word or phrase in a file in Linux

a)

grep

b)

touch

c)

pwd

d)

ls

51.

What does the following command do? sort -r animals.txt

a)

Sorts all the items in animal.txt from biggest to smallest

b)

Sorts all the items in animals.txt in reverse alphabetical order

c)

Sorts all the items in animal.txt in alphabetical order

d)

Creates a file called animals.txt to be used for sorting

52.

A small program of Linux commands that can perform tasks on a computer is called

a)

games

b)

executables

c)

plays

d)

scripts

53.

Which of the following is NOT a requirement to run a computer?

a)

Power Supply

b)

CPU

c)

Hard Drive

d)

RAM

54.

Which of the following is an output device?

a)

Microphone

b)

Mouse

c)

Keyboard

d)

Monitor

55.

What is used to convert from a computer language, like Java or Python, to Machine Language?

a)

Bootkit

b)

Compiler

c)

Translator

d)

Converter

56.

A group of computers in a building or small geographic area connected together is called a

a)

WAN

b)

BAN

c)

LAN

d)

hub

57.

Which device is needed to connect two networks together?

a)

Gateway

b)

Router/Switch

c)

Wireless Access Point

d)

Hub

58.

Which of the following can change when you change networks?

a)

IP Address

b)

Mailing Address

c)

ARP address

d)

MAC address

59.

Number assigned to a communication pathway

a)

Protocol

b)

3-way Handshake

c)

Packet

d)

Port

60.

The largest, most important set of protocols used in network communication

a)

UDP

b)

TCP

c)

TCP/IP

d)

DHCP

61.

A small segment of a larger message which is set over a network or between networks

a)

packet

b)

protocol

c)

virtual port

d)

physical port

62.

Rules that govern network communication

a)

3-way Handshake

b)

Port

c)

Packet

d)

Protocol

63.

Protocol which uses port 80 to connect to an unsecure website

a)

DHCP

b)

NAT

c)

UDP

d)

HTTP

64.

Select the Google advanced operator used to represent "any word".

a)

+

b)

*

c)

|

d)

" "

65.

I want to find any websites that include the word PUPPIES written on the page. Which Google advanced operator should be used?

a)

site:

b)

inurl:

c)

intext:

d)

related:

66.

I really love Pixar.com and want to find other websites like it. Which Google advanced operator should I use?

a)

related:

b)

site:

c)

ext:

d)

inurl:

67.

Instead of OR which Google advanced search operator can you use?

a)

+

b)

" "

c)

|

d)

&

68.

Which Google advanced operator restricts a search to a specific web site or domain?

a)

inurl:

b)

domain:

c)

site:

d)

intext:

69.

Select the Google advanced operator used to exclude a search term

a)

less

b)

-

70.

I have a domain name and I need to find out their IP address. I should use:

a)

nslookup

b)

whois

c)

TLD

d)

Google Dorking

71.

To find the email address of the domain administrator, I should use:

a)

Google Dorking

b)

whois

c)

AAAA

d)

nslookup with type

72.

.com is an example of a:

a)

nslookup

b)

FQDN

c)

whois

d)

TLD

73.

The subnet mask identifies the ____________ part of the IP address

a)

Network

b)

Class

c)

Host

d)

Routing

74.

If an IP address starts with 10, what is the default subnet mask?

a)

255.0.0.0

b)

255.255.255.0

c)

255.255.255.0

75.

If an IP address starts with 172, what is the default subnet mask?

a)

255.255.0.0

b)

255.0.0.0

c)

255.255.255.0

76.

If an IP address starts with 192, what is the default subnet mask?

a)

255.255.0.0

b)

255.255.255.0

c)

255.0.0.0

77.

Which OS uses the ipconfig command?

a)

Android

b)

Linux

c)

Microsoft

d)

Mac

78.

How many packets are sent using the following command? ping 10.15.3.5 -c 4

a)

15

b)

Infinite

c)

4

d)

10

79.

What does the first D stand for in DDoS?

a)

Distributed

b)

Delineated

c)

Dedicated

d)

Drastic

80.

What do we call computers that are used in Botnets?

a)

Zombies

b)

Werewolves

c)

Vampires

d)

Ghosts

81.

A SYN Flood is created by mis-using a 3-way handshake

a)

True

b)

False

82.

DoS Attacks are always intentional

a)

True

b)

False

83.

Which company helped develop Project Shield?

a)

Google

b)

Microsoft

c)

Apple

d)

Facebook

84.

What is IP spoofing?

a)

A type of attack where the attacker sends fake packets with a false IP address to deceive the recipient.

b)

A type of attack where the attacker sends fake packets with a false MAC address to deceive the recipient.

c)

A type of attack where the attacker sends fake packets with a false ARP address to deceive the recipient.

d)

A type of attack where the attacker sends fake packets with a false IP address and MAC address to deceive the recipient.

85.

Which of the following is another name for ARP spoofing?

a)

ARP reduction

b)

ARP spying

c)

ARP jamming

d)

ARP poisoning

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