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NIST Cybersecurity Framework Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which function comes FIRST?

a)

Protect

b)

Detect

c)

Identify

d)

Respond

2.

Vulnerability scanning mainly supports which NIST function?

a)

Identify

b)

Protect

c)

Recover

d)

Respond

3.

OWASP Top 10 focuses primarily on:

a)

Network attacks

b)

Operating system vulnerabilities

c)

Web application security risks

d)

Physical security

4.

Internet security statistics are useful mainly for:

a)

Tool selection

b)

Risk prioritization

c)

Firewall tuning only

d)

IDS signatures

5.

A honeypot is best described as:

a)

Production server

b)

Monitoring system

c)

Decoy system to attract attackers

d)

Firewall replacement

6.

A distributed honeynet improves:

a)

Performance

b)

Logging speed

c)

Attack visibility and realism

d)

Encryption strength

7.

Honeypots are mainly used for:

a)

Prevention

b)

Detection and research

c)

Authentication

d)

Encryption

8.

Tcpdump captures packets using:

a)

GUI-based filters

b)

Netfilter rules

c)

libpcap

d)

Syslog

9.

Correct tcpdump command to capture traffic on eth0:

a)

tcpdump eth0

b)

tcpdump -i eth0

c)

tcpdump --eth0

d)

tcpdump -e eth0

10.

To capture only ICMP traffic using tcpdump:

a)

tcpdump icmp

b)

tcpdump -p icmp

c)

tcpdump proto icmp

d)

tcpdump -i icmp

11.

Which intruder type has authorized access?

a)

Masquerader

b)

External attacker

c)

Insider

d)

Script kiddie

12.

A masquerader is:

a)

Legitimate user

b)

Insider

c)

External attacker pretending to be authorized

d)

Automated bot

13.

Unusual CPU spikes and network latency indicate:

a)

Integrity attack

b)

Confidentiality breach

c)

Availability attack

d)

Authentication failure

14.

A three-tier architecture improves security by:

a)

Increasing latency

b)

Separating responsibilities

c)

Reducing firewall rules

d)

Eliminating IDS

15.

Network-based IDS sensors are usually placed:

a)

On endpoints

b)

On switch SPAN ports

c)

Inside applications

d)

On routers only

16.

Host-based IDS agents monitor:

a)

Network packets

b)

System logs and files

c)

Router tables

d)

Switch CAM tables

17.

IDS agents primarily report to:

a)

Firewall

b)

Proxy server

c)

IDS Manager

d)

VPN concentrator

18.

DoS attacks mainly violate:

a)

Confidentiality

b)

Integrity

c)

Availability

d)

Authentication

19.

LOIC generates attacks using:

a)

Slow HTTP requests

b)

Distributed reflection

c)

High-volume traffic floods

d)

DNS poisoning

20.

Effective DDoS mitigation includes:

a)

Single firewall

b)

Rate limiting + blacklisting

c)

Antivirus

d)

Encryption

21.

SIEM log correlation means:

a)

Storing logs

b)

Filtering logs

c)

Linking events across sources

d)

Encrypting logs

22.

Correct SIEM log flow:

a)

SIEM → Device → Alert

b)

Device → SIEM → Correlation → Alert

c)

IDS → Firewall → SIEM

d)

Proxy → SIEM → Router

23.

ELK stack components mapping is:

a)

Elastic–Storage, Logstash–UI, Kibana–Parser

b)

Elasticsearch–Storage, Logstash–Ingest, Kibana–Visualization

c)

Elasticsearch–Parser, Kibana–Storage, Logstash–UI

d)

ELK is IDS only

24.

Nagios is mainly used for:

a)

Intrusion detection

b)

Log correlation

c)

System and service monitoring

d)

Packet filtering

25.

IDS evasion often exploits:

a)

Strong encryption

b)

Packet fragmentation and timing

c)

VPN tunneling

d)

NAT translation