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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Common Topics in Competitive and Entrance exams .
| 1. |
A vulnerability scanner is |
| A. | a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness. |
| B. | a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses. |
| C. | an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. |
| D. | a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. |
| Answer» B. a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses. | |
| 2. |
A packet sniffer is |
| A. | a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness. |
| B. | a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses. |
| C. | an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. |
| D. | a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. |
| Answer» C. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. | |
| 3. |
These hacker breaks security for altruistic or at least non-malicious reasons. |
| A. | White hat |
| B. | Grey hat |
| C. | Blue hat |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. White hat | |
| 4. |
This hacker is a hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality, often frankly admitted. |
| A. | White hat |
| B. | Grey hat |
| C. | Blue hat |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Grey hat | |
| 5. |
This hacker is someone outside computer security consulting firms that are used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be closed. |
| A. | White hat |
| B. | Grey hat |
| C. | Blue hat |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Blue hat | |
| 6. |
It is a software program designed to record (‘log’) every keystroke on the machine on which it runs |
| A. | Keylogger |
| B. | Worm |
| C. | Virus |
| D. | Cracker |
| Answer» A. Keylogger | |
| 7. |
It is a self-replicating program that infects computer and spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. |
| A. | Keylogger |
| B. | Worm |
| C. | Virus |
| D. | Cracker |
| Answer» C. Virus | |
| 8. |
Like a virus, it is also a self-replicating program. The difference between a virus and it is that a worm does not create copies of itself on one system: it propagates through computer networks. |
| A. | Keylogger |
| B. | Worm |
| C. | Cracker |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Worm | |
| 9. |
Viruses that fool a user into downloading and/or executing them by pretending to be useful applications are also sometimes called? |
| A. | Trojan horses |
| B. | Keylogger |
| C. | Worm |
| D. | Cracker |
| Answer» A. Trojan horses | |
| 10. |
These are program designed as to seem to being or be doing one thing, but actually being or doing another. |
| A. | Trojan horses |
| B. | Keylogger |
| C. | Worm |
| D. | Cracker |
| Answer» A. Trojan horses | |
| 11. |
It is a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators. |
| A. | Rootkit |
| B. | Keylogger |
| C. | Worm |
| D. | Cracker |
| Answer» A. Rootkit | |
| 12. |
Packet Sniffer is |
| A. | an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. |
| B. | a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. |
| C. | a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. | |
| 13. |
Rootkit is |
| A. | an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. |
| B. | a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. |
| C. | a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. | |
| 14. |
Spoofing attack is |
| A. | an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. |
| B. | a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. |
| C. | a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators. | |
| 15. |
Security exploit is |
| A. | a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness. |
| B. | a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses. |
| C. | an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. |
| D. | a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. |
| Answer» A. a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness. | |
| 16. |
A spoofing attack is |
| A. | a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness. |
| B. | a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses. |
| C. | an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. |
| D. | a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. |
| Answer» D. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. | |
| 17. |
White hat is |
| A. | hacker breaks security for altruistic or at least non-malicious reasons. |
| B. | hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality, often frankly admitted. |
| C. | someone outside computer security consulting firms that are used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be clos |
| Answer» A. hacker breaks security for altruistic or at least non-malicious reasons. | |
| 18. |
Grey hat is |
| A. | hacker breaks security for altruistic or at least non-malicious reasons. |
| B. | hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality, often frankly admitted. |
| C. | someone outside computer security consulting firms that are used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be clos |
| Answer» B. hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality, often frankly admitted. | |
| 19. |
Blue hat is |
| A. | hacker breaks security for altruistic or at least non-malicious reasons. |
| B. | hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality, often frankly admitted. |
| C. | someone outside computer security consulting firms that are used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be clos |
| Answer» C. someone outside computer security consulting firms that are used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be clos | |
| 20. |
Black hat is |
| A. | someone who subverts computer security without authorization or who uses technology (usually a computer or the Internet) for terrorism, vandalism (malicious destruction), credit card fraud, identity theft, intellectual property theft, or many other types of crime. |
| B. | a person, usually not an expert in computer security, who breaks into computer systems by using pre- packaged automated tools written by others. |
| C. | hacker who utilizes technology to announce a political message. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. someone who subverts computer security without authorization or who uses technology (usually a computer or the Internet) for terrorism, vandalism (malicious destruction), credit card fraud, identity theft, intellectual property theft, or many other types of crime. | |
| 21. |
Script kiddie is |
| A. | someone who subverts computer security without authorization or who uses technology (usually a computer or the Internet) for terrorism, vandalism (malicious destruction), credit card fraud, identity theft, intellectual property theft, or many other types of crime. |
| B. | a person, usually not an expert in computer security, who breaks into computer systems by using pre- packaged automated tools written by others. |
| C. | hacker who utilizes technology to announce a political message. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. a person, usually not an expert in computer security, who breaks into computer systems by using pre- packaged automated tools written by others. | |
| 22. |
Hacktivism is |
| A. | someone who subverts computer security without authorization or who uses technology (usually a computer or the Internet) for terrorism, vandalism (malicious destruction), credit card fraud, identity theft, intellectual property theft, or many other types of crime. |
| B. | a person, usually not an expert in computer security, who breaks into computer systems by using pre- packaged automated tools written by others. |
| C. | hacker who utilizes technology to announce a political message. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. hacker who utilizes technology to announce a political message. | |
| 23. |
It is a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness. |
| A. | security exploit |
| B. | vulnerability scanner |
| C. | packet sniffer |
| D. | rootkit |
| Answer» A. security exploit | |
| 24. |
It is a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses. |
| A. | security exploit |
| B. | vulnerability scanner |
| C. | packet sniffer |
| D. | rootkit |
| Answer» B. vulnerability scanner | |
| 25. |
It is an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network. |
| A. | security exploit |
| B. | vulnerability scanner |
| C. | packet sniffer |
| D. | rootkit |
| Answer» C. packet sniffer | |
| 26. |
It is a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access. |
| A. | security exploit |
| B. | vulnerability scanner |
| C. | packet sniffer |
| D. | rootkit |
| Answer» A. security exploit | |
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