computer security set 1 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 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.

Question : 2

Like a virus, it is a self-replicating program. It also propagates through computer network.

a) Spyware

b) Worm Cracker

c) Cracker

d) phishing scam

e) None of these

Question : 3

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

Question : 4

You can protect sensitive data from prying eyes using ______

a) Encryption

b) Passwords

c) File locks

d) File permissions

e) None of these

Question : 5

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

Question : 6

__________ are often delivered to a PC through an email attachment and are often designed to do harm.

a) Viruses

b) Spam

c) Portals

d) Email messages

e) None of these