computer security set 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

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.

Question : 2

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

Question : 3

____ is a form of virus explicitly designed to hide itself from detection by anti-virus software.

a) Stealth

b) Polymorphic virus

c) Parasitic virus

d) Macro virus

e) None of these

Question : 4

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

Question : 5

Hackers often gain entry to a network be pretending to be at a legitimate computer

a) spoofing

b) forging

c) IP spoofing

d) None of these

Question : 6

Physical security is concerned with protecting computer hardware from human tampering and natural disasters and __________ security is concerned with protecting software from unauthorised tampering or damage.

a) data

b) cyber

c) Internet

d) metaphysical

e) publicity