computer security set 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Which one of the following is a cryptographic protocol used to secure http connection ?

a) Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

b) Transport Layer Security (TLS)

c) Explicit Congestion Notification (FCN)

d) Resource Reservation Protocol (RRP)

e) None of the above

Question : 2

An anti-virus is a

a) program code

b) computer

c) company name

d) application software

e) None of these

Question : 3

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 prepackaged automated tools written by others.

c) hacker who utilizes technology to announce a political message.

d) None of these

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

A time bomb occurs during a particular

a) data or time

b) logic and data

c) only time

d) All of the above

e) None of these