computer security set 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

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 : 2

If your computer keeps rebooting itself, then it is likely that _______

a) It has a virus

b) It does not have enough memory

c) There is no printer

d) There has been a power surge

e) It needs a CD-ROM

Question : 3

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

Question : 4

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 : 5

____ 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 : 6

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