computer security Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 21

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

Question : 22

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 closed.

d) None of these

Question : 23

The phrase ____ describes viruses, worms, Trojan horse attack applets and attack scripts.

a) Malware

b) spam

c) phishing

d) virus

e) None of these

Question : 24

Firewalls are used to protect against _________

a) Unauthorized Attacks

b) Virus Attacks

c) Data Driven Attacks

d) Fire Attacks

e) None of these

Question : 25

Which virus spreads in application software?

a) Macro virus

b) Boot virus

c) File virus

d) Anti- virus

e) None of the above