IT Challenge Questions

#1. What are two primary controls used by access control systems

Identification and authentication

Confidentiality and integrity

Authentication and confidentiality

Integrity and data control

#2. The science of scrambling, or encrypting, data. Which also includes the study of algorithms and other methods that help protect the confidentiality of data is referring to which of the following.

Cryptanalysis

Hashing

Cryptography

Cryto-Debugging

#3. This Layer of the OSI model provides switching and routing technologies, creating logical paths, known as virtual circuits, for transmitting data from node to node

Network

Physical

Session

Application

#4. Which of the following is NOT true.

HTTP uses PORT 80

FTP uses PORT 21

SNMP uses PORT 167

TELNET uses PORT 23

#5. Which Access Control Model uses predefined set of rules used in environments where different levels of security exist.

Mandatory Access Control

Rule Based Access Control

Discretionary Access Control

Attribute-Based

#6. Which of the following protocols is used in a Smurf attack?

TCP

UDP

ICMP

SNMP

#7. This attack looks at blocks of encrypted data to check and see if there is a pattern.

Brute force attacks

Frequency analysis

Birthday attack

Software exploitation

#8. A cryptographic attack based on a database of pre-computed hash values and the original plain text values.

Rainbow table attack

Frequency analysis

Teardrop Attack

Software exploitation

#9. This malware attacks the anti-virus software, attempting to disable the signature library.

Stealth virus

Macro Virus

Retro Virus

Boot-Sector virus

#10. What Authentication technology was designed to prevent a Man in the Middle attack?

SESAME

CHAP

Kerberos

TACACS

#11. Cross-Site Scripting Attacks take place at which level of the OSI model?

Application Layer

Data-Link Layer

Transport Layer

Session Layer

#12. The process of converting plaintext data into ciphertext data to prevent loss of confidentiality is known as?

Hashing

Decryption

Encryption

Code signing

#13. Which of the following statements is true.

UDP uses protocol number 1, TCP uses protocol number 17

UDP uses protocol number 6, TCP uses protocol number 7

TCP uses protocol number 1, UDP uses protocol number 17

ICMP uses protocol number 1, TCP uses protocol number 6

#14. When planning for redundant power sources in a server deployment, which of the following should be purchased? (Select TWO).

Select all that apply:

Redundant power supplies

Dual NICs

Redundant cooling

Multiple UPSs

RAID controllers

#15. Which protocol uses a three hand-shake to establish connectivity?

UDP

TCP

ICMP

IGMP

#16. Which part of the TCP/IP model do IP, ICMP, ARP, IGMP operate?

Internet Layer

Network Interface Layer

Host to Host Layer

Application Layer

#17. The ___________model provides the most granular level of access control.

Mandatory Access Control (MAC)

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Attribute-Based

Discretionary Access Control (DAC)

#18. You are currently employed as an Security Administrator and need to be able to grant access for a user based on their assigned job role. The role requires the user to access files at a certain time of the day. Which of the following would you use to accomplish this task?

Mandatory Access Control

Role-Based Access Control

Rule Based Access Control

Attribute-Based

#19. Which of the following is the correct order of the OSI Model?

application,presentation,session,network,transport,data-link,physical

application,presentation,session,transport,network,data-link,physical

application,presentation,session,transport,physical,network,data-link

application,session,presentation,transport,network,data-link,physical

#20. Hashing algorithms are used to enforce which of the following?

confidentiality

authentication

integrity

access

IT Challenge Questions

Results

#1. What are two primary controls used by access control systems

#2. The science of scrambling, or encrypting, data. Which also includes the study of algorithms and other methods that help protect the confidentiality of data is referring to which of the following.

#3. This Layer of the OSI model provides switching and routing technologies, creating logical paths, known as virtual circuits, for transmitting data from node to node

#4. Which of the following is NOT true.

#5. Which Access Control Model uses predefined set of rules used in environments where different levels of security exist.

#6. Which of the following protocols is used in a Smurf attack?

#7. This attack looks at blocks of encrypted data to check and see if there is a pattern.

#8. A cryptographic attack based on a database of pre-computed hash values and the original plain text values.

#9. This malware attacks the anti-virus software, attempting to disable the signature library.

#10. What Authentication technology was designed to prevent a Man in the Middle attack?

#11. Cross-Site Scripting Attacks take place at which level of the OSI model?

#12. The process of converting plaintext data into ciphertext data to prevent loss of confidentiality is known as?

#13. Which of the following statements is true.

#14. When planning for redundant power sources in a server deployment, which of the following should be purchased? (Select TWO).

#15. Which protocol uses a three hand-shake to establish connectivity?

#16. Which part of the TCP/IP model do IP, ICMP, ARP, IGMP operate?

#17. The ___________model provides the most granular level of access control.

#18. You are currently employed as an Security Administrator and need to be able to grant access for a user based on their assigned job role. The role requires the user to access files at a certain time of the day. Which of the following would you use to accomplish this task?

#19. Which of the following is the correct order of the OSI Model?

#20. Hashing algorithms are used to enforce which of the following?

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