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IT Security Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge with our comprehensive IT Security Quiz! This quiz consists of 35 questions covering essential concepts in cybersecurity, network protocols, and risk management.

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Learn about the CIA Triad, network vulnerabilities, and security protocols
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35 Questions9 MinutesCreated by AnalyzingSword42

Based on the highlighted portion of the captured packet below, what protocol is being carried as payload within this IP packet? 4500 0064 0000 4000 4001 b755 c0a8 0101

Security goals are a balancing act between 3 key elements. What are these 3 elements?

Security, Integrity, Functionality

Security, Ease of Use, Functionality

Availability, Ease of Use, Functionality

Confidentiality, Security, Ease of Use

Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

Which the vulnerabilities listed below is considered the hardest to secure against?

In security environments, Authentication refers to:

Confirming your identify with an element unique to the individual

Supplying your identity

Using your identity to assign access rights

Tracking what users are doing while accessing the systems

None of the above

The TCP three-way handshake used to open a TCP connection uses 3 packets. What 2 flags are required to be set across these 3 packets? (Select all that apply)

What security term, coined by the SANS institute, is used to represent the optimal information security strategy?

Which of the CIA Triad elements is responsible for ensuring that personal information is not disclosed to unauthorized users?

___ reconnaissance is used by hackers for observing and learning about the target from afar, while _____ reconnaissance is used to gain more active and direct knowledge of the target.

A threat must have a vulnerability to be effective. Security is concerned about threats & vulnerabilities related to:

When using a packet sniffer like TCPDump or Wireshark, what parts of the packet can the software access & display? (Select all that apply)

The TCP three-way handshake used to close a TCP connection uses 3 packets. What 2 flags are required to be set across these 3 packets? (Select all that apply)

Based on the highlighted portion of the captured packet code below, what network protocol is being used? 4500 0064 0000 4000 4001 b755 c0a8 0101

Which of the following security goals provides a method for objective verification of a user’s identity?

The ICMP protocol is specifically designed to:

If you run password crackers or packet sniffers on the company network, which of the following is required?

Encrypt or Destroy cracked passwords

E-mail users using inappropriate software on the network to inform them you know

Don't crack passwords that meet the company's password policy

Get permission from management first

All of the above

Computer A wishes to open a TCP session with Computer B. If Computer A's initial sequence number is 145678913, then Computer B will respond with:

A randomly generated initial sequence number of its own and an acknowledgement number of 145678914

A randomly generated initial sequence number of its own and no acknowledgement number since no data was received

Only an acknowledgment number of 145678914

Only an acknowledgement number of 145678913

A randomly generated initial sequence number of its own and a randomly generated acknowledgement number

Your system receives a few packets, but no connection seems to be established. When you look at the logs, you notice you received a few SYN packets, immediately followed by RST packets, but no ACK packets. Which of the following best explains this behavior?

SYN Stealth Open Port scan from Nmap

XMAS Open Port scan from Nmap

Hacker trying to identify the O/S running on a port

TCP/IP stack has failed

None of the above

From the perspective of Risk Management, security can be defined as:

Ensuring the company so that security incidents don’t cost the organization a lot

Reducing / minimizing the risks to the organization and its assets to an acceptable level

Protecting the organization’s assets

All of the above

None of the above

Which of the following methods allows for determining the O/S a company is using?

Search the Web for e-mail addresses of IT employees

Connect via telnet to the company’s Web server

Ping the URL and analyze the ICMP messages

Use the ipconfig /os command

None of the above

The phrase “No Tech Hacking” refers to:

The ability to acquire technical information without the need for technical tools

The ability to hack technical systems without technology

Hacking systems with antique technology

The ability some people have to hack without knowing much about technology

None of the above

In Security term, Authorization refers to:

Confirming your identity with a element unique to the person

Tracking what users are doing while accessing the systems

Supplying your identity when asked

Using your validated identity to assign access rights

None of the above

A fragmented IP datagram is only reassembled by:

The router closest to the destination

Any router along the path when the MTU changes to permit a larger datagram

By the destination host

By the application processing the information datagram

None of the above

A weakness in a computer system, or a point where the system is susceptible to attack. The weakness could be exploited to violate system security. This is the definition of a(n)

Which of the following statements about session hijacking is false?

Most computers are vulnerable to this form of attack

Hijacking is not easy to prevent

Hijacking is very dangerous

Hijacking is quite simple with the proper tools at hand

If the session hijacking attempt fails, a hacker can keep trying until he gets it right

Each TCP connection on a given system can be uniquely identified by:

A ___ attaches itself to a program or file so it can spread from one computer to another with the file as it travels, leaving infections as it travels.

___ spread from computer to computer, but unlike other malware, it has the ability to travel and replicate itself without any user intervention.

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