IAS MIDTERMS REVIEWER

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IAS Midterms Cybersecurity Review

Prepare yourself for success with our IAS Midterms Review Quiz! This comprehensive quiz covers essential topics in cybersecurity, including Internet safety, data integrity, and network protection measures.

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A user is surfing the Internet using a laptop from a public WiFi cafe. What should be checked first when the user connects to the public network?

If the laptop requires user authentication for file and media sharing

If the laptop web browser is operating in private mode

If the laptop has a master password set to secure the passwords stored in the password manager

How can users working on a shared computer keep their personal browsing history hidden from other workers that may use this computer?

Reboot the computer after closing the web browser.

Operate the web browser in private browser mode.

Move any downloaded files to the recycle bin.

Which statement describes cyberwarfare?

It is Internet-based conflict that involves the penetration of information systems of other nations.

It is simulation software for Air Force pilots that allows them to practice under a simulated war scenario.

Cyberwarfare is an attack carried out by a group of script kiddies.

What is the motivation of a white hat attacker?

Fine tuning network devices to improve their performance and efficiency

Discovering weaknesses of networks and systems to improve the security level of these systems

Taking advantage of any vulnerability for illegal personal gain

What is the best method to prevent Bluetooth from being exploited?

Only use Bluetooth to connect to another smartphone or tablet

Only use Bluetooth when connecting to a known SSID

Always disable Bluetooth when it is not being used

Which configuration on a wireless router is not considered to be adequate security for a wireless network?

Enabling wireless security

Implementing WPA2 encryption

Preventing the broadcast of an SSID

What is a reason that internal security threats might cause greater damage to an organization than external security threats?

Internal users have direct access to the infrastructure devices.

Internal users can access the infrastructure devices through the Internet.

Internal users can access the corporate data without authentication.

Which tool can perform real-time traffic and port analysis, and can also detect port scans, fingerprinting and buffer overflow attacks?

Snort

Nmap

Netflow

Which type of technology can prevent malicious software from monitoring user activities, collecting personal information, and producing unwanted pop-up ads on a user computer?

Password manager

Two factor authentication

Antispyware

What is an example of “hacktivism”?

Criminals use the Internet to attempt to steal money from a banking company.

A teenager breaks into the web server of a local newspaper and posts a picture of a favorite cartoon character.

A group of environmentalists launch a denial-of-service attack against an oil company that is responsible for a large oil spill.

What is the purpose of a rootkit?

To gain privileged access to a device while concealing itself

To masquerade as a legitimate program

To deliver advertisements without user consent

Which technology removes direct equipment and maintenance costs from the user for data backups?

Network attached storage

A cloud service

An external hard drive

Which example illustrates how malware might be concealed?

A botnet of zombies carry personal information back to the hacker.

An attack is launched against the public website of an online retailer with the objective of blocking its response to visitors.

An email is sent to the employees of an organization with an attachment that looks like an antivirus update, but the attachment actually consists of spyware.

What method that can be used to ensure confidentiality of information?

Data encryption

Version control

File permission settings

A user is having difficulty remembering passwords for multiple online accounts. What is the best solution for the user to try?

Share the passwords with the network administrator or computer technician.

Save the passwords in a centralized password manager program.

Create a single strong password to be used across all online accounts.

Which protocol is used by the Cisco Cyberthreat Defense Solution to collect information about the traffic that is traversing the network?

Nmap

NetFlow

IDS

As data is being stored on a local hard disk, which method would secure the data from unauthorized access?

Data encryption

A duplicate hard drive copy

Deletion of sensitive files

This characteristics describes a worm hides

Travels to new computers without any intervention or knowledge of the user

Executes when software is run on a computer

Infects computers by attaching to software code

This is the primary goal of a DoS attack.

To prevent the target server from being able to handle additional requests

To scan the data on the target server

To obtain all addresses in the address book within the server

It is the last stage of the Cyber Kill Chain framework.

Creation of malicious payload

Malicious action

Gathering target information

A consumer would like to print photographs stored on a cloud storage account using a third party online printing service. After successfully logging into the cloud account, the customer is automatically given access to the third party online printing service. What allowed this automatic authentication to occur?

The password entered by the user for the online printing service is the same as the password used on the cloud storage service.

The account information for the cloud storage service was intercepted by a malicious application.

The cloud storage service is an approved application for the online printing service.

Why do IoT devices pose a greater risk than other computing devices on a network?

Most IoT devices do not require an Internet connection and are unable to receive new updates.

IoT devices cannot function on an isolated network with only an Internet connection.

Most IoT devices do not receive frequent firmware updates.

This type of attack allows an attacker to use a brute force approach.

Password cracking

Denial of service

Social engineering

In what way are zombies used in security attacks?

They are infected machines that carry out a DDoS attack.

They probe a group of machines for open ports to learn which services are running.

They are maliciously formed code segments used to replace legitimate applications.

A network administrator is conducting a training session to office staff on how to create a strong and effective password. Which password would most likely take the longest for a malicious user to guess or break?

10characters

Mk$$cittykat104#

Super3secret2password1

What is the most common goal of search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning?

To increase web traffic to malicious sites

To trick someone into installing malware or divulging personal information

To build a botnet of zombies

How can a user prevent others from eavesdropping on network traffic when operating a PC on a public Wi-Fi hot spot?

Connect with a VPN service

Use WPA2 encryption.

Create strong and unique passwords.

You are configuring access settings to require employees in your organization to authenticate first before accessing certain web pages. Which requirement of information security is addressed through this configuration?

Availability

Confidentiality

Scalability

An organization is experiencing overwhelming visits to a main web server. You are developing a plan to add a couple of more web servers for load balancing and redundancy. Which requirement of information security is addressed by implementing the plan?

Scalability

Integrity

Availability

Improper management of physical access to a resource, such as a file, can lead to what type of security vulnerability?

Access control problems

Weaknesses in security practices

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