Quiz 17

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Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz

Test your understanding of cybersecurity concepts with our engaging quiz designed for tech enthusiasts and professionals alike. Answer questions on intrusion detection systems, malware distribution methods, and security controls to gauge your expertise!

Assess your knowledge of various cybersecurity threats.
Learn about best practices and security measures.
Challenge yourself with multiple-choice questions!

15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by GuardingShield517

Which of the following is the best response after detecting and verifying an incident?

Contain it.

Remediate it.

Gather evidence

Report it

A web server hosted on the internet was recently attacked, exploiting a vulnerability in the operating system. The operating system vendor assisted in the incident investigation and verified the vulnerability was not previously known. What type of attack was this?

Zero-day exploit

Distributed denail-of-service

Denial-of-service

Botnet

Of the following choices, which is the most common method of distributing malware?

Drive-by downloads

USB flash drives

Unapproved software

Ransomware

Of the following choices, what indicates the primary purpose of intrusion detection system(IDS)?

Detect abnormal activity

Test a system for vulnerabilities

Diagnose system failures

Rate system performance

Which of the following is true for a host-based intrusion detection system(HIDS)?

It monitors a single system.

It cannot detect malicious code.

It's invisible to attackers and authorized users.

It monitors an entire netwokr

Which of the following is a fake network designed to tempt intruders with unpatched and unprotected security vulnerabilities and false data?

Padded cell

Pseudo flaw

Honeynet

IDS

Of the following choices, what is the best form of anti-malware protection?

Multiple solutions on each system

One-hundred-percent content filtering at all border gateways

Anti-malware protection at several locations

A single solution throughout the organization

When using penetration testing to verify the strength of your security policy, which of the following is NOT recommended?

Reconfiguring the system to resolve any discovered vulnerabilities

Using manual and automated attack tools

Mimicking attacks previously perpetrated against your system

Performing attacks without management knowledge

What is used to keep subjects accountable for their actions while they are authenticated to a system?

User entitlement reviews

Monitoring

Account lockout

Authentication

Which of the following options is a methodical examination or review of an environment to ensure compliance with regulations and to detect abnormalities, unauthorized occurrences, or outright crimes?

Penetration testing

Risk analysis

Auditing

Entrapment

What can be used to reduce the amount of logged or audited data. Using nonstatistical methods?

Clipping levels

Log analysis

Alarm triggers

Sampling

Which of the following focuses more on the patterns and trends of data than on the actual content?

Traffic analysis

Security auditing

Event logging

Keystroke monitoring

What would detect when a user has more privileges than necessary?

Logging

User entitlement audit

Reporting

Account managment

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