Quiz 17
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!
Which of the following is the best response after detecting and verifying an incident?
Contain it.
Remediate it.
Gather evidence
Report it
Which of the following is NOT denial-of-service attacks?
Ping of death
Spoofing
Teardrop
Smurf
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
What type of a security control is an audit trail?
Corrective
Physical
Administrative
Detective
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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