Quiz: Security Basics The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards - and even then I have my doubts. -Eugene H. Spafford How to take the quiz:
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- After reading the question, write down the letter of your answerchoice on scrap paper. Check your answers by using the answer key at theend of the quiz. 1. This technology is used to measure and analyze humanbody characteristics for authentication purposes.
a. footprinting
b. biometrics
c. JBOD
d. anthropomorphism
e. opticalcharacter recognition 2. This is an electronic or paper log used to track computer activity.
a. traceroute
b. cookie
c. weblog
d. monitor
e. audittrail 3. This is a series of messages sent by someone attempting to breakinto a computer to learn which computer network services the computerprovides.
a. bitrobbing
b. Webservices description language (WSDL)
c. jabber
d. portscan
e. serviceprofile identifier 4. This is the name for a group of programmers who are hired toexpose errors or security holes in new software or to find out why a computernetwork's security is being broken.
a. ERMgroup
b. computeremergency response team
c. tigerteam
d. siliconecockroach
e. DefenseAdvanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 5. This is a mechanism for ensuring that only authorizedusers can copy or use specific software applications.
a. authorizedprogram analysis report
b. privatekey
c. servicelevel agreement
d. accesslog
e. dongle 6. This is is the hiding of a secret message within an ordinarymessage and the extraction of it at its destination.
a. secretkey algorithm
b. messagequeueing
c. spyware
d. bytecode
e. steganography 7. This is a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) card usedto generate encryption keys for secure transactions on e-commerce Web sites.
a. PCMCIAcard
b. smartcard
c. serveraccelerator card
d. networkinterface card
e. intelligentperipheral interface 8. This is the name of a technology involving the monitoring of devicesthat emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR) in a manner that can be usedto reconstruct intelligible data.
a. reverseengineering
b. magnetoresistivehead technology
c. van Eck phreaking
d. electronic data processing (EDP)
e. lurking 9. This enables users of a basically unsecure public network such asthe Internet to securely and privately exchange data and money throughthe use of a public and a private cryptographic key pair that is obtainedand shared through a trusted authority.
a. SecurityIdentifier (SID)
b. publickey infrastructure (PKI)
c. InternetAssigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
d. PrivateBranch Exchange (PBX)
e. TrustedComputing Platform Alliance (TCPA) 10. This is an assault on the integrity of a security system in whichthe attacker substitutes a section of ciphertext (encrypted text) witha different section that looks like (but is not the same as) the one removed.
a. Trojanhorse
b. hashing
c. switchingfabric
d. swapfile
e. cutand paste attack SCROLL DOWN FOR ANSWER KEY
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