ITN 267 midterm || Questions and 100% Verified Answers.
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ITN 267
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ITN 267
Alice is a security professional. While scanning systems, she encounters malicious code that was set to carry out its functions when a specific event occurred in the future. What did Alice detect?
a. Keystroke logger
b. Backdoor
c. Logic bomb
d. Phishing email correct answers c. Logic bomb
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ITN 267 midterm || Questions and 100% Verified Answers.
Alice is a security professional. While scanning systems, she encounters malicious code that was
set to carry out its functions when a specific event occurred in the future. What did Alice detect?
a. Keystroke logger
b. Backdoor
c. Logic bomb
d. Phishing email correct answers c. Logic bomb
In which of the following types of communication is phishing least likely to occur?
a. phone calls
b. email
c. instant messages
d. chat rooms correct answers a. phone calls
_________________________ involves tricking other people into breaking security procedures
and sharing sensitive information.
a. Shoulder surfing
b. E-mail spam
c. Social engineering
d. Integrity correct answers c. Social engineering
What is the window of vulnerability?
a. the period of time when antivirus software must be updated
b. the period of time when an attacker may launch a DoS attack
c. the time between a malware attack and discovery by security personnel
d. the time between exploit discovery and an installed security patch correct answers d. the time
between exploit discovery and an installed security patch
The separation of duties principle requires which of the following practices?
a. That two or more employees must split critical task functions so that no employee knows all of
the steps of the critical task
b. That only one employee exclusively holds the knowledge about a critical function in an
organization
c. That no two systems in an organization may provide similar services
d. That vendors provide hardware and software patches in a timely manner correct answers a.
That two or more employees must split critical task functions so that no employee knows all of
the steps of the critical task
__________________ refers to applying safeguards designed to lower risks to a level deemed
acceptable but without eliminating such risks.
a. Residual risk
b. Risk avoidance
c. Risk mitigation
d. Risk transfer correct answers c. Risk mitigation
, A single point of failure is a piece of hardware or application that is key to
________________________.
a. specifying how long systems may be offline before an organization starts to lose money
b. the success of safeguards
c. ensuring that individuals with proper permission can use systems and retrieve data in a
dependable manner
d. the functioning of the entire system correct answers d. the functioning of the entire system
True or False? Social engineering is any technology that secretly gathers information about a
person or organization.
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
______________ means that only people with the right permission can access and use
information.
a. Availability
b. Confidentiality
c. Integrity
d. Encryption correct answers b. Confidentiality
What situation would be an example of an exploit?
a. A major league baseball pitcher takes his daughter to a carnival and plays a game wherein he
can earn prizes if he can use a beanbag to knock over all of the cans stacked in a pyramid
formation in the game's booth. In each of the 10 rounds of the carnival game that the pitcher
plays, he knocks down all the cans, and he wins his daughter the largest stuffed animal prize in
the booth.
b. An art thief sneaks into a museum and steals a famous painting and then sneaks out of the
museum without being caught by security because the thief identified and traveled through the
museum via blind spots of the museum's security cameras. After the incident, the museum
increases the number of security guards and cameras guarding the museum at all times.
c. A film reel catches fire in the middle of a crowded showing of a popular new release film. The
film is ruined. Due to the cinem correct answers b. An art thief sneaks into a museum and steals
a famous painting and then sneaks out of the museum without being caught by security because
the thief identified and traveled through the museum via blind spots of the museum's security
cameras. After the incident, the museum increases the number of security guards and cameras
guarding the museum at all times.
True or False? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enhanced 911 (E911) initiative
requires cell phone carriers to be able to pinpoint their customers' locations within 1 meter.
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
True or False? Organizations are legally required to follow fair information practice principles
that specify how they collect and use data.
a. True
b. False correct answers a. True
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