Computer Security Principles and Practice 4th Edition By William Stallings - Test Bank
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Chapter 2 – Cryptographic Tools
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS:
T F 1. Symmetric encryption is used primarily to provide confidentiality.
T F 2. Two of the most important applications of public-key encryption are
digital signatures and key management.
T F 3. Cryptanalytic attacks try ev...
,Computer Security: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition Chapter 1
Chapter 1 – Computer Systems Overview
Answer Key
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS:
1. F
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. F
6. T
7. T
8. F
9. T
10. T
11. T
12. F
13. T
14. T
15. F
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. A
,Computer Security: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition Chapter 1
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
1. Computer Security
2. CIA triad
3. availability
4. FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
5. attack
6. countermeasure
7. usurpation
8. data
9. passive
10. active
11. contingency
12. risk
13. mechanisms
14. digital signature
15. recovery
, Computer Security: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition Chapter 1
Chapter 1 – Computer Systems Overview
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS:
T F 1. Threats are attacks carried out.
T F 2. Computer security is protection of the integrity, availability, and
confidentiality of information system resources.
T F 3. Data integrity assures that information and programs are changed only
in a specified and authorized manner.
T F 4. Availability assures that systems works promptly and service is not
denied to authorized users.
T F 5. The “A” in the CIA triad stands for “authenticity”.
T F 6. The more critical a component or service, the higher the level of
availability required.
T F 7. Computer security is essentially a battle of wits between a perpetrator
who tries to find holes and the administrator who tries to close them.
T F 8. Security mechanisms typically do not involve more than one particular
algorithm or protocol.
T F 9. Many security administrators view strong security as an impediment to
efficient and user-friendly operation of an information system.
T F 10. In the context of security our concern is with the vulnerabilities of
system resources.
T F 11. Hardware is the most vulnerable to attack and the least susceptible to
automated controls.
T F 12. Contingency planning is a functional area that primarily requires
computer security technical measures.
T F 13. X.800 architecture was developed as an international standard and
focuses on security in the context of networks and communications.
T F 14. The first step in devising security services and mechanisms is to
develop a security policy.
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