Name Quiz for Topic 3 & 4

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Score 420 out of 420 points

Instructions

Question 1 10 out of 10 points

____ is a popular protocol used to manage network equipment.

Selected Answer: SNMP

Correct Answer: SNMP

Question 2 10 out of 10 points

____ are active Internet connections that download a specific file that is

available through a tracker.

Selected Answer: Torrents

Correct Answer: Torrents

Question 3 10 out of 10 points

A(n) ____ is a computer programming language that is typically interpreted

into a language the computer can understand.

Selected Answer: scripting language

Correct Answer: scripting language

Question 4 10 out of 10 points

A(n) ____ is a small Web browser window that appears over the Web site that

is being viewed.

Selected Answer: popup

Correct Answer: popup

Question 5 10 out of 10 points

A ____ is a cumulative package of all security updates plus additional

features.

Selected Answer: service pack

Correct Answer: service pack

Question 6 10 out of 10 points

____ allows the administrator to configure a switch to redirect traffic that

occurs on some or all ports to a designated monitoring port on the switch.

Selected Answer: Port mirroring

Correct Answer: Port mirroring

Question 7 10 out of 10 points

DNS poisoning can be prevented by using the latest editions of the DNS

software, ____.

Selected Answer: BIND

Correct Answer: BIND

Question 8 10 out of 10 points

The ____ record is an entry in the Domain Name System (DNS) that identifies

the mail server responsible for handling that domain name.

Selected Answer: MX

Correct Answer: MX

Question 9 10 out of 10 points

A group of piconets in which connections exist between different piconets is

called a ____.

Selected Answer: scatternet

Correct Answer: scatternet

Question 10 10 out of 10 points

Instead of the Web server asking the user for the same information each time

she visits that site, the server can store that user-specific information in a file

on the user’s local computer and then retrieve it later. This file is called a(n)

____.

Selected Answer: cookie

Correct Answer: cookie

Question 11 10 out of 10 points

A(n) ____ is an account that is secretly set up without the administrator’s

knowledge or permission, that cannot be easily detected, and that allows for

remote access to the device.

Selected Answer: back door

Correct Answer: back door

Question 12 10 out of 10 points

____, also called add-ons, represent a specific way of implementing ActiveX

and are sometimes called ActiveX applications.

Selected Answer: ActiveX controls

Correct Answer: ActiveX controls

Question 13 10 out of 10 points

With wireless CSMA/CA, the amount of time that a device must wait after

the medium is clear is called the ____.

Selected Answer: slot time

Correct Answer: slot time

Question 14 10 out of 10 points

At regular intervals a wireless AP sends a beacon frame to announce its

presence and to provide the necessary information for devices that want to

join the network. This process is known as ____.

Selected Answer: beaconing

Correct Answer: beaconing

Question 15 10 out of 10 points

If SMTP relay is not controlled, an attacker can use it to forward thousands

of spam e-mail messages. An uncontrolled SMTP relay is known as a(n)

____.

Selected Answer: SMTP open relay

Correct Answer: SMTP open relay

Question 16 10 out of 10 points

In order for a host using TCP/IP on an Ethernet network to find the MAC

address of another device, it uses ____.

Selected Answer: ARP

Correct Answer: ARP

Question 17 10 out of 10 points

The ____ are the operating system settings that impose how the policy will

be enforced.

Selected Answer: configuration baselines

Correct Answer: configuration baselines

Question 18 10 out of 10 points

____ is a language used to view and manipulate data that is stored in a

relational database.

Selected Answer: SQL

Correct Answer: SQL

Question 19 10 out of 10 points

____ is real-time communication between two or more users.

Selected Answer: Instant messaging (IM)

Correct Answer: Instant messaging (IM)

Question 20 10 out of 10 points

Regarding e-mail, ____ handles outgoing mail.

Selected Answer: SMTP

Correct Answer: SMTP

Question 21 10 out of 10 points

____ is the name given to a wireless technology that uses short-range RF

transmissions.

Selected Answer: Bluetooth

Correct Answer: Bluetooth

Question 22 10 out of 10 points

An attacker could alter the MAC address in the ARP cache so that the

corresponding IP address would point to a different computer, which is

known as ____.

Selected Answer: ARP poisoning

Correct Answer: ARP poisoning

Question 23 10 out of 10 points

The goal of ____ is to make it harder to predict where the operating system

functionality resides in memory.

Selected Answer: ASLR

Correct Answer: ASLR

Question 24 10 out of 10 points

Wireless location mapping is the formal expression for ____.

Selected Answer: war driving

Correct Answer: war driving

Question 25 10 out of 10 points

____ hinges on an attacker being able to enter an SQL database query into a

dynamic Web page.

Selected Answer: SQL injection

Correct Answer: SQL injection

Question 26 10 out of 10 points

____ typically involves using client-side scripts written in JavaScript that are

designed to extract information from the victim and then pass the information

to the attacker.

Selected Answer: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Correct Answer: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Question 27 10 out of 10 points

____ enables the attacker’s computer to forward any network traffic it

receives from Computer A to the actual router.

Selected Answer: IP forwarding

Correct Answer: IP forwarding

Question 28 10 out of 10 points

BitTorrent maximizes the transfer speed by gathering pieces of the file and

downloading these pieces simultaneously from users who already have them

(the collective pieces are called a ____).

Selected Answer: swarm

Correct Answer: swarm

Question 29 10 out of 10 points

SMTP servers can forward e-mail sent from an e-mail client to a remote

domain. This is known as ____.

Selected Answer: SMTP relay

Correct Answer: SMTP relay

Question 30 10 out of 10 points

The most common type of antenna for war driving is an omnidirectional

antenna, also known as a ____ antenna.

Selected Answer: dipole

Correct Answer: dipole

Question 31 10 out of 10 points

A(n) ____ attack makes a copy of the transmission before sending it to the

recipient.

Selected Answer: replay

Correct Answer: replay

Question 32 10 out of 10 points

In a “____ attack,” a TCP/IP ping request is sent to all computers on the

network, which makes it appear that a server is asking for a response.

Selected Answer: smurf

Correct Answer: smurf

Question 33 10 out of 10 points

In a P2P network, a ____ is a server program operated by the person or

organization that wants to share the file.

Selected Answer: tracker

Correct Answer: tracker

Question 34 10 out of 10 points

____ is the unauthorized access of information from a wireless device

through a Bluetooth connection.

Selected Answer: Bluesnarfing

Correct Answer: Bluesnarfing

Question 35 10 out of 10 points

____ is a process of ensuring that any inputs are “clean” and will not corrupt

the system.

Selected Answer: Input validation

Correct Answer: Input validation

Question 36 10 out of 10 points

When TCP/IP was developed, the host table concept was expanded to a

hierarchical name system known as the ____.

Selected Answer: DNS

Correct Answer: DNS

Question 37 10 out of 10 points

One approach to substituting a fraudulent IP address is to target the external

DNS server and is called ____.

Selected Answer: DNS poisoning Correct Answer: DNS poisoning

Question 38 10 out of 10 points

____ is a Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) feature that

prevents attackers from using buffer overflow to execute malware.

Selected Answer: DEP

Correct Answer: DEP

Question 39 10 out of 10 points

The most common protocol suite used today for networks as well as the

Internet is ____.

Selected Answer: TCP/IP

Correct Answer: TCP/IP

Question 40 10 out of 10 points

Regarding e-mail, ____ is responsible for incoming mail.

Selected Answer: POP3

Correct Answer: POP3

Question 41 10 out of 10 points

Each wireless device looks for beacon frames in a process known as ____.

Selected Answer: scanning

Correct Answer: scanning

Question 42 10 out of 10 points

____ specifies that before a networked device starts to send, it should first

listen (called carrier sensing) to see if any other device is transmitting.

Selected Answer: CSMA/CD

Correct Answer: CSMA/CD