Upwork Internet Security Test Question With Answers
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Firewall
Gateway Antispam
Gateway Antivirus
2. Which of the following are Virus propagation techniques?
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Master Boot Record
File Infection
Macro Infection
3. Which of the following measures are taken to enhance the security of the system? (Select all that apply)
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Operating System based hardening
Network Based hardening
Application Based hardening
4. Which of the following methods can be used for Network hardening?
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Evaluating IDS
Refining ACLs on routers and switches.
Up-to-date OS and patches of Network devices.
5. Which of the following are signs of Security breach?
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Data modification and deletion.
System performance issues.
Different traffic patterns.
6. Which of the following are the placement modes of an IDS/IPS?
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Inline
SPAN
7. Which of the following are the advantages of Honeypots?
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Intelligent IDS
Distracts Hackers
8. Which of the following things should be kept in mind while managing passwords?
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Easily guessed passwords should not be used.
Passwords should not be stored on a plain view.
9. Which of the following Symmetric encryption algorithms is/are supported by S/MIME?
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DES
3DES
10. Which of the following are Email Security protocols?
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S/MIME
PEM
11. Which of the following can be classified as passive attacks?
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Vulnerability scans.
Sniffing.
12. Select the common VPN protocols.
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L2TP
PPTP
13. Which of the following are Vulnerability assessment tools?
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Nmap
Nessus
14. Which of the following are the components of IPSec?
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Authentication Header.
Encapsulating Security Payload.
15. Which of the following appliances help/s in filtering virus packets?
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UTM
IDS/IPS
16. Select the objectives of E-mail security.
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Verifying the source of a message.
Classifying attachments.
17. Which of the following protocols uses UDP:
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DNS
TFTP
18. Below are the given statements, which statement shows the breach of Confidentiality:
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Hacker using sniffer tools to view the packets in a network.
19. Which of the following goals cannot be achieved with Symmetric cryptography?
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Non-repudiation
20. The ability to exploit a vulnerability is called:
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Threat
21. Allen wants to sign a message which he is sending to Mark. Which key will Allen use to sign the message?
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Mark’s Public key.
22. Which protocol helps in securing LDAP?
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LDAPS
23. By which of the following third parties are Digital Certificates signed?
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Certificate Authority
24. Which of the following Asymmetric encryption algorithms is supported by S/MIME?
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RSA
25. Which of the following is the standard certificate?
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X.509
26. Which of the following is an application attack?
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LAND
27. In how many phases is a IPSec VPN connection completed while making a VPN connection with a Security product?
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2
28. In which of the following protocols does an SYN attack help to find a weakness?
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TCP/IP
29. Which of the following authentication protocols are used to encrypt passwords?
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CHAP
30. Which protocol is used by TACACS+?
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TCP
31. Which of the following is an Asymmetric algorithm?
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El Gamal
32. Which of the following helps us to block attacks on a single machine?
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Host Based IPS
33. How many keys are required if two parties communicate using Asymmetric cryptography?
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Two
34. What is the key length of Triple DES?
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168
35. What are the features of an IPS?
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Anomaly based.
36. Which key is used to decrypt the message in PKI?
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Private Key
37. Which of the following statements resembles Trojan horses?
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Installation of Backdoor Programs.
38. Which port is used by PPTP?
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1723
39. Below are the given statements, which statement shows the breach of Availability:
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SYN attack on a server.
40. A criminal who breaks into computers maliciously is known as
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Black Hat Hacker.
41. What is function of IPS?
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A device to block intrusion attacks
42. The process of switching protocols between routing devices is called
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Switching
43. Which of the following are Transport Layer Security protocols?
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SOCKS
44. A Brute Force attack
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discovers the passwords.
45. Which of the following statements is true of Tunneling?
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Contents of the protocol are encapsulated.
46. Which of the following detect/s security weaknesses in a remote or local host?
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Scanner
47. By which of the following can the injection of bogus routes into the core network be prevented ?
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Routing Protocol Authentication
48. Mike wants to secure the data on his personal computer. Which of the following options will he choose to secure the data?
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Encryption
49. Which protocol is used to secure the WAP communication?
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Wireless Transport Layer Security
50. The part of a company’s intranet which is extended to users outside the company is called:
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Extranet
51. The concept of allowing access to resources only to those permitted is known as
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Authorization
52. How many keys are required if two parties communicate using Symmetric cryptography?
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One
53. Which of the following keys helps us in the verification of the Digital Signature?
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Public Key
54. What is RBL in E-mail Security?
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Realtime Blocking List
55. Which of the following techniques is used to approach security in Java?
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Sandboxing
56. What does RBL contain?
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IP addresses of closed relay mail servers
57. What is RSA in cryptography?
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Rivest, Shamir, Adleman
58. Which of the following are the key principles of Internet Security?
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Confidentiality, Integrity, Authentication
59. Which of the following is created to serve as a snare for intruders?
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Honey Pots.
60. What is S/MIME?
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Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
61. Which of the following can be transmitted through an E-mail?
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All of the above
62. Joe wants to secure his client’s Web Server. Which of the following measures will he take?
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Eliminating Scripting Vulnerabilities
63. Which of the following is Application-level security protocol are used for communications session security?
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Both A and B
64. What is a UTM appliance?
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Unified Threat Management.
65. In which of the following does Buffer Overflow help us to find weaknesses?
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Firewalls
66. In which of the following attacks, sending a large number of spoofed ICMP ECHO requests to broadcast address?
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SMURF attack
67. Which port does IKE key negotiation protocol use?
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UDP 500
68. Which type of authentication is.”Something the user has ” ?
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Dual Factor
69. Which protocol is used by RADIUS?
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UDP
70. A positive detection of result that is false or untrue is called
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False Positive
71. Which of the following are the components of PKI?
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Certificate Authority.
72. Which of the following protocols does not help in securing the FTP?
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SSFTP
73. By which of the following methods can social engineering be curbed by?
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User Education
74. Which of the following Symmetric algorithms has variable key length?
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Rivest Cipher 4
75. Which of the following statement shows the breach of Integrity:
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Important data deleted from a document.
76. Select the drawbacks of Symmetric key cryptography.
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It is less secure
