Ch.2 Computer Security Basics Test Bank Docx 6th Edition

Survey of Operating Systems, 6e (Holcombe)

Chapter 2 Computer Security Basics

1) What is the generic term for a mode or method of malware infection?

A) firewall

B) virus

C) DMZ

D) vector

2) What type of malware is also a vector and gets its name from Virgil's famous epic poem, The Aeneid, which described how Greek warriors gained access to the City of Troy?

A) botnet

B) Trojan horse

C) backdoor

D) DMZ

3) What is the oldest malware vector?

A) sneakernet

B) back door

C) war driving

D) bluesnarfing

4) What term describes a password cracker that tries a huge number of possible passwords?

A) keylogger

B) cracker

C) zombie

D) brute-force

5) What type of malware replicates itself on a computer or throughout a network?

A) zero-day exploit

B) worm

C) botnet

D) zombie

6) What term describes a group of networked computers infected with malware that forward information to other computers?

A) Trojan horse

B) worm

C) botnet

D) zombie

7) What term is used for a computer that belongs to a group of networked computers, all working mindlessly to serve the person who installed the program on the computers?

A) Trojan horse

B) worm

C) botnet

D) zombie

8) What type of malware collects information about the user's browsing habits in order to display advertisements targeted to that user?

A) zero-day exploit

B) browser hijacking

C) adware

D) worm

9) What type of threat points your browser's home page to a website you did not chose, and may even keep you from changing the browser's default home page?

A) bluesnarfing

B) phishing

C) browser hijacking

D) key logging

10) What term describes unsolicited instant messages?

A) spam

B) browser hijacking

C) phishing

D) spim

11) What term describes malware that takes advantage of a vulnerability in an operating system or application that is unknown to the publisher, leaving systems using that software vulnerable until the vulnerability is detected and patched?

A) zero-day exploit

B) browser hijacking

C) spim

D) bluesnarfing

12) You receive an e-mail message from a friend claiming that she is in another country, in trouble, and urgently needs money wired to her. You call the friend and discover that she is safe at home and did not know about the message. This scenario is an example of a/an ________.

A) spam

B) browser hijacking

C) hoax

D) war driving

13) This method of malware infection installs malware through use of a separate browser window that opens uninvited from a Web page. If you click within the window, you may unknowingly agree to install malware.

A) rootkit

B) pop-up download

C) drive-by download

D) hoax

14) Once installed, this type of malware becomes a vector giving other malware administrative access to a computer.

A) rootkit

B) pop-up download

C) drive-by download

D) hoax

15) An email containing enticements (often appealing to human weaknesses) to open attachments is a form of what type of threat?

A) phishing

B) hoax

C) social engineering

D) worm

16) This software or hardware device examines network traffic and allows or rejects traffic into a network or computer based on predefined rules.

A) proxy service

B) DMZ

C) firewall

D) VPN

17) Combine this technology with a firewall for a very safe way to connect two private networks over the Internet.

A) proxy service

B) DMZ

C) firewall

D) VPN

18) Also called an application-layer gateway, this software will watch for application-specific traffic, acting as a stand-in for internal computers.

A) proxy service

B) DMZ

C) firewall

D) VPN

19) It is a good idea to install or enable one of these on your computer, even if your network has similar protection between it and other networks.

A) Administrator

B) secret key

C) DMZ

D) personal firewall

20) This type of software protects against unsolicited e-mail, filtering out those that have certain characteristics.

A) antivirus

B) spam filter

C) firewall

D) proxy service

21) A set of these should exist in both document form and software form for any organization.

A) cookies

B) account lockout policy

C) anti-spyware

D) security policies

22) If your private network has both client computers needing Internet access and servers that must be available from the Internet, you should create this separate network for those servers in order to keep Internet-initiated traffic from entering the network containing your client computers. What is the term for the network where the servers are located?

A) back door

B) DMZ

C) botnet

D) firewall

23) What type of security software can you use to both protect from malware infections and to scan disk space and RAM looking for installed malware?

A) antivirus

B) anti-spam

C) firewall

D) proxy service

24) Use this feature of your Microsoft account to group together other accounts as family and protect children via activity reporting, screen time limits, and content restrictions.

A) content filtering

B) Microsoft Family

C) certificates

D) cookies

25) After several failed attempts to log on/sign in to your Windows computer you see a message stating that your account has been locked out. What caused this problem?

A) Wrong password

B) Too many failed attempts

C) Wrong username

D) Incorrect version of Windows

26) This special file holds a secret key.

A) cookie

B) token

C) vector

D) digital certificate

27) Use this type of program to guard against an especially annoying type of adware that appears in your browser and blocks the content you want to see.

A) pop-up blocker

B) antivirus

C) spam filter

D) content filter

28) Which of the following is among the symptoms of a possible malware infection?

A) adware

B) unsolicited e-mail

C) sudden computer slowdown

D) an error message when you enter your password

29) You attempt to install software in Windows; and although you are logged on with a computer administrator type of account, your screen turns grey and you receive a message asking if you want to allow the program to make changes to the computer. What Windows feature is at work here?

A) HTTPS

B) UAC

C) EFS

D) authentication

30) Your computer has been showing signs of a malware infection, and it started up in Safe Mode. Because your computer is not a member of an Active Directory domain, what powerful built-in account can you log on with to try to resolve the problem?

A) Guest

B) standard user

C) root

D) Administrator

31) HTTPS uses a private key to encrypt data between a client and an e-commerce server.

32) Cookies are always a threat.

33) Windows EFS encrypts entire drives.

34) FileVault is a data encryption feature in macOS.

35) When you access a Web page to pay for an online purchase, it should show HTTPS as the protocol in the address line.

36) We recommend that you block first-party cookies and allow third-party cookies.

37) You must use data wiping software on a hard drive before installing a new operating system.

38) FileVault, a feature of some editions of Windows, allows you to encrypt an entire drive.

39) Windows will warn you if you try to log on with the Caps Lock key turned on.

40) A Windows computer that is a member of a domain will have a local account named Administrator that you can access when your computer starts up in Safe Mode.

41) What does the term "malware" stand for?

42) Briefly define the security tool known as a honey pot.

43) Define EFS.

44) What should you do before donating an old computer to your favorite charity?

45) Provide at least two common symptoms of a malware infection.

46) After encrypting a file using the Windows Encrypting File System (EFS) you move the file to another NTFS-formatted volume. Is the file still encrypted? Explain your answer.

47) You believe your computer is infected by malware, but you have not kept your security software up-to-date. How can you quickly run an up-to-date scan for malware, providing you have an Internet connection?

48) After typing in your password, you are greeted with an error message indicating that your user name or password is incorrect. What should you check before attempting to enter it again?

49) Describe at least two symptoms that can mean that you are the victim of identity theft.

50) Briefly describe what you should do if you suspect that malware has infected your computer.