Cybersecurity Essentials v1.1 Chapter 1 Quiz Answers
1. Thwarting cyber criminals includes which of the following? (Choose two.)
establishing early warning systems*
changing operating systems
hiring hackers
shutting down the network
sharing cyber Intelligence information*
Explanation:
Organization can join efforts to thwart cyber crime by establishing early warning systems and sharing cyber intelligence.
2. What does the acronym IoE represent?
Internet of Everyday
Insight into Everything
Intelligence on Everything
Internet of Everything*
Explanation:
Internet of Everything is the term used for Internet-connected devices
3. What name is given to a amateur hacker?
blue team
red hat
script kiddie*
black hat
Explanation:
Script kiddies is a term used to describe inexperienced hackers.
4. Pick three types of records that cyber criminals would be interested in stealing from organizations. (Choose three.)
game
rock
employment*
food
education*
flight
medical*
Explanation:
Employment, medical, and education records are important to protect because they contain personal information.
5. What is the workforce framework category that includes highly specialized review and evaluation of incoming cybersecurity information to determine if it is useful for intelligence?
Oversight and Development
Protect and Defend
Analyze*
Securely Provision
Explanation:
The “Analyze” category of the workforce framework includes specialty areas responsible for highly specialized review and evaluation of incoming cybersecurity information to determine its usefulness.
6. What name is given to hackers who hack for a cause?
white hat
blue hat
hacker
hactivist*
Explanation:
The term is used to describe gray hackers who rally and protect for a cause.
7. What does the term BYOD represent?
bring your own decision
buy your own disaster
bring your own disaster
bring your own device*
Explanation:
The term bring-your-own-device is used to describe mobile devices such as iPhones, smartphones, tablets, and other devices.
8. What does the term vulnerability mean?
a computer that contains sensitive information
a method of attack to exploit a target
a weakness that makes a target susceptible to an attack*
a known target or victim machine
a potential threat that a hacker creates
Explanation:
A vulnerability is not a threat, but it is a weakness that makes the PC or the software a target for attacks.
9. What type of attack uses many systems to flood the resources of a target, thus making the target unavailable?
ping sweep
DDoS*
spoof
DoS
Explanation:
DDoS is is an attack that involves multiple systems. DoS involves only a single attack system.
10. What is an example of an Internet data domain?
Palo Alto
Juniper
Cisco
Linkedin*
Explanation:
A data domain is a repository for data.
11. What type of an attack can disable a computer by forcing it to use memory or by overworking its CPU?
exhaustion
algorithm*
DDoS
APT
Explanation:
Algorithm attacks can force computers to use memory or overwork the CPU.
