LSU ISDS 3130 EXAM 1 (WEEK2) UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Covers a small, clear defined area
Might contain a single floor or work area or single building
When LANS use wireless circuits, they are called Wireless local area networks
(WLAN)
Answer:
LAN (Local Area Network)
Question:
Backbone Network (BNs)
Answer:
High speed networks connection other networks together
May span hundreds of feet to several miles
Question:
WAN (Wide Area Networks)
Answer:
Largest geographic scope
often composed of leased circuits
May span hundreds or thousands of miles
Question:
What are the three-teir architecture in Application
Activities?
Answer:
1. Presentation Layer
2. Application Layer
3. Data layer
Question:
What is a Point-to-Point Circuit?
Answer:
Include most wired connections today.
(Server <- Circuit -> Client computer)
Only between two devices (sender and reciever)
ETHERNET
Question:
What are Multipoint circuits?
Answer:
Are most commonly used in wireless today
(link is between a sender and multiple receivers)
WIRELESS
, Question:
What are the two types of media access control?
Answer:
Contention Access
Controlled Access
Question:
What is Contention Access?
Answer:
Devices must be "Polite" and follow these steps.
Listen for traffic
If another device is transmitting, wait
If not transmit and keep listening
If another device begins to transmit, stop and wait
Question:
What makes up the CIA TRIAD?
Answer:
Confidentiality (POINT)
Integrity (bottom left)
Availability (bottom right)
Question:
What are types of Network Controls?
Answer:
Preventative Controls
Detective Controls
Corrective Controls
Question:
What are Preventative Controls?
Answer:
They mitigate or stop a person from acting or an event from occurring
act as a deterrent by discouraging or restraining
Question:
What are Detective Controls?
Answer:
Reveal or discover unwanted events
Document events for potential evidence
Question:
What is a Threat?
Answer:
Is a potential security violation that can challenge defenses in an attempt to
breach privacy and/or cause harm
a threat that is carried out results in an attack
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Covers a small, clear defined area
Might contain a single floor or work area or single building
When LANS use wireless circuits, they are called Wireless local area networks
(WLAN)
Answer:
LAN (Local Area Network)
Question:
Backbone Network (BNs)
Answer:
High speed networks connection other networks together
May span hundreds of feet to several miles
Question:
WAN (Wide Area Networks)
Answer:
Largest geographic scope
often composed of leased circuits
May span hundreds or thousands of miles
Question:
What are the three-teir architecture in Application
Activities?
Answer:
1. Presentation Layer
2. Application Layer
3. Data layer
Question:
What is a Point-to-Point Circuit?
Answer:
Include most wired connections today.
(Server <- Circuit -> Client computer)
Only between two devices (sender and reciever)
ETHERNET
Question:
What are Multipoint circuits?
Answer:
Are most commonly used in wireless today
(link is between a sender and multiple receivers)
WIRELESS
, Question:
What are the two types of media access control?
Answer:
Contention Access
Controlled Access
Question:
What is Contention Access?
Answer:
Devices must be "Polite" and follow these steps.
Listen for traffic
If another device is transmitting, wait
If not transmit and keep listening
If another device begins to transmit, stop and wait
Question:
What makes up the CIA TRIAD?
Answer:
Confidentiality (POINT)
Integrity (bottom left)
Availability (bottom right)
Question:
What are types of Network Controls?
Answer:
Preventative Controls
Detective Controls
Corrective Controls
Question:
What are Preventative Controls?
Answer:
They mitigate or stop a person from acting or an event from occurring
act as a deterrent by discouraging or restraining
Question:
What are Detective Controls?
Answer:
Reveal or discover unwanted events
Document events for potential evidence
Question:
What is a Threat?
Answer:
Is a potential security violation that can challenge defenses in an attempt to
breach privacy and/or cause harm
a threat that is carried out results in an attack
