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AQSA Terms Questions & 100% Correct
Answers
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA)
✓ ~~> AAA:
Protocol for authenticating a user based on their verifiable identity,
authorizing a user based on their user rights, and accounting for a user's
consumption of network resources.
Access Control
✓ ~~> Mechanisms that limit availability of information or information-
processing
resources only to authorized persons or applications.
Account Data
✓ ~~> Data that consists of cardholder data and/or sensitive
authentication
data as well as the data on the magnetic strip or chip
Account Number
✓ ~~> Primary Account Number (PAN) located on the credit card
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Acquirer
✓ ~~> Also referred to as "merchant bank," "acquiring bank," or
"acquiring financial institution". Entity, typically a financial institution,
that processes payment card transactions for merchants and is defined
by a payment brand as an acquirer. Acquirers are subject to payment
brand rules and procedures regarding merchant compliance.
1 day
✓ ~~> length of time the clearing process typically takes in North
America
2 days
✓ ~~> length of time the settlement process typically takes in North
America
Administrative Access
✓ ~~> Elevated or increased privileges granted to an account in order
for that account to manage systems, networks and/or applications.
Administrative access can be assigned to an individual's account or a builtin
system account. Accounts with administrative access are often referred to as
"superuser", "root", "administrator", "admin", "sysadmin" or "supervisorstate",
depending on the particular operating system and organizational
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structure.
Adware
✓ ~~> Type of malicious software that, when installed, forces a
computer to automatically display or download advertisements.
AES
✓ ~~> Abbreviation for "Advanced Encryption Standard." Block cipher
used in symmetric key cryptography adopted by NIST in November
2001 as U.S. FIPS PUB 197 (or "FIPS 197")
ANSI
✓ ~~> Acronym for "American National Standards Institute." Private,
non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S.
voluntary
standardization and conformity assessment system.
Anti-Virus
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AQSA Terms Questions & 100% Correct
Answers
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA)
✓ ~~> AAA:
Protocol for authenticating a user based on their verifiable identity,
authorizing a user based on their user rights, and accounting for a user's
consumption of network resources.
Access Control
✓ ~~> Mechanisms that limit availability of information or information-
processing
resources only to authorized persons or applications.
Account Data
✓ ~~> Data that consists of cardholder data and/or sensitive
authentication
data as well as the data on the magnetic strip or chip
Account Number
✓ ~~> Primary Account Number (PAN) located on the credit card
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Acquirer
✓ ~~> Also referred to as "merchant bank," "acquiring bank," or
"acquiring financial institution". Entity, typically a financial institution,
that processes payment card transactions for merchants and is defined
by a payment brand as an acquirer. Acquirers are subject to payment
brand rules and procedures regarding merchant compliance.
1 day
✓ ~~> length of time the clearing process typically takes in North
America
2 days
✓ ~~> length of time the settlement process typically takes in North
America
Administrative Access
✓ ~~> Elevated or increased privileges granted to an account in order
for that account to manage systems, networks and/or applications.
Administrative access can be assigned to an individual's account or a builtin
system account. Accounts with administrative access are often referred to as
"superuser", "root", "administrator", "admin", "sysadmin" or "supervisorstate",
depending on the particular operating system and organizational
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structure.
Adware
✓ ~~> Type of malicious software that, when installed, forces a
computer to automatically display or download advertisements.
AES
✓ ~~> Abbreviation for "Advanced Encryption Standard." Block cipher
used in symmetric key cryptography adopted by NIST in November
2001 as U.S. FIPS PUB 197 (or "FIPS 197")
ANSI
✓ ~~> Acronym for "American National Standards Institute." Private,
non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S.
voluntary
standardization and conformity assessment system.
Anti-Virus
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