INMT 441 Exam2 Questions with
Complete and Correct Answers
Asset Management - Answer-Defined as the data, personnel, devices, systems, and facilities that enable
the organization to achieve business purposes are identified and managed consistent with their relative
importance to organizational objectives and the organization's risk strategy
Frequently Overlooked Asset Management - Answer-o Licensing
o Labeling
o Warranty
o Lifecycle
o Inventory
Common Inventory Fields: Asset ID - Answer-Uniquely identifies the asset (Does not have to be a
physical asset)
Common Inventory Fields: Make - Answer-Refers to the manufacturer
Common Inventory Fields: Model - Answer-Unique number given to each product by manufacturer
,Common Inventory Fields: Serial Number - Answer-Uniquely identifies a specific item
Common Inventory Fields: Asset Tag - Answer-A physical label that affixes to the asset
Common Inventory Fields: Operating System - Answer-The software that supports a computers basic
functioning
Common Inventory Fields: MAC Address (Media Access Control Address) - Answer-A hard-coded
address that is assigned to a network interface card on a device.
Common Inventory Fields: IP Address - Answer-Identifies the address of a device on the internet
Common Assets - Answer-Business Services
Hardware
o Servers
o Computers
o Mobile Devices
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Software
o Operating Systems
o Applications
o Software Licenses
,Organizations
o Facilities
o Employees
o Teams
Single Point of Failure (with people) - Answer-the one thing that causes the business to fail, such as only
having one person taking in the requests for access, software, etc then if they get sick then the business
stops)
Ticket - Answer-you tell them what is wrong, and they keep a record of all processes that goes around
that fixing that issue (who what when where why)
Lifecycle Management: Procurement - Answer-Asset is acquired and delivered to the location
Lifecycle Management: Usage - Answer-Asset provides the intended service to the organization. Should
be regularly maintained
Lifecycle Management: End of Life - Answer-Either asset has reached full usage or the cost to maintain
it has become too high
Lifecycle Management: Disposal - Answer-Should be done with a focus on financial and environmental
sustainability
degaussing: taking a strong magnetic and running over the hard drive to wipe it
third-parties: companies that specialize in device destruction
Common Protections - Answer-Host-based Firewall
o can be a physical device that exists outside computer (or it can be internal); denies and allows traffic
, White-listing/Black-listing
o applications we allow to be on our computers/devices of employees
o white listing is considered more secure (nothing is okay to download, access, etc, except for the ones
that they specifically say is allowed)
Data encryption
o take the data that is on our hard drive or device, and make that data unreadable in some way (changes
appearance)
Anti-Malware
Malware Examples - Answer-o Computer Virus - malicious codes that replicate themselves by
infecting/modifying other programs (we can download this)
o Worm - a standalone malware that replicates and spreads over network
o Trojan horse - a malware that misleads users of its true intent
o Adware - planting advertisement on a system
o Spyware - a malware that gathers information from users and sends to others (you don't even know its
there, most dangerous)
o Ransomware - a malware that coerces user to pay for removal
Malware - Answer-Short for malicious software. Designed to infiltrate, damage, or obtain information
from a computer system without the owner's consent.
Anti-Virus Software - Answer-An application software deployed at multiple points in an IT architecture.
It is designed to detect and potentially eliminate virus code before damage is done and repair or
quarantine files that have already been infected.
Complete and Correct Answers
Asset Management - Answer-Defined as the data, personnel, devices, systems, and facilities that enable
the organization to achieve business purposes are identified and managed consistent with their relative
importance to organizational objectives and the organization's risk strategy
Frequently Overlooked Asset Management - Answer-o Licensing
o Labeling
o Warranty
o Lifecycle
o Inventory
Common Inventory Fields: Asset ID - Answer-Uniquely identifies the asset (Does not have to be a
physical asset)
Common Inventory Fields: Make - Answer-Refers to the manufacturer
Common Inventory Fields: Model - Answer-Unique number given to each product by manufacturer
,Common Inventory Fields: Serial Number - Answer-Uniquely identifies a specific item
Common Inventory Fields: Asset Tag - Answer-A physical label that affixes to the asset
Common Inventory Fields: Operating System - Answer-The software that supports a computers basic
functioning
Common Inventory Fields: MAC Address (Media Access Control Address) - Answer-A hard-coded
address that is assigned to a network interface card on a device.
Common Inventory Fields: IP Address - Answer-Identifies the address of a device on the internet
Common Assets - Answer-Business Services
Hardware
o Servers
o Computers
o Mobile Devices
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Software
o Operating Systems
o Applications
o Software Licenses
,Organizations
o Facilities
o Employees
o Teams
Single Point of Failure (with people) - Answer-the one thing that causes the business to fail, such as only
having one person taking in the requests for access, software, etc then if they get sick then the business
stops)
Ticket - Answer-you tell them what is wrong, and they keep a record of all processes that goes around
that fixing that issue (who what when where why)
Lifecycle Management: Procurement - Answer-Asset is acquired and delivered to the location
Lifecycle Management: Usage - Answer-Asset provides the intended service to the organization. Should
be regularly maintained
Lifecycle Management: End of Life - Answer-Either asset has reached full usage or the cost to maintain
it has become too high
Lifecycle Management: Disposal - Answer-Should be done with a focus on financial and environmental
sustainability
degaussing: taking a strong magnetic and running over the hard drive to wipe it
third-parties: companies that specialize in device destruction
Common Protections - Answer-Host-based Firewall
o can be a physical device that exists outside computer (or it can be internal); denies and allows traffic
, White-listing/Black-listing
o applications we allow to be on our computers/devices of employees
o white listing is considered more secure (nothing is okay to download, access, etc, except for the ones
that they specifically say is allowed)
Data encryption
o take the data that is on our hard drive or device, and make that data unreadable in some way (changes
appearance)
Anti-Malware
Malware Examples - Answer-o Computer Virus - malicious codes that replicate themselves by
infecting/modifying other programs (we can download this)
o Worm - a standalone malware that replicates and spreads over network
o Trojan horse - a malware that misleads users of its true intent
o Adware - planting advertisement on a system
o Spyware - a malware that gathers information from users and sends to others (you don't even know its
there, most dangerous)
o Ransomware - a malware that coerces user to pay for removal
Malware - Answer-Short for malicious software. Designed to infiltrate, damage, or obtain information
from a computer system without the owner's consent.
Anti-Virus Software - Answer-An application software deployed at multiple points in an IT architecture.
It is designed to detect and potentially eliminate virus code before damage is done and repair or
quarantine files that have already been infected.
