Update
1) Any device with an IP address is a ________.
A) server
B) host
C) client
D) None of the above B
Diff: 1
Question: 1a
2) Any device with an IP address is a host. TRUE
Diff: 1
Question: 1a
3) When you use your mobile firm to surf the Internet, it is a host. TRUE
Diff: 1
Question: 1a
4) ________ is necessary to protect the host against attacks.
A) Host hardening
B) Host bulwarking
,C) Host shielding
D) None of the above A
Diff: 1
Question: 1b
5) If an attacker takes over a firewall, he or she will be able to ________.
A) allow connection-opening requests that violate policy
B) reroute internal data to alternate paths
C) provide the false sense that the firewall is still working correctly
D) All of the above D
Diff: 3
Question: 1d
,A) map the entire internal network
B) reroute traffic to cause a local DoS
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B B
Diff: 3
Question: 1e
7) Which of the following are elements of host hardening?
A) Encrypting data on the host
B) Read operating system log files
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B C
Diff: 2
Question: 1f
8) Which of the following are elements of host hardening?
A) Minimizing applications on the host
B) Having a good border firewall
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B A
Diff: 2
Question: 1f
, 9) A company should not replace default passwords during configuration. FALSE
Diff: 1
Question: 1g
10) ________ are sets of specific actions to be taken to harden all hosts of a particular type and
of particular versions within each type.
A) Processes
B) Security baselines
C) Procedures
D) None of the above B
Diff: 2
Question: 1h