ITN 262 EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
A person skilled in attacking computer systems, who uses those skills as a security expert to
help protect systems, is a:
d) white-hat hacker.
a) script kiddy.
b) cracker.
c) black-hat hacker.
d) white-hat hacker.
When disclosing a security vulnerability in a system or software, the manufacturer should
avoid:
d) All of these are correct.
a) patching the system or software.
b) including enough detail to allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability.
c) notifying customers.
b) including enough detail to allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability.
A risk assessment involves which of the following? Select all that apply.
b) Mitigating risks
a) Identifying risks
d) Prioritizing risks
c) Purchasing protection solutions
a) Identifying risks
d) Prioritizing risks
True or False? People can be threat agents in some cases, but trustworthy in others.
,True
False
True
The phrases below describe types of attacks on information. Match the type of attack with
its description.
Correct!Physical theft The computing resource itself is removed
Correct!Denial of service (DoS) The use of computing data or services is lost temporarily or
permanently, without damage to the physical hardware
Correct!Subversion A program is modified to operate on the behalf of a threat agent
Correct!Masquerade A person takes on the identity of another when using a computer
Correct!Disclosure Data that should be kept confidential is disclosed
Correct!Forgery Someone composes a bogus message and sends it to a computer
Correct!Physical theft The computing resource itself is removed
Correct!Denial of service (DoS) The use of computing data or services is lost temporarily or
permanently, without damage to the physical hardware
Correct!Subversion A program is modified to operate on the behalf of a threat agent
Correct!Masquerade A person takes on the identity of another when using a computer
Correct!Disclosure Data that should be kept confidential is disclosed
Correct!Forgery Someone composes a bogus message and sends it to a computer
In a hierarchical file system directory, the topmost directory is called the:
b) root.
a) base.
c) top.
d) child.
, b) root.
The character that separates directories in a Windows directory path is:
d) None of these is correct.
a) the back slash (\).
c) the colon (:).
b) the slash (/).
a) the back slash (\).
True or False? Part of the unique identifier for every file on a hard drive, which includes
the list of directories from the root to that file, is called the directory path.
True
False
True
True or False? All modern computer-based file systems use a hierarchical directory to
organize files into groups.
True
False
True
True or False? Many users think of files as living in file folders instead of directories.
True
False
True
True or False? When we click on a folder icon within a folder on our desktop, we go "up" a
level in the directory hierarchy.
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
A person skilled in attacking computer systems, who uses those skills as a security expert to
help protect systems, is a:
d) white-hat hacker.
a) script kiddy.
b) cracker.
c) black-hat hacker.
d) white-hat hacker.
When disclosing a security vulnerability in a system or software, the manufacturer should
avoid:
d) All of these are correct.
a) patching the system or software.
b) including enough detail to allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability.
c) notifying customers.
b) including enough detail to allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability.
A risk assessment involves which of the following? Select all that apply.
b) Mitigating risks
a) Identifying risks
d) Prioritizing risks
c) Purchasing protection solutions
a) Identifying risks
d) Prioritizing risks
True or False? People can be threat agents in some cases, but trustworthy in others.
,True
False
True
The phrases below describe types of attacks on information. Match the type of attack with
its description.
Correct!Physical theft The computing resource itself is removed
Correct!Denial of service (DoS) The use of computing data or services is lost temporarily or
permanently, without damage to the physical hardware
Correct!Subversion A program is modified to operate on the behalf of a threat agent
Correct!Masquerade A person takes on the identity of another when using a computer
Correct!Disclosure Data that should be kept confidential is disclosed
Correct!Forgery Someone composes a bogus message and sends it to a computer
Correct!Physical theft The computing resource itself is removed
Correct!Denial of service (DoS) The use of computing data or services is lost temporarily or
permanently, without damage to the physical hardware
Correct!Subversion A program is modified to operate on the behalf of a threat agent
Correct!Masquerade A person takes on the identity of another when using a computer
Correct!Disclosure Data that should be kept confidential is disclosed
Correct!Forgery Someone composes a bogus message and sends it to a computer
In a hierarchical file system directory, the topmost directory is called the:
b) root.
a) base.
c) top.
d) child.
, b) root.
The character that separates directories in a Windows directory path is:
d) None of these is correct.
a) the back slash (\).
c) the colon (:).
b) the slash (/).
a) the back slash (\).
True or False? Part of the unique identifier for every file on a hard drive, which includes
the list of directories from the root to that file, is called the directory path.
True
False
True
True or False? All modern computer-based file systems use a hierarchical directory to
organize files into groups.
True
False
True
True or False? Many users think of files as living in file folders instead of directories.
True
False
True
True or False? When we click on a folder icon within a folder on our desktop, we go "up" a
level in the directory hierarchy.
