Chapter 4: Network Security Test Questions and Answers
Application programming interface (API) - a third party or some combination of them,
ANSWER -A set of routines, standards, and it may exist on or off premises. NIST 800-
protocols, and tools for building software 145
applications to access a web-based software
application or web tool.
De-encapsulation - ANSWER -The
opposite process of encapsulation, in which
Bit - ANSWER -The most essential bundles of data are unpacked or revealed.
representation of data (zero or one) at Layer 1
of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
model. Denial-of-Service (DoS) - ANSWER -The
prevention of authorized access to resources
or the delaying of time-critical operations.
Broadcast - ANSWER -Broadcast (Time-critical may be milliseconds or it may
transmission is a one-to-many (one-to- be hours, depending upon the service
everyone) form of sending internet traffic. provided.) Source: NIST SP 800-27 Rev A
Byte - ANSWER -The byte is a unit of Domain Name Service (DNS) -
digital information that most commonly ANSWER -This acronym can be applied
consists of eight bits. to three interrelated elements: a service, a
physical server and a network protocol.
Cloud computing - ANSWER -A model
for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on- Encapsulation - ANSWER -Enforcement
demand network access to a shared pool of of data hiding and code hiding during all
configurable computing resources (e.g., phases of software development and
networks, servers, storage, applications, and operational use. Bundling together data and
services) that can be rapidly provisioned and methods is the process of encapsulation; its
released with minimal management effort or opposite process may be called unpacking,
service provider interaction. NIST 800-145 revealing, or using other terms. Also used to
refer to taking any set of data and packaging it
or hiding it in another data structure, as is
Community cloud - ANSWER -A system common in network protocols and
in which the cloud infrastructure is encryption.
provisioned for exclusive use by a specific
community of consumers from organizations
that have shared concerns (e.g., mission, Encryption - ANSWER -The process and
security requirements, policy and act of converting the message from its
compliance considerations). It may be plaintext to ciphertext. Sometimes it is also
owned, managed and operated by one or referred to as enciphering. The two terms are
more of the organizations in the community, sometimes used interchangeably in literature
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Application programming interface (API) - a third party or some combination of them,
ANSWER -A set of routines, standards, and it may exist on or off premises. NIST 800-
protocols, and tools for building software 145
applications to access a web-based software
application or web tool.
De-encapsulation - ANSWER -The
opposite process of encapsulation, in which
Bit - ANSWER -The most essential bundles of data are unpacked or revealed.
representation of data (zero or one) at Layer 1
of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
model. Denial-of-Service (DoS) - ANSWER -The
prevention of authorized access to resources
or the delaying of time-critical operations.
Broadcast - ANSWER -Broadcast (Time-critical may be milliseconds or it may
transmission is a one-to-many (one-to- be hours, depending upon the service
everyone) form of sending internet traffic. provided.) Source: NIST SP 800-27 Rev A
Byte - ANSWER -The byte is a unit of Domain Name Service (DNS) -
digital information that most commonly ANSWER -This acronym can be applied
consists of eight bits. to three interrelated elements: a service, a
physical server and a network protocol.
Cloud computing - ANSWER -A model
for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on- Encapsulation - ANSWER -Enforcement
demand network access to a shared pool of of data hiding and code hiding during all
configurable computing resources (e.g., phases of software development and
networks, servers, storage, applications, and operational use. Bundling together data and
services) that can be rapidly provisioned and methods is the process of encapsulation; its
released with minimal management effort or opposite process may be called unpacking,
service provider interaction. NIST 800-145 revealing, or using other terms. Also used to
refer to taking any set of data and packaging it
or hiding it in another data structure, as is
Community cloud - ANSWER -A system common in network protocols and
in which the cloud infrastructure is encryption.
provisioned for exclusive use by a specific
community of consumers from organizations
that have shared concerns (e.g., mission, Encryption - ANSWER -The process and
security requirements, policy and act of converting the message from its
compliance considerations). It may be plaintext to ciphertext. Sometimes it is also
owned, managed and operated by one or referred to as enciphering. The two terms are
more of the organizations in the community, sometimes used interchangeably in literature
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