CJIS SECURITY COMPREHENSIVE TEST
BANK PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
RATIONALES
●● Which security type deliberately exposes a system's vulnerabilities or
resources to an attacker?
A Intrusion detection
B Firewalls
C Honeypots
D Intrusion prevention
Answer: C
●● Which tool can be used to map devices on a network, along with
their operating system types and versions?
A Packet sniffer
B Packet filter
C Port scanner
D Stateful firewall
Answer: C
,●● Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scripting
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery
Answer: C
●● An organization employs a VPN to safeguard its information.
Which security principle is protected by a VPN?
A Data in motion
B Data at rest
C Data in use
D Data in storage
Answer: A
●● A malicious hacker was successful in a denial of service (DoS) attack
against an institution's mail server. Fortunately, no data was lost or
altered while the server was offline.
Which type of attack is this?
,A Modification
B Fabrication
C Interception
D Interruption
Answer: D
●● A company has had several successful denial of service (DoS)
attacks on its email server.
Which security principle is being attacked?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Confidentiality
D Availability
Answer: D
●● A new start-up company has started working on a social networking
website. The company has moved all its source code to a cloud provider
and wants to protect this source code from unauthorized access.
Which cyber defense concept should the start-up company use to
maintain the confidentiality of its source code?
, A Alarm systems
B Account permissions
C Antivirus software
D File encryption
Answer: D
●● A company has an annual audit of installed software and data storage
systems. During the audit, the auditor asks how the company's most
critical data is used. This determination helps the auditor ensure that the
proper defense mechanisms are in place to protect critical data.
Which principle of the Parkerian hexad is the auditor addressing?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Authenticity
D Utility
Answer: D
●● Which web attack is possible due to a lack of input validation?
A Extraneous files
BANK PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
RATIONALES
●● Which security type deliberately exposes a system's vulnerabilities or
resources to an attacker?
A Intrusion detection
B Firewalls
C Honeypots
D Intrusion prevention
Answer: C
●● Which tool can be used to map devices on a network, along with
their operating system types and versions?
A Packet sniffer
B Packet filter
C Port scanner
D Stateful firewall
Answer: C
,●● Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scripting
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery
Answer: C
●● An organization employs a VPN to safeguard its information.
Which security principle is protected by a VPN?
A Data in motion
B Data at rest
C Data in use
D Data in storage
Answer: A
●● A malicious hacker was successful in a denial of service (DoS) attack
against an institution's mail server. Fortunately, no data was lost or
altered while the server was offline.
Which type of attack is this?
,A Modification
B Fabrication
C Interception
D Interruption
Answer: D
●● A company has had several successful denial of service (DoS)
attacks on its email server.
Which security principle is being attacked?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Confidentiality
D Availability
Answer: D
●● A new start-up company has started working on a social networking
website. The company has moved all its source code to a cloud provider
and wants to protect this source code from unauthorized access.
Which cyber defense concept should the start-up company use to
maintain the confidentiality of its source code?
, A Alarm systems
B Account permissions
C Antivirus software
D File encryption
Answer: D
●● A company has an annual audit of installed software and data storage
systems. During the audit, the auditor asks how the company's most
critical data is used. This determination helps the auditor ensure that the
proper defense mechanisms are in place to protect critical data.
Which principle of the Parkerian hexad is the auditor addressing?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Authenticity
D Utility
Answer: D
●● Which web attack is possible due to a lack of input validation?
A Extraneous files
