MISY 5325 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
\._______ are acts that are hostile to an organization. - ANSWERS✔-Intentional
threats
\.________ help(s) prevent a hard drive from being a single point of failure.
__________ help(s) prevent a server from being a single point of failure.
_________ help(s) prevent a person from being a single point of failure. -
ANSWERS✔-RAID, Failover clusters, Cross-training
\._________ is the process of creating a list of threats. - ANSWERS✔-Threat
identification
\.__________ damage for the sake of doing damage, and they often choose
targets of opportunity. - ANSWERS✔-Vandals
\.____________ assessments are objective, while ___________ assessments are
subjective. - ANSWERS✔-Quantitative, qualitative
\._____________ is the likelihood that a threat will exploit a vulnerability. -
ANSWERS✔-Probability
,\.A __________ is a computer joined to a botnet. - ANSWERS✔-zombie
\.A ___________ plan can help ensure that mission-critical systems continue to
function after a disaster. - ANSWERS✔-business continuity
\.A ___________ plan can help you identify steps needed to restore a failed
system. - ANSWERS✔-disaster recovery
\.A _____________ policy governs how patches are understood, tested, and rolled
out to systems and clients. - ANSWERS✔-patch management
\.A business impact analysis (BIA) is an important part of a _____________, and it
can also be part of a __________. - ANSWERS✔-business continuity plan, disaster
recovery plan
\.A new company does not have a lot of revenue for the first year. Installing
antivirus software for all the company's computers would be very costly, so the
owners decide to forgo purchasing antivirus software for the first year of the
business. In what domain of a typical IT infrastructure is a vulnerability created? -
ANSWERS✔-Workstation Domain
\.A technician in a large corporation fixes a printer that was not receiving an IP
address automatically by manually assigning it an address. The address was
assigned to a server that was offline and being upgraded. When the server was
brought online, it was no longer accessible. How could this problem have been
avoided? - ANSWERS✔-Through change management
, \.A warm site is: - ANSWERS✔-a compromise between a hot site and a cold site.
\.A_____ is a computer joined to a botnet - ANSWERS✔-zombie
\.A______policy governs how patches are understood ,tested ,and rolled out to
systems and clients. - ANSWERS✔-patch management
\.A(n) _________ is the likelihood that something unexpected is going to occur. -
ANSWERS✔-risk
\.A(n) _________ provides secure access to a private network over a public
network such as the Internet. - ANSWERS✔-virtual private network (VPN)
\.A(n) _____________ is a process used to determine how to manage risk. -
ANSWERS✔-cost-benefit analysis (CBA)
\.A(n) ___________________ is performed to identify and evaluate risks. -
ANSWERS✔-risk assessment
\.According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the two
categories of intellectual property (IP) are _______________ and
_______________. - ANSWERS✔-industrial property, copyright
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
\._______ are acts that are hostile to an organization. - ANSWERS✔-Intentional
threats
\.________ help(s) prevent a hard drive from being a single point of failure.
__________ help(s) prevent a server from being a single point of failure.
_________ help(s) prevent a person from being a single point of failure. -
ANSWERS✔-RAID, Failover clusters, Cross-training
\._________ is the process of creating a list of threats. - ANSWERS✔-Threat
identification
\.__________ damage for the sake of doing damage, and they often choose
targets of opportunity. - ANSWERS✔-Vandals
\.____________ assessments are objective, while ___________ assessments are
subjective. - ANSWERS✔-Quantitative, qualitative
\._____________ is the likelihood that a threat will exploit a vulnerability. -
ANSWERS✔-Probability
,\.A __________ is a computer joined to a botnet. - ANSWERS✔-zombie
\.A ___________ plan can help ensure that mission-critical systems continue to
function after a disaster. - ANSWERS✔-business continuity
\.A ___________ plan can help you identify steps needed to restore a failed
system. - ANSWERS✔-disaster recovery
\.A _____________ policy governs how patches are understood, tested, and rolled
out to systems and clients. - ANSWERS✔-patch management
\.A business impact analysis (BIA) is an important part of a _____________, and it
can also be part of a __________. - ANSWERS✔-business continuity plan, disaster
recovery plan
\.A new company does not have a lot of revenue for the first year. Installing
antivirus software for all the company's computers would be very costly, so the
owners decide to forgo purchasing antivirus software for the first year of the
business. In what domain of a typical IT infrastructure is a vulnerability created? -
ANSWERS✔-Workstation Domain
\.A technician in a large corporation fixes a printer that was not receiving an IP
address automatically by manually assigning it an address. The address was
assigned to a server that was offline and being upgraded. When the server was
brought online, it was no longer accessible. How could this problem have been
avoided? - ANSWERS✔-Through change management
, \.A warm site is: - ANSWERS✔-a compromise between a hot site and a cold site.
\.A_____ is a computer joined to a botnet - ANSWERS✔-zombie
\.A______policy governs how patches are understood ,tested ,and rolled out to
systems and clients. - ANSWERS✔-patch management
\.A(n) _________ is the likelihood that something unexpected is going to occur. -
ANSWERS✔-risk
\.A(n) _________ provides secure access to a private network over a public
network such as the Internet. - ANSWERS✔-virtual private network (VPN)
\.A(n) _____________ is a process used to determine how to manage risk. -
ANSWERS✔-cost-benefit analysis (CBA)
\.A(n) ___________________ is performed to identify and evaluate risks. -
ANSWERS✔-risk assessment
\.According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the two
categories of intellectual property (IP) are _______________ and
_______________. - ANSWERS✔-industrial property, copyright
