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itn 260 midterm Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: What is a race condition
Ans: When two concurrent threads of execution access a shared resource
simultaneously, resulting in unintended consequences.
Question: That which protects the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of
information _____
Ans: through products, people, and procedures on the devices that store,
manipulate, and transmit the information
Question: Ian recently earned his security certification and has been offered a
promotion to a position that requires him to analyze and design security
solutions as well as identifying users' needs. Which of these generally
recognized security positions has Ian been offered
Ans: Security Administrator
Question: Why do cyberterrorists target power plants, air traffic control
centers, and water systems
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Ans: They can cause significant disruption by destroying only a few
targets.
Question: Which of the following is NOT a successive layer in which
information security is achieved?
Ans: Purposes
Question: Signe wants to improve the security of the small businesses where
she serves as a security manager. She determines that the businesses needs to
do better job of not revealing the type of computer, operating system,
sofware and network connections they use. What security principle does Signe
want to use?
Ans: Obscurity
Question: What category of threat actors that sell their knowledge of
vulnerabilities to other attackers or governments?
Ans: Brokers
Question: Alyona has been asked by her supervisor to give a presentation
regarding reasons why security attacks continue to be successful. She has
decided to focus on the issue of widespread vulnerabilities. Which of the
following would Alyona NOT include in her presentation?
Ans: Misconfigurations
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Question: Which of the following is NOT true regarding security?
Ans: Security is a war that must be won at all costs
Question: An organization that practices purchasing products from different
vendors is demonstrating which security principle?
Ans: Diversity
Question: Which the following is NOT a reason why it is difficult to defend
against today's attackers?
Ans: Greater sophistication of defense tools
Question: What are industry-standard frameworks and reference
architectures that are required by external agencies known as?
Ans: Regulatory
Question: Which of the following is an enterprise critical asset
Ans: Information
Question: Which tool is most commonly associated with nation state threat
actors
Ans: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
Question: What is an objective of state-sponsored attackers
itn 260 midterm Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: What is a race condition
Ans: When two concurrent threads of execution access a shared resource
simultaneously, resulting in unintended consequences.
Question: That which protects the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of
information _____
Ans: through products, people, and procedures on the devices that store,
manipulate, and transmit the information
Question: Ian recently earned his security certification and has been offered a
promotion to a position that requires him to analyze and design security
solutions as well as identifying users' needs. Which of these generally
recognized security positions has Ian been offered
Ans: Security Administrator
Question: Why do cyberterrorists target power plants, air traffic control
centers, and water systems
, Page | 2
Ans: They can cause significant disruption by destroying only a few
targets.
Question: Which of the following is NOT a successive layer in which
information security is achieved?
Ans: Purposes
Question: Signe wants to improve the security of the small businesses where
she serves as a security manager. She determines that the businesses needs to
do better job of not revealing the type of computer, operating system,
sofware and network connections they use. What security principle does Signe
want to use?
Ans: Obscurity
Question: What category of threat actors that sell their knowledge of
vulnerabilities to other attackers or governments?
Ans: Brokers
Question: Alyona has been asked by her supervisor to give a presentation
regarding reasons why security attacks continue to be successful. She has
decided to focus on the issue of widespread vulnerabilities. Which of the
following would Alyona NOT include in her presentation?
Ans: Misconfigurations
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Question: Which of the following is NOT true regarding security?
Ans: Security is a war that must be won at all costs
Question: An organization that practices purchasing products from different
vendors is demonstrating which security principle?
Ans: Diversity
Question: Which the following is NOT a reason why it is difficult to defend
against today's attackers?
Ans: Greater sophistication of defense tools
Question: What are industry-standard frameworks and reference
architectures that are required by external agencies known as?
Ans: Regulatory
Question: Which of the following is an enterprise critical asset
Ans: Information
Question: Which tool is most commonly associated with nation state threat
actors
Ans: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
Question: What is an objective of state-sponsored attackers
