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ITN 260 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: What type of attack is targeted against a smaller group of specific
individuals, such as the major executives working for a manufacturing
company?
a. Adware
b. Typo Squatting
c. Spam
d. Watering Hole
Ans: Watering Hole
Question: How many different Microsoft Windows file types can be infected
with a virus?
a. 50
b. 70
c. 60
d. 80
Ans: 70
Question: Script kiddies acquire which item below from other attackers to
easily craft an attack:
a. Backdoor
b. Exploit kit
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c. Zero day
d. Botnet
Ans: Exploit kit
Question: Because of how a rootkit replaces operating system files, it can be
difficult to remove a rootkit from a system.
a. True
b. False
Ans: True
Question: Of the three types of mutating malware, what type changes its
internal code to one of a set number of predefined mutations whenever it is
executed?
a. Statimorphic malware
b. Metamorphic malware
c. Polymorphic malware
d. Oligomorphic malware
Ans: Oligomorphic malware
Question: One of the armored virus infection techniques utilizes encryption to
make virus code more difficult to detect, in addition to separating virus code
into different pieces and inject these pieces throughout the infected program
code. What is the name for this technique?
a. Swiss cheese
b. split
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c. appender
d. stealth
Ans: Swiss cheese
Question: Which of the following is not one of the four methods for
classifying the various types of malware?
a. Concealment
b. Source
c. Circulation
d. Infection
Ans: Source
Question: Today's software attack tools do not require any sophisticated
knowledge on the part of the attacker.
a. True
b. False
Ans:
Question: Under which law are health care enterprises required to guard
protected health information and implement policies and procedures whether
it be in paper or electronic format?
a. HLPDA
b. USHIPA
c. HCPA
d. HIPAA
ITN 260 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: What type of attack is targeted against a smaller group of specific
individuals, such as the major executives working for a manufacturing
company?
a. Adware
b. Typo Squatting
c. Spam
d. Watering Hole
Ans: Watering Hole
Question: How many different Microsoft Windows file types can be infected
with a virus?
a. 50
b. 70
c. 60
d. 80
Ans: 70
Question: Script kiddies acquire which item below from other attackers to
easily craft an attack:
a. Backdoor
b. Exploit kit
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c. Zero day
d. Botnet
Ans: Exploit kit
Question: Because of how a rootkit replaces operating system files, it can be
difficult to remove a rootkit from a system.
a. True
b. False
Ans: True
Question: Of the three types of mutating malware, what type changes its
internal code to one of a set number of predefined mutations whenever it is
executed?
a. Statimorphic malware
b. Metamorphic malware
c. Polymorphic malware
d. Oligomorphic malware
Ans: Oligomorphic malware
Question: One of the armored virus infection techniques utilizes encryption to
make virus code more difficult to detect, in addition to separating virus code
into different pieces and inject these pieces throughout the infected program
code. What is the name for this technique?
a. Swiss cheese
b. split
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c. appender
d. stealth
Ans: Swiss cheese
Question: Which of the following is not one of the four methods for
classifying the various types of malware?
a. Concealment
b. Source
c. Circulation
d. Infection
Ans: Source
Question: Today's software attack tools do not require any sophisticated
knowledge on the part of the attacker.
a. True
b. False
Ans:
Question: Under which law are health care enterprises required to guard
protected health information and implement policies and procedures whether
it be in paper or electronic format?
a. HLPDA
b. USHIPA
c. HCPA
d. HIPAA
