ITSY 1300 FINAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
You receive a call from someone pretending to be a government agent. They claim
there is
an issue with your taxes and you need to provide certain information to clear up the
problem.
However, the caller's true goal is to obtain private information. Which of the
following best
describes this behavior?
a. Vishing
b. Smishing
c. Vectoring
d. Pretexting - Answer -d. Pretexting
An individual who was recently fired goes to their former place of employment on a
weekend. Since they are unable to enter, security goes to the front door to inquire. The
fired
employee says they forgot their access card and just needs to pick up their tablet in
their
office. What attack surface is the former employee trying to exploit?
a. Human vector
b. Mobile device
c. Hardware
d. Specialized vector - Answer -a. Human vector
Lamarr receives a text message indicating the password to his bank account has been
changed but needs verification to commit the change. It includes a number to call and a
link,
both of which will lead to fraud if Lamarr follows through with the instructions. This is an
example of what type of attack?
a. Vishing
b. Smishing
c. Urgency attack
d. Account compromise attack - Answer -b. Smishing
Which of the following best describes what could be considered a security buffer?
Select
two.
a. Lobby of a bank
b. Ticket booth at a cinema
c. Reception area of a company
d. Waiting room at a doctor's office - Answer -c. Reception area of a company
d. Waiting room at a doctor's office
, A company uses a fence to deter physical access. An audit report concluded that since
the
fence can be easily scaled, additional measures should be implemented. What
additional
fencing-deterrent measure could the company implement to gain an added layer of
protection? Select three.
a. Anticlimb collar
b. Roller barrier
c. Rotating spikes
d. Chain-link fence
e. Barricades in front of the fence - Answer -a. Anticlimb collar
b. Roller barrier
c. Rotating spikes
Alpha and Beta are having a conversation in English. Gamma, who is a gifted
conversationalist and tends to
monopolize conversations, approaches Alpha and Beta. As soon as Alpha and Beta see
Gamma, they start
speaking in Spanish, but Gamma does not understand. What did Alpha and Beta just
do?
a. They employed a form of tokenization.
b. They employed a form of encryption.
c. They employed a form of substitution.
d. They employed a form of steganography. - Answer -b. They employed a form of
encryption.
Assume a REAL ID can be used for federal identification and a traditional ID cannot.
Which
of the following, in the form of an analogy, can be used to authenticate the person
requesting
a digital certificate?
a. A digital certificate authenticated with a certificate revocation list query is like a REAL
ID.
b. A digital certificate authenticated with a digital signature is like a REAL ID.
c. A digital certificate authenticated with an email address is like a REAL ID.
d. A digital certificate authenticated with a birth certificate is like a REAL ID. - Answer -
d. A digital certificate authenticated with a birth certificate is like a REAL ID.
Yandelli is responsible for protecting data in transit. However, the scheme he is
attempting
to adopt will encapsulate encrypted information with unencrypted information. What is a
potential consequence of this behavior?
a. The scheme is okay but only if data is not transmitted through a public network.
b. You cannot transmit encrypted and unencrypted data simultaneously.
c. The security of the transmitted data will be compromised.
d. Data will be transmitted securely. - Answer -d. Data will be transmitted securely.
You receive a call from someone pretending to be a government agent. They claim
there is
an issue with your taxes and you need to provide certain information to clear up the
problem.
However, the caller's true goal is to obtain private information. Which of the
following best
describes this behavior?
a. Vishing
b. Smishing
c. Vectoring
d. Pretexting - Answer -d. Pretexting
An individual who was recently fired goes to their former place of employment on a
weekend. Since they are unable to enter, security goes to the front door to inquire. The
fired
employee says they forgot their access card and just needs to pick up their tablet in
their
office. What attack surface is the former employee trying to exploit?
a. Human vector
b. Mobile device
c. Hardware
d. Specialized vector - Answer -a. Human vector
Lamarr receives a text message indicating the password to his bank account has been
changed but needs verification to commit the change. It includes a number to call and a
link,
both of which will lead to fraud if Lamarr follows through with the instructions. This is an
example of what type of attack?
a. Vishing
b. Smishing
c. Urgency attack
d. Account compromise attack - Answer -b. Smishing
Which of the following best describes what could be considered a security buffer?
Select
two.
a. Lobby of a bank
b. Ticket booth at a cinema
c. Reception area of a company
d. Waiting room at a doctor's office - Answer -c. Reception area of a company
d. Waiting room at a doctor's office
, A company uses a fence to deter physical access. An audit report concluded that since
the
fence can be easily scaled, additional measures should be implemented. What
additional
fencing-deterrent measure could the company implement to gain an added layer of
protection? Select three.
a. Anticlimb collar
b. Roller barrier
c. Rotating spikes
d. Chain-link fence
e. Barricades in front of the fence - Answer -a. Anticlimb collar
b. Roller barrier
c. Rotating spikes
Alpha and Beta are having a conversation in English. Gamma, who is a gifted
conversationalist and tends to
monopolize conversations, approaches Alpha and Beta. As soon as Alpha and Beta see
Gamma, they start
speaking in Spanish, but Gamma does not understand. What did Alpha and Beta just
do?
a. They employed a form of tokenization.
b. They employed a form of encryption.
c. They employed a form of substitution.
d. They employed a form of steganography. - Answer -b. They employed a form of
encryption.
Assume a REAL ID can be used for federal identification and a traditional ID cannot.
Which
of the following, in the form of an analogy, can be used to authenticate the person
requesting
a digital certificate?
a. A digital certificate authenticated with a certificate revocation list query is like a REAL
ID.
b. A digital certificate authenticated with a digital signature is like a REAL ID.
c. A digital certificate authenticated with an email address is like a REAL ID.
d. A digital certificate authenticated with a birth certificate is like a REAL ID. - Answer -
d. A digital certificate authenticated with a birth certificate is like a REAL ID.
Yandelli is responsible for protecting data in transit. However, the scheme he is
attempting
to adopt will encapsulate encrypted information with unencrypted information. What is a
potential consequence of this behavior?
a. The scheme is okay but only if data is not transmitted through a public network.
b. You cannot transmit encrypted and unencrypted data simultaneously.
c. The security of the transmitted data will be compromised.
d. Data will be transmitted securely. - Answer -d. Data will be transmitted securely.
