PCI ISA QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS; GET IT 100% ACCURATE
AAA - correct answer- Acronym for
"authentication, authorization, and accounting." Protocol
for authenticating a user based on their verifiable identity,
authorizing a user based on their user rights, and
accounting for a user's consumption of network resources
Access Control - correct answer- Mechanisms
that limit availability of information or information-
processing resources only to authorized persons or
applications
Account Data - correct answer- consists of
cardholder data and/or sensitive authentication data
Acquirer - correct answer- Also referred to as
"merchant bank," "acquiring bank," or "acquiring financial
institution". Entity, typically a financial institution, that
processes payment card transactions for merchants and is
defined by a payment brand as an acquirer. Acquirers are
,subject to payment brand rules and procedures regarding
merchant compliance
Administrative Access - correct answer-
Elevated or increased privileges granted to an account in
order for that account ot manage systems, networks
and/or applications.
Adware - correct answer- Type of malicious
software that, when installed, forces a computer to
automatically display or download advertisements
AES - correct answer- Abbreviation for
"Advanced Encryption Standard." Block cipher used in
symmetric cryptography adopted by NIST in November
2001
ANSI - correct answer- Acronym for "American
National Standards Institute" Private, non-profit
organization that administers and coordinates the US
voluntary standardization and conformity assessment
system
, Anti-Virus - correct answer- Program or
software capable of detecting, removing, and protecting
against various forms of malicious software including
viruses, worms, Trojans
AOC - correct answer- Acronym for "attestation
of compliance". The AOC is a form for merchants and
service providers to attest to the results of a PCI DSS
assessment, as documented in the Self-Assessment
Questionnaire or Report on Compliance
AOV - correct answer- Acronym for "attestation
of validation". The AOV is a form for PA_QSAs to attest to
the results of a PA_DSS assessment, as documented in the
PA-DSS Report on Validation.
Application - correct answer- Includes all
purchased and custom software programs or groups of
programs, including both internal and external
applications.
ANSWERS; GET IT 100% ACCURATE
AAA - correct answer- Acronym for
"authentication, authorization, and accounting." Protocol
for authenticating a user based on their verifiable identity,
authorizing a user based on their user rights, and
accounting for a user's consumption of network resources
Access Control - correct answer- Mechanisms
that limit availability of information or information-
processing resources only to authorized persons or
applications
Account Data - correct answer- consists of
cardholder data and/or sensitive authentication data
Acquirer - correct answer- Also referred to as
"merchant bank," "acquiring bank," or "acquiring financial
institution". Entity, typically a financial institution, that
processes payment card transactions for merchants and is
defined by a payment brand as an acquirer. Acquirers are
,subject to payment brand rules and procedures regarding
merchant compliance
Administrative Access - correct answer-
Elevated or increased privileges granted to an account in
order for that account ot manage systems, networks
and/or applications.
Adware - correct answer- Type of malicious
software that, when installed, forces a computer to
automatically display or download advertisements
AES - correct answer- Abbreviation for
"Advanced Encryption Standard." Block cipher used in
symmetric cryptography adopted by NIST in November
2001
ANSI - correct answer- Acronym for "American
National Standards Institute" Private, non-profit
organization that administers and coordinates the US
voluntary standardization and conformity assessment
system
, Anti-Virus - correct answer- Program or
software capable of detecting, removing, and protecting
against various forms of malicious software including
viruses, worms, Trojans
AOC - correct answer- Acronym for "attestation
of compliance". The AOC is a form for merchants and
service providers to attest to the results of a PCI DSS
assessment, as documented in the Self-Assessment
Questionnaire or Report on Compliance
AOV - correct answer- Acronym for "attestation
of validation". The AOV is a form for PA_QSAs to attest to
the results of a PA_DSS assessment, as documented in the
PA-DSS Report on Validation.
Application - correct answer- Includes all
purchased and custom software programs or groups of
programs, including both internal and external
applications.
