NVCC ITN 263 Final Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers.

NVCC ITN 263 Final Exam Study Guide
Questions and Answers
Question 1
Which of the following describes authentication?
Correct Answer
The process of confirming the identity of a user



Question 2
Which of the following refers to a type of software product that is pre-compiled and
whose source code is undisclosed?
Correct Answer
closed source



Question 3
In SmoothWall, what color network interface card indicates the segment of the
network is not trusted, but shares the Internet connection?

Correct Answer
orange



Question 4
What type of emails are used to either get credentials that make breaking into or
using a VPN easier, or are designed to ask users to do things like send money,
disclose VPN credentials, or change passwords?
Correct Answer
Spear phishing




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,Question 5
Which of the following can improve firewall performance?
Correct Answer
Load balancing



Question 6
Which of the following statements is true regarding firewalls?
Correct Answer
A defense-in-depth structure of firewalls provides more protection for certain
subnets than for others.



Question 7
Which of the following firewall default settings generally makes users happier
because everything that they wish to do is allowed?
Correct Answer
Permissive



Question 8
Which step of penetration testing includes the actual attack?
Correct Answer
Exploitation



Question 9
Which of the following statements is true regarding today's attack methods?
Correct Answer
Senior criminals or terrorist leaders often coordinate the efforts of specialists,
paying each for their services.




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,Question 10
Which of the following refers to an event that does not trigger an alarm but should
have, due to the traffic or event actually being abnormal and/or malicious?
Correct Answer
False negative



Question 11
Which of the following is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft that provides
a user with a graphical interface to another computer?

Correct Answer
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)



Question 12
Which of the following represents a standards-based protocol suite designed
specifically for securing Internet Protocol communications?
Correct Answer
Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)



Question 13
You just set up a VPN client on a Windows computer to work with a pfSense VPN
server. You now want to make an IPsec connection to the server using IKEv2. What is
the first step you must take?
Correct Answer
Import a certificate file from the pfSense system.



Question 14
Which of the following characteristics relates to the term algorithm?
Correct Answer
A set of rules and procedures—usually mathematical in nature—that can define
how the encryption and decryption processes operate




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, Question 15
Which term describes a form of security based on hiding details of a system, or
creating convolutions that are difficult to understand?
Correct Answer
Security through obscurity



Question 16
Which of the following refers to a website that was a black market for drugs,
weapons, and killers for hire?

Correct Answer
Silk RoadSilk Road



Question 17
Which of the following statements is true regarding spam emails?
Correct Answer
A spam email can be part of a larger campaign of deception, or it can be the entire
campaign.



Question 18
Which of the following describes fair queuing?
Correct Answer
A technique of load balancing that operates by sending the next transaction to the
firewall with the least current workload.



Question 19
Which of the following choices in the Action column of the Firewall Rules worksheet
means that the questionable incoming packet is returned to the sender indicating
that the packet or packets they sent were not accepted?

Correct Answer
Reject




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