CIW IBA Lesson 8 Midterm Exam
Questions With Guaranteed Pass
Solutions.
What is currently the most common way to authenticate users on private and public computer
networks? - Answer Requiring user names and passwords
What is the term for a password-protected, encrypted data file that can be used to authenticate a
program? - Answer Digital certificate
What is ciphertext? - Answer Encrypted data
Because spam is sent to you uninvited, it can be considered: - Answer an invasion of privacy
Viruses that reside within the text of an HTML-formatted e-mail message are particularly virulent
because: - Answer the user need only receive the virus for it to cause damage
In which encryption method are the public and private keys mathematically related so that only the
public key can be used to encrypt messages, and only the corresponding private key can be used to
decrypt them? - Answer Asymmetric encryption
Which of the following should you use to encrypt and decrypt digital signatures, and to protect
passwords from disclosure? - Answer Hash encryption
Which of the following is the most effective way to spread viruses? - Answer Sending e-mail
attachments
What can be considered a disadvantage to installing program patches and updates? - Answer They may
introduce incompatibility issues or new security issues
, What is an illicit server? - Answer An application that installs hidden services on systems
Which organization is responsible for codifying copyright law as it applies to digital information? -
Answer Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF)
What is authentication? - Answer The process of verifying the identity of a user who logs on to a
system, or the integrity of transmitted data
The most common business firewall technique is to use a firewall server in conjunction with - Answer a
proxy server.
Which of the following provides positive identification of the sending and receiving parties to ensure that
programs downloaded from the Internet are original and safe? - Answer Digital certificate
The most common business firewall technique is to use a firewall server in conjunction with: - Answer
a proxy server
What is encryption? - Answer The process of converting data into an unreadable form of text
What is spyware? - Answer A software application that is secretly placed on a user's system to gather
information and relay it to outside parties
What is symmetric encryption? - Answer An encryption method in which the same key is used to
encrypt and decrypt a message
What is a cookie? - Answer A small text file that contains information sent between a server and a
client to help track user activities
Receiving written permission from a copyright owner to use copyright-protected material for your own
purposes can be considered: - Answer a licensing agreement
Malware is a generic term for software: - Answer whose specific intent is to harm computer systems
Questions With Guaranteed Pass
Solutions.
What is currently the most common way to authenticate users on private and public computer
networks? - Answer Requiring user names and passwords
What is the term for a password-protected, encrypted data file that can be used to authenticate a
program? - Answer Digital certificate
What is ciphertext? - Answer Encrypted data
Because spam is sent to you uninvited, it can be considered: - Answer an invasion of privacy
Viruses that reside within the text of an HTML-formatted e-mail message are particularly virulent
because: - Answer the user need only receive the virus for it to cause damage
In which encryption method are the public and private keys mathematically related so that only the
public key can be used to encrypt messages, and only the corresponding private key can be used to
decrypt them? - Answer Asymmetric encryption
Which of the following should you use to encrypt and decrypt digital signatures, and to protect
passwords from disclosure? - Answer Hash encryption
Which of the following is the most effective way to spread viruses? - Answer Sending e-mail
attachments
What can be considered a disadvantage to installing program patches and updates? - Answer They may
introduce incompatibility issues or new security issues
, What is an illicit server? - Answer An application that installs hidden services on systems
Which organization is responsible for codifying copyright law as it applies to digital information? -
Answer Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF)
What is authentication? - Answer The process of verifying the identity of a user who logs on to a
system, or the integrity of transmitted data
The most common business firewall technique is to use a firewall server in conjunction with - Answer a
proxy server.
Which of the following provides positive identification of the sending and receiving parties to ensure that
programs downloaded from the Internet are original and safe? - Answer Digital certificate
The most common business firewall technique is to use a firewall server in conjunction with: - Answer
a proxy server
What is encryption? - Answer The process of converting data into an unreadable form of text
What is spyware? - Answer A software application that is secretly placed on a user's system to gather
information and relay it to outside parties
What is symmetric encryption? - Answer An encryption method in which the same key is used to
encrypt and decrypt a message
What is a cookie? - Answer A small text file that contains information sent between a server and a
client to help track user activities
Receiving written permission from a copyright owner to use copyright-protected material for your own
purposes can be considered: - Answer a licensing agreement
Malware is a generic term for software: - Answer whose specific intent is to harm computer systems
