CCNA Security 640-554 Practice Exam

Hacker And Data Protection Terminology

Here's another CCNA Security practice exam to help you get ready for success on exam day!

Answers are at the bottom of the page. Enjoy the questions!

Question 1:

What general term describes a hacker who does not hack for personal gain, but rather to further a political or social cause?

Question 2:

The phrase "allowing only authorized users to access data" defines which of these terms?

A. origin authentication

B. accounting

C. integrity

D. confidentiality

Question 3:

What colorful general term describes a hacker who does not hack for personal gain or to damage a network, but rather to test network security procedures?

Question 4:

A potential hacker pretending to be an employee of your company calls a legitimate employee of that same company pretending to be you. The hacker asks that employee for his/her password. This is an example of what kind of network attack?

A. Trojan horse

B. "crackling"

C. social engineering

D. "smooth hack"

E. privilege escalation

Question 5:

What is the process of ensuring data is not altered between source and destination?

A. confidentiality

B. integrity

C. authorization

D. authentication

E. origin authentication

 

Question 6:

Which of the following is a software-based network attack?

A. social engineering

B. IP Spoofing

C. buffer overflow

D. privilege escalation

 

Question 7:

What colorful term is given to a hacker who *is* out for potential financial gain?

Answers at the bottom of the page, right after this important message!

 

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