CCNA Security Practice Exam

Hacker And Data Protection Terminology

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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!

 

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