Top 50+ Solved Computer Security MCQ Questions Answer
Q. A vulnerability scanner is
a. a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness.
b. a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses.
c. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
d. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.
Q. A packet sniffer is
a. a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness.
b. a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses.
c. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
d. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.
Q. These hacker breaks security for altruistic or at least non-malicious reasons.
a. White hat
b. Grey hat
c. Blue hat
d. None of these
Q. This hacker is a hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality, often frankly admitted.
a. White hat
b. Grey hat
c. Blue hat
d. None of these
Q. This hacker is someone outside computer security consulting firms that are used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be closed.
a. White hat
b. Grey hat
c. Blue hat
d. None of these
Q. It is a software program designed to record (‘log’) every keystroke on the machine on which it runs
a. Keylogger
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Cracker
Q. It is a self-replicating program that infects computer and spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents.
a. Keylogger
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Cracker
Q. Viruses that fool a user into downloading and/or executing them by pretending to be useful applications are also sometimes called?
a. Trojan horses
b. Keylogger
c. Worm
d. Cracker
Q. These are program designed as to seem to being or be doing one thing, but actually being or doing another.
a. Trojan horses
b. Keylogger
c. Worm
d. Cracker
Q. Packet Sniffer is
a. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
b. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.
c. a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators.
d. None of these
Q. Rootkit is
a. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
b. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.
c. a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators.
d. None of these
Q. Spoofing attack is
a. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
b. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.
c. a toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer’s security has been compromised, is a general description of a set of programs which work to subvert control of an operating system from its legitimate (in accordance with established rules) operators.
d. None of these
Q. Security exploit is
a. a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness.
b. a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses.
c. an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
d. a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.