PRE-Assessment- Fundamentals of Information Security PGGO Questions and Answers

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PRE-Assessment- Fundamentals o f Information Security
PGGO Questions and Answers

1.
Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential for an attack on a resource?


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Threat

Vulnerability

Risk

Impact


2.
Which security type deliberately exposes a system’s vulnerabilities or resources to an attacker?


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Intrusion detection

Intrusion prevention

Firewalls

Honeypots

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3.
Which tool can be used to map devices on a network, along with their operating system types and versions?


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Port scanner


Stateful krewall

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Packet klter

Packet sniffer


4.

Which web attack is a server-side attack?


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SQL injection

Cross-site scripting

Cross-site request forgery

Clickjacking


5.
An organization employs a VPN to safeguard

its information. Which security principle is

protected by a VPN?


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Data in motion


Data in storage


Data at rest

Data in use

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6.

A malicious hacker was successful in a denial of service (DoS) attack against an institution’s mail server. Fortunately, no

data was lost or altered while the server was offline. Which type of attack is this?