Non Objectives of Security+

Question 1

DEP

Answer 1

Data execution prevention
A security feature of an OS that can be driven by software, hardware, or both, designed to prevent the execution of code from blocks of data in memory.

Question 2

SSID

Answer 2

a unique identifier that names a wireless network.

Question 3

Hypervisors

Answer 3

a virtual machine monitor (VMM), is software, firmware, or hardware that creates and manages virtual machines (VMs).

Question 4

DDoS amplification

Answer 4

A form of DDoS attack that use public DNS servers to flood target servers with DNS response traffic.

Question 5

Network Address Translation

Answer 5

a protocol that translates public IP addresses to private IP addresses and private addresses back to public.

Question 6

DES

Answer 6

Data Encryption Standard

Question 7

RC4

Answer 7

Rivest Cipher version 4

Question 8

WEP

Answer 8

Wired Equivalent Privacy
- Developed in 1999
- Earliest wireless security protocol
-40 bit encryption key
-Vulnerable and not secure, easily hackable

Question 9

WPA

Answer 9

WiFi Protected Access
-Uses TKIP (temporal key integrity protocol)

Question 10

PHI

Answer 10

Personal Health Information