BEC MCQ4.5

Question 1

Access controls

Answer 1

Limits access to program documentation data files programs and computer hardware

Question 2

backdoor

Answer 2

backdoor means access to a program or system that bypasses normal security mechanisams. backdoors should be eliminated

Question 3

Protective device that keeps internet users from accessing intranet data is

Answer 3

Firewall

Question 4

Application firewall

Answer 4

as opposed to network firewall is designed to protect specific application services from attack

Question 5

a denial of service attack

Answer 5

is an attack in which one computer bombards another computer with a flood of information intended to keep legitimate users from accessing the target computer or network

Question 6

Query program

Answer 6

Is a program that allows user to obtain information from a data base or other source

Question 7

Access control software

Answer 7

is a preventive control

Question 8

spoofing attack

Answer 8

is a breach of net work security resulting from a person or program successfully imprisoning a legitimate network user for illegitimate purposes