Cyber Security MCQs

Which one of the following principles of cyber security refers that the security mechanism must be as small and simple as possible?

1. Open-Design
2. Economy of the Mechanism
3. Least privilege
4. Fail-safe Defaults

Answer: b

Which of the following principle of cyber security restricts how privileges are initiated whenever any object or subject is created?

1. Least privilege
2. Open-Design
3. Fail-safe Defaults
4. None of the above

Answer: c

Suppose an employee demands the root access to a UNIX system, where you are the administrator; that right or access should not be given to the employee unless that employee has work that requires certain rights, privileges. It can be considered as a perfect example of which principle of cyber security?

1. Least privileges
2. Open Design
3. Separation of Privileges
4. Both A & C

Answer: a

Which of the following can also consider as the instances of Open Design?

1. CSS
2. DVD Player
3. Only A
4. Both A and B

Answer: d

Which one of the following principles states that sometimes it is become more desirable to rescored the details of intrusion that to adopt more efficient measure to avoid it?

1. Least common mechanism
2. Compromise recording
3. Psychological acceptability
4. Work factor

Answer: b

The web application like banking websites should ask its users to log-in again after some specific period of time, let say 30 min. It can be considered as an example of which cybersecurity principle?

1. Compromise recording
2. Psychological acceptability
3. Complete mediation
4. None of the above

Answer: c

Which one of the following statements is correct about Email security in the network security methods?

1. One has to deploy hardware, software, and security procedures to lock those apps down.
2. One should know about what the normal behavior of a network look likes so that he/she can spot any changes, breaches in the behavior of the network.
3. Phishing is one of the most commonly used methods that are used by hackers to gain access to the network
4. All of the above

Answer: c

Which of the following statements is true about the VPN in Network security?

1. It is a type of device that helps to ensure that communication between a device and a network is secure.
2. It is usually based on the IPsec( IP Security) or SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
3. It typically creates a secure, encrypted virtual “tunnel” over the open internet
4. All of the above

Answer: d

Which of the following type of text is transformed with the help of a cipher algorithm?

1. Transformed text
2. Complex text
3. Scalar text
4. Plain text

Answer: d

The term “CHAP” stands for __________

1. Circuit Hardware Authentication Protocols
2. Challenge Hardware Authentication Protocols
3. Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocols
4. Circuit Handshake Authentication Protocols

Answer: c

Which type of the following malware does not replicate or clone them self’s through infection?

1. Rootkits
2. Trojans
3. Worms
4. Viruses

Answer: b

Which of the following malware’s type allows the attacker to access the administrative controls and enables his/or her to do almost anything he wants to do with the infected computers.

1. RATs
2. Worms
3. Rootkits
4. Botnets

Answer: a

Which of the following statements is true about the Trojans?

1. Trojans perform tasks for which they are designed or programmed
2. Trojans replicates them self’s or clone them self’s through an infections
3. Trojans do nothing harmful to the user’s computer systems
4. None of the above

Answer: a

Which of the following is just opposite to the Open Design principle?

1. Security through obscurity
2. Least common mechanism
3. Least privileges
4. Work factor

Answer: a