Computer Knowledge · General Awareness
Information Security
4,143 Questions
Information security involves protecting computer systems and data from unauthorized access, cyber threats, and damage. It is a core part of the computer knowledge section in various banking and government exams. Practicing these concepts helps in understanding digital signatures, network security, and access control effectively.
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Information Security Questions
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Key revocation
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Key aging
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Operation overview
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Security assessment
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Digital signature
B
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Explanation
This activity in maintaining keys and system security keeps a record about when individual keys were issued and ensures that a key does not remain in service for too long.
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Service control
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Direction control
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Behavior control
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User control
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Data control
C
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Explanation
This firewall control access technique controls how a particular service is used, often on the basis of other information collected.
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Customer authentication
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Transaction integrity
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Vendor authentication
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Transaction secrecy
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Telnet
B
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Explanation
This type of web form security refers to whether outsiders can modify a form content while in transit.
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Buffer overrun
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Host setup
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CGI attacks
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Firewalls
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Brouters
C
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Explanation
This website vulnerability provides some flaw in the script that allows a browser to fetch or even to modify arbitrary files on the server host.
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limited access to the computer complex
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using password to access a system
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CCTV camera
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storing tapes and disks not in use in a separate building
B
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Explanation
Physical security involves protecting the physical assets of a computer system, such as hardware and facilities. Passwords are a form of logical or technical security, not physical security.
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Mnemonics
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Encoding
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Encryption
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Decoding
B
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Explanation
Encoding is the process of converting data or a message into a specific format or code for transmission or storage. Encryption is a specific type of encoding intended for security, while decoding is the reverse process.
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Firewall
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Antivirus
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Audit control
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All of the above
C
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Explanation
Audit controls protects a system from external security breaches and internal frauds or embezzlement.
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Antivirus
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Firewall
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Spam filter
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All of the above
B
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Explanation
Firewall is a true network protector, which authenticates the external access to a network.
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Authentication
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Versatility
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Automation
B
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Explanation
This basic security service makes use of encryption to provide wireless networks within the same or similar privacy achieved by an unencrypted wired network.
C
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Explanation
This algorithm used for GSM security is an encryption algorithm that scrambles the user's voice and data traffic between the handset and the base station to provide privacy.
B
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Explanation
This component of GSM PLMN architecture provides authentication and encryption parameters that verify the user's identity and guarantee the confidentiality of each cell.
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is mostly used by financial networks
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is mostly used by public networks
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cannot be used by private players
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is not necessary as data cannot be intercepted
A
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Explanation
Data encryption is critical for securing sensitive information, and it is most heavily utilized in financial networks to protect transactions and personal data.
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encryption
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digital signature
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integrity
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security certificates
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auditability
D
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Explanation
Security certificate is used to measure security in E-commerce. In this case, a unique digital id is used to verify identity of an individual website or user.
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/etc/shadow
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/etc/profile
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/etc/passwd
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none of these
A
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Explanation
The encrypted passwords of users of the system are stored in /etc/shadow.
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configuration.
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accessibility.
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authentication.
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logging in.