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Information Security

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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

Multiple choice technology
  1. MTTR.

  2. FTR

  3. MTBF

  4. MTTE

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

FTR (First Time Resolution) focuses on resolving incidents completely on the first contact, preventing recurrence and customer frustration. While MTTR (Mean Time To Repair) measures speed, FTR emphasizes quality and completeness of resolution. Incident resolution should prioritize getting it right the first time rather than just being fast.

Multiple choice technology
  1. Knowledge

  2. Data

  3. Wisdom

  4. Information

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the DIKW hierarchy (Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom), tools can store and manage data, information, and knowledge, but wisdom cannot be systematically stored or managed by tools. Wisdom involves applying knowledge with judgment, experience, and insight - it's uniquely human and contextual.

Multiple choice technology
  1. Wisdom - Information - Data - Knowledge

  2. Knowledge - Wisdom - Information - Data

  3. Data - Information - Knowledge - Wisdom

  4. Information - Data - Knowledge - Wisdom

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Knowledge Management hierarchy is Data (raw facts) → Information (data with context) → Knowledge (information with meaning/application) → Wisdom (ability to apply knowledge judiciously). This DIKW hierarchy represents increasing levels of understanding and value.

Multiple choice technology
  1. Loss of ability to operate to specification, or to deliver the required output

  2. A change of state which has significance for the management of a Configuration Item or IT Service

  3. A warning that a threshold has been reached, something has changed, or a failure has occurred

  4. An unplanned interruption to an IT service or reduction in the quality of an IT service

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In ITIL, an incident is defined specifically as an unplanned interruption to an IT service or a reduction in its quality. Other options describe configuration events, problems, or general alerts rather than the actual degradation of an active service.

Multiple choice technology databases
  1. It contains all relevant information about the repository

  2. It contains the address of the repository security domain

  3. It contains meta data

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,B Correct answer
Explanation

BO Main.Key likely contains repository information and security domain addresses as core metadata. 'All of the above' is incorrect since option C (meta data) is too vague - it's already covered in A and B.

Multiple choice technology
  1. Document Library

  2. List

  3. List Items

  4. Site Level

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

SharePoint 2007 allows security to be applied at the item level (individual list items) as the lowest granularity. Document libraries and lists can have permissions, but individual items within them can have unique permissions. Site level is higher, not lowest.

Multiple choice technology
  1. It reduces the workload for the SIE team

  2. It reduces the workload for the Triage team

  3. It gives the SIE team a better insight to the issue they are working on

  4. All of the Above

  5. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Alarm correlation groups related alarms to reduce noise and provide context. This benefits both the SIE team (better insight into issues) and Triage team (reduced workload from duplicate alarms). "All of the Above" correctly captures these multiple benefits.

Multiple choice technology programming languages
  1. Anonymous

  2. Basic

  3. Integreted windows authentication

  4. 1 & 3

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

By default, ASP.NET websites are configured with both Anonymous and Integrated Windows authentication. Anonymous allows unauthenticated access while Integrated Windows authentication allows domain-secured access for intranet scenarios.

Multiple choice technology security
  1. Phishing

  2. Social engineering

  3. Vishing

  4. VOIP

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Vishing (voice phishing) is a social engineering attack that uses telephone services to deceive victims. Unlike email-based phishing, vishing manipulates victims through voice calls, often spoofing caller ID to appear legitimate. Option B is the broader category, while option D is the technology used, not the attack itself.

Multiple choice technology security
  1. DNS falsifying

  2. DNS poisoning

  3. DNS caching

  4. DNS cracking

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

DNS poisoning (also called DNS spoofing) is an attack where the victim is redirected to a falsified DNS location. The attacker corrupts the DNS cache or response to redirect users to malicious sites. 'DNS falsifying' is not standard terminology, 'DNS caching' is a normal function, and 'DNS cracking' is not a recognized attack type.

Multiple choice technology security
  1. Ping of death

  2. Teardrop

  3. Ping broadcast

  4. Smurf attack

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A Smurf attack sends spoofed ping requests (ICMP echo requests) to a broadcast address, causing all hosts on the network to reply to the victim, flooding them with ping replies. Ping of death uses oversized packets, Teardrop uses malformed fragment offsets, and Ping broadcast is the mechanism Smurf exploits but not the attack name itself.