Computer Knowledge ยท General Awareness

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

Which of the following .NET cryptographic classes represents the abstract base class from which all implementations of asymmetric signature formatters derive?

  1. AsymmetricSignatureDeformatter

  2. AsymmetricSignatureFormatter

  3. DSASignatureFormatter

  4. AsymmetricKeyExchangeFormatter

  5. RandomNumberGenerator
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This .NET cryptographic class represents the abstract the base class from which all implementations of asymmetric signature formatters derive.

Multiple choice

What is phishing?

  1. a government plan

  2. a stem cell

  3. fraudulent way of acquiring PIN and bank passwords using e-mail

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Phishing is a cybercrime where attackers impersonate legitimate organizations via email or fake websites to trick victims into revealing sensitive information like PINs, passwords, and credit card details. It is not a government plan or biological term. The term comes from 'fishing' where bait is used to catch victims - the 'ph' spelling is attributed to hacker culture.

Multiple choice

Which of the following security mechanisms decides what services to perform on the user's behalf in accordance with its available knowledge, such as whatever it can reliably know of the user's identity, previous interactions and so forth?

  1. Guard

  2. Packet filtering gateway

  3. Transport layer security

  4. Message authentication code

  5. Message integrity
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This security mechanism decides what services to perform on the user's behalf in accordance with its available knowledge such as whatever it can reliably know of the user's identity, previous interactions and so forth.