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Cybersecurity Final Exam MCQ

30-question multiple choice exam covering cybersecurity fundamentals: CIA triad, threat actors, encryption, hashing, risk management, access control, DDoS, phishing, ransomware, network segmentation, incident response, and ethical hacking.

Q 30 questions·MSUM CyberSecurity Final Exam
Protecting data and information systems from unauthorized access or attacks
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
A hacker
A vulnerability that is unknown to the software vendor and is actively being exploited
Phishing
Firewall
Secure communication over the internet
HTTPS
Man-in-the-middle
All of the above
To conceal data from unauthorized users
Two different keys: a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption
To verify the authenticity and integrity of a message
To ensure the integrity of data
To identify, assess, and mitigate risks
Ensuring the availability of systems in the event of a disaster
Firewalls
Password, token, and biometric verification
All of the above
To allow access to resources based on the role of the user
An attack where a system is flooded with traffic from multiple sources, causing it to crash
Using a fake email to trick the user into revealing personal information
Users are granted only the minimum level of access necessary to perform their tasks
Ransomware
To reduce the attack surface and limit the movement of attackers within the network
All of the above
To identify, contain, and mitigate security incidents
A process for detecting potential security weaknesses in systems or networks
All of the above
Hacking into systems with permission to identify vulnerabilities

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