Security Audit and Antivirus Software Quiz

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What is the primary function of antivirus software?

  • Detecting and eradicating rootkits
  • Scanning for virus signatures in computer memory and disk drives (correct)
  • Containing and eliminating incidents
  • Protecting evidence and activity logs

Which term is used to describe the method of computing that aims to deliver secure, private, and reliable computing experience?

  • Distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS)
  • Trustworthy computing (correct)
  • Phishing
  • Rootkits

What type of attack involves flooding a target site with demands for data and other small tasks?

  • Distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) (correct)
  • E-mail spam attack
  • Phishing attack
  • Rootkits attack

What is the purpose of a security audit?

<p>Evaluating if an organization has a well-considered security policy and if it is being followed (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does phishing involve?

<p>Using e-mail fraudulently to try to get the recipient to reveal personal data (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does rootkits refer to?

<p>Gaining administrator level access to a computer without the end user’s consent or knowledge (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which activity does e-mail spam involve?

<p>Sending unsolicited e-mail to large numbers of people (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack?

<p>Flooding a target site with demands for data and other small tasks (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean when antivirus software scans for a specific sequence of bytes known as a virus signature?

<p>It is looking for the presence of a specific virus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What defines an organization’s requirements, control, and sanctions needed to meet those requirements?

<p>Security policy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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