Corporate Computer Security 4th Edition By Randy J. Boyle – Test Bank

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Corporate Computer Security, 4e (Boyle/Panko)

Chapter 5  Access Control

1) Which of the following is not one of the AAA controls?

A) Authentication

B) Auditing

C) Accuracy

D) Authorizations

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  1a

2) ________ is the process of assessing the identity of each individual claiming to have permission to use a resource.

A) Authorizations

B) Authentication

C) Accuracy

D) Auditing

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  1b

3) ________ is the process of assessing the identity of each individual claiming to have permission to use a resource.

A) Authorizations

B) Authentication

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  1b

4) ________ is the process of collecting information about the activities of each individual in log files for immediate and later analysis.

A) Authorizations

B) Authentication

C) Accuracy

D) Auditing

Answer:  D

Diff: 1

Question:  1b

5) Authentication is the process of collecting information about the activities of each individual in log files for immediate and later analysis.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 1

6) Which of the following is one of the four bases for authentication credentials?

A) What you know

B) What you have

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

7) Two-factor authentication can be defeated if ________.

A) the user’s computer is compromised

B) the attacker uses a man-in-the-middle attack

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  1c

8) Compared to access control based on individual accounts, RBAC is ________.

A) less prone to error

B) more expensive

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Question:  1g

9) In the military, departments do not have the ability to alter access control rules set by higher authorities in ________.

A) policy-based access control

B) mandatory access control

C) discretionary access control

D) multilevel access control

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  2a

10) In ________ the department has discretion over giving access to individuals, within policy standards set by higher authorities.

A) policy-based access control

B) mandatory access control

C) discretionary access control

D) delegated access control

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  2a

11) In military security, the term multilevel security means multifactor security.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  2b

12) In military security, SBU documents are unclassified.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  2c

13) All unattended exits should be locked to bar exit.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  3c

14) In CobiT, entry must be ________.

A) justified

B) logged

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  3d

15) On loading docks, outgoing shipments should be separated from incoming shipments ________.

A) to ensure the segregation of duties

B) to avoid confusion

C) to reduce the risk of theft

D) All of the above

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  3f

16) Which of the following is not one of the rules for working in secure areas?

A) Unsupervised work in secure areas should be avoided.

B) When no one is in a secure area, it should be locked and verified periodically.

C) No one should be allowed to work in secure areas for more than four hours in a row.

D) Electronic devices that can record or copy mass amounts of information should be forbidden in secure areas.

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  3h

17) Which of the following should be forbidden in secure areas?

A) Cameras

B) USB flash drives

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  3h

18) Placing sensitive equipment in secure areas to minimize potential threats and damage is called siting.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  4a

19) ________ can be used to supply power during long power outages.

A) Uninterruptable power supplies

B) Electrical generators

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  4b

20) If a laptop needs to be taken off premises, ________.

A) it should first be logged out.

B) it should be logged in when returned

C) all sensitive information should be removed

D) All of the above

Answer:  D

Diff: 2

Question:  4d

21) Buildings should be set back from streets and protected with rolling hill landscaping to reduce threats from ________.

A) wireless eavesdropping

B) industrial espionage

C) casual observation

D) terrorism

Answer:  D

Diff: 2

Question:  5a

22) ________ is a social engineering trick where an intruder may follow an authorized user through a door that the authorized user opens with an access device.

A) Shoulder surfing

B) Shadowing

C) Trailing

D) Piggybacking

Answer:  D

Diff: 1

Question:  5b

23) It is illegal to go through a company’s trash bins even if the trash bins are outside the corporation.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 1

Question:  5e

24) Most users who have access to servers use reusable passwords for authentication.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  6a

25) PCs should require login screens with complex passwords.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

26) Password cracking is usually done over the network by trying many passwords to log into an account.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 1

Question:  6b

27) Long passwords that use several types of keyboard characters are called ________ passwords. 

A) complex

B) reusable

C) dictionary

D) one-time

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Question:  7a

28) The book recommends that passwords be at least ________ characters long.

A) 6

B) 8

C) 20

D) 100

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  9a

29) According to the book, r%Dv$ is a strong password.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 3

Question:  9a

30) It is very important for testers to get permission before running a password cracking program on their company’s computers to check for weak passwords even if such testing is in their job definitions.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  9c

31) Users should select very long and complex passwords and use the same password at all sites for auditability.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 1

Question:  10a

32) Passwords should be changed frequently.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  10c

33) Which of the following is true?

A) Human password resets are dangerous.

B) Automated password resets are dangerous.

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  10e

34) In high-risk environments, password reset risks are reduced by requiring the user’s physical presence.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 2

Question:  10h

35) Passwords offer reasonable security at reasonable cost and will likely continue to increase in importance in the future.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 1

Question:  11

36) A ________ card is an access card that has a built-in microprocessor and memory.

A) magnetic stripe

B) smart

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  12a

37) A magnetic stripe card is an access card that has a built-in microprocessor and memory.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 1

Question:  12a

38) A ________ card stores authentication data.

A) magnetic stripe

B) smart

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  12a

39) A ________ is a small device with a display that has a number that changes frequently.

A) one-time-password token

B) USB token

C) magnetic stripe card

D) None of the above

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Question:  12b

40) A ________ is a small device that plugs into a standard computer port to identify the owner.

A) one-time-password token

B) USB token

C) magnetic stripe card

D) smart card

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  12c

41) A ________ does not require a special reader to be added to a PC for access control.

A) USB token

B) magnetic stripe card

C) smart card

D) All of the above

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Question:  12e

42) ________ can be much shorter than ________.

A) PINs, passwords

B) Passwords, PINs

C) There is no general length difference between passwords and PINs.

D) None of the above

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

43) The major promise of biometrics is to replace reusable passwords.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  14c

44) During enrollment, the scanner sends ________ to the authentication system.

A) scan data

B) key features

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  15a

45) The template is based on ________ generated during the enrollment scan.

A) scan data

B) key features

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  15d

46) In biometric, a match occurs when a ________ meets the decision criteria.

A) set of key features

B) match index

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  16a

47) A false rejection occurs when a person is improperly matched to a template.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  16b

48) A false acceptance occurs when a person is improperly matched to a template.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 2

Question:  16b

49) For computer access, a false ________ means that a legitimate user is denied access to a resource.

A) rejection

B) acceptance

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Question:  16d

50) From a security viewpoint, a false acceptance is always worse than a false rejection.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  16f

51) For watch lists of criminals, a false ________ means that an innocent person is identified as a criminal.

A) acceptance

B) rejection

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  A

Diff: 3

Question:  17a

52) For watch lists of criminals, a false acceptance is worse than a false rejection from a security viewpoint.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 3

Question:  17b

53) Identification is the process where the verifier determines whether the supplicant is a particular person that the supplicant claims who he or she is.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 3

Question:  19a

54) Verification is the process where the verifier determines the identity of the supplicant.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  19a

55) The verifier itself determines the identity of the supplicant in ________.

A) verification

B) identification

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  19a

56) Verification requires more matches against templates than does identification.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  19b

57) Identification requires more matches against templates than does verification.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 2

Question:  19b

58) Which is more likely to generate a false acceptance?

A) Verification

B) Identification

C) Both verification and identification are equally likely to generate a false acceptance.

D) None of the above

Answer:  B

Diff: 3

59) ________ is a form of identification that identifies a person as being a member of a group.

A) RBAC

B) Watch list matching

C) Group ID matching

D) Group acceptance

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  19d

60) When an attacker deliberately attempts to fool the system, this is called ________.

A) deception

B) a false acceptance

C) a false rejection

D) All of the above.

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Question:  21a

61) Fingerprint scanning, which is often deceived, may be acceptable for entry into a non-sensitive supplies cabinet.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 2

Question:  21b

62) Because fingerprint scanning is often deceived, it should never be used as a security measure.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 3

Question:  21b

63) Which of the following statements accurately describes fingerprint recognition?

A) Fingerprint recognition scanners are very expensive.

B) Fingerprint recognition is easily deceived.

C) Fingerprint recognition is rarely used.

D) All of the above

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  22a

64) Fingerprint recognition is easily deceived.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  22b

65) Fingerprint recognition should be used as a security measure for access to ________.

A) a non-essential supply cabinet

B) a notebook containing sensitive information

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Question:  22c

66) Which of the following statements accurately describes iris recognition?

A) Iris recognition has high FARs.

B) Iris recognition technology is expensive.

C) Iris recognition scans the eye with lasers.

D) All of the above

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  22d

67) Iris recognition technology is ________ and ________.

A) expensive, has low FARs

B) expensive, has high FARs

C) inexpensive, has low FARs

D) inexpensive, has high FARs

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Question:  22d

68) Iris scanning usually is done surreptitiously.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  23a

69) Hand geometry recognition is used heavily for ________.

A) PC access

B) watch list access

C) door access

D) server access

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  23c

70) The most widely used form of biometrics is ________.

A) retinal scanning

B) iris scanning

C) fingerprint scanning

D) face recognition

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  23f

71) The strongest form of authentication is ________.

A) biometrics

B) cryptographic authentication

C) reusable passwords

D) smart cards

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  24a

72) Biometric authentication is the strongest form of authentication.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  24a

73) A firm can be its own certificate authority for internal users.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  24c

74) A private key/public key pair is usually created by the ________.

A) client

B) PKI server

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Question:  24e

75) CAs distribute public keys ________.

A) in digital certificates

B) only in ways using encryption for confidentiality

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Question:  24f

76) In the context of PKI, ________ is the process of accepting public keys and providing new digital certificates to the users.

A) provisioning

B) reflection

C) coordination

D) certification

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Question:  24g

77) The ________ authentication problem is that unless individuals are carefully vetted before being allowed in a system, imposters can simply enroll through social engineering.

A) core 

B) prime

C) final

D) human

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  24h

78) Giving a user permissions to use a certain resource is ________.

A) authentication

B) authorization

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  25a

79) Authorizations are also called ________.

A) permissions

B) verifications

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Question:  25b

80) The principle of ________ states that each person should only get the permissions that he or she absolutely needs to do his or her job.

A) appropriate authorizations

B) least permissions

C) minimization

D) All of the above.

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  25c

81) When assigning initial permissions, it is good to add more permissions than strictly necessary and then remove permissions if appropriate.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  25d

82) When assigning initial permissions, it is good to give the least permissions believed to be necessary and then add permissions if appropriate.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 2

Question:  25d

83) If a firewall lacks the processing power to handle incoming traffic, it will drop any packets it cannot process. This is ________.

A) a security failure

B) failing safely

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 3

Question:  25f

84) ________ record(s) and analyzes what a person or program actually did.

A) Authentication

B) Authorizations

C) Auditing

D) All of the above

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  26a

85) Which of the following statements is true about log files?

A) Log files should be read regularly.

B) External auditing should be conducted periodically.

C) Automatic alerts should be established.

D) All of the above

Answer:  D

Diff: 2

Question:  26d

86) Which of the following is not one of the devices in RADIUS central authentication?

A) The supplicant

B) The verifier

C) The authenticator

D) The RADIUS central authentication server

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  27a

87) In Kerberos, the ________ is the supplicant’s proof that it has already authenticated itself with the Kerberos Server.

A) ticket granting ticket

B) service ticket

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Question:  28a

88) In Kerberos, the ________ is an encrypted session key that only the verifier can decrypt.

A) ticket granting ticket

B) service ticket

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 3

Question:  28a

89) In Kerberos, the ________ is sent from the Kerberos server to the supplicant.

A) ticket granting ticket

B) service ticket

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  28a

90) In Kerberos, the ________ is sent from the Kerberos server to the verifier.

A) ticket granting ticket

B) service ticket

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  D

Diff: 3

Question:  28a

91) The ________ gives the verifier a symmetric session key.

A) ticket-granting ticket

B) service ticket

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  28b

92) In Kerberos, the Kerberos server sends the Service Ticket directly to the supplicant rather than directly to the verifier.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 2

Question:  28c

93) In Kerberos, the verifier is explicitly notified that the supplicant has been authenticated.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 3

Question:  28d

94) In directory servers, information is organized ________.

A) hierarchically

B) rhizomatically

C) relationally

D) None of the above

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Question:  29a

95) In directory servers, ________.

A) there can only be one O in a directory server

B) there can only be one OU in a directory server

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Question:  29b

96) Directory servers can hold information about ________.

A) people

B) computers

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  29c

97) LDAP can be used ________.

A) to update information in the directory server

B) to retrieve data from the directory server

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  30

98) ________ often get their authentication information from ________.

A) Directory servers, central authentication servers

B) Central authentication servers, metadirectory servers

C) Central authentication servers, directory servers

D) Metadirectory servers, central authentication servers

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  31

99) Microsoft’s directory server product is ________.

A) Kerberos

B) Active Directory

C) LDAP

D) MS Directory

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  32a

100) In Active Directory, a domain controller contains ________.

A) a RADIUS authentication server program

B) an Active Directory database

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  32c

101) A Microsoft domain can have multiple domain controllers.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  32d

102) Microsoft domains can be organized into trees, and trees can be organized into forests.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 2

Question:  32g

103) Replication between a domain controller in a child domain and a domain controller in its parent domain is ________.

A) total

B) partial

C) nonexistent

D) intransitive

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  32i

104) If Directory Server A trusts Directory Server B and Directory Server B trusts Directory Server C then Directory Server A MUST trust Directory Server C.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 3

Question:  33a

105) If Directory Server A trusts Directory Server B, Directory Server B trusts Directory Server C, and Directory Server A trusts Directory Server C, this is ________ trust.

A) Mutual

B) One-way

C) Transitive

D) Intransitive

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  33b

106) If Directory Server A trusts Directory Server Band Directory Server B trusts Directory Server A, this is ________ trust.

A) Mutual

B) One-way

C) Transitive

D) Intransitive

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Question:  33b

107) Directory servers from different vendors are synchronized through ________.

A) LDAP

B) central authentication servers

C) AD servers

D) None of the above

Answer:  D

Diff: 2

Question:  34a

108) ________ servers synchronize directory servers from different vendors.

A) Synchronization

B) LDAP

C) Metadirectory

D) Central authentication

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  34b

109) In federated identity management, firms do not query one another’s identity management databases.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  35a

110) In federated identity management, firms ________.

A) query one another’s identity management databases

B) send assertions to one another

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  35b

111) A(n) ________ is a statement from Firm A that Firm B should accept as true if Firm B trusts Firm A.

A) certification

B) assertion

C) certificate

D) attribute

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  35e

112) A security assertion may contain ________.

A) authenticity information

B) attributes, such as spending limits for purchasers

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  35f

113) The main standards used by firms to send security assertions to one another is LDAP.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 1

Question:  35g

114) The standard for sending security assertions is ________.

A) LDAP

B) XML

C) SAML

D) None of the above

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  35g

115) XML makes SAML platform-dependent.

Answer:  FALSE

Diff: 2

Question:  35h

116) ________ is the centralized policy based management of all information required for access to corporate systems by people, machines, programs, or other resources.

A) Directory service

B) Meta-directory service

C) Identity management

D) Meta-identity management

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Question:  36a

117) Which of the following are benefits of using identity management?

A) Reduced costs

B) Centralized auditing of all an employee’s access permission across a firm

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  36b

118) ________ allows a user to authenticate him or herself to the identity management server once; thereafter, whenever the user asks for access to another server, no additional logins are required.

A) RSO

B) SSO

C) TSO

D) None of the above

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Question:  36a

119) ________ is possible today.

A) Single sign-on

B) Reduced sign-on

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  36e

120) A(n) ________ is the set of attributes about a person or resource that must be revealed in a particular context.

A) template

B) subtemplate

C) identity

D) None of the above

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Question:  36f

121) As far as possible, identities should be managed by people closest to the situation.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 2

Question:  37b

122) Self-service identity management should be used to change a ________ in the identity database.

A) password

B) telephone number

C) Both A and B

D) Neither A nor B

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Question:  37d

123) Identity management is really just another form of risk management.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  38a

124) The amount of money companies should spend on identity management can be measured through risk analysis.

Answer:  TRUE

Diff: 1

Question:  38c