Business Data Networks and Security

Test Bank For Business Data Networks and Security 11th Edition Raymond R. Panko Julia L. Panko Raymond R. Panko 1 / 4

1 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc.Business Data Networks and Security, 11e (Panko) Chapter 1 Core Network Concepts and Terminology

1) Flooding a host with traffic so that it cannot serve its legitimate users is a ________ attack.

• hacking
• virus
• malware
• DoS

Answer: D

Difficulty: Basic

Question: 1a

Objective: Discuss how the Internet is changing and the security challenges these changes are creating.

AACSB: Applying Information Technology

2) The KrebsOnSecurity.com attack ________.

• was a denial of service attack.
• used IoT devices to attack the site
• both A and B
• neither A nor B

Answer: C

Difficulty: Basic

Question: 1b

Objective: Discuss how the Internet is changing and the security challenges these changes are creating.

AACSB: Applying Information Technology, Analytical Thinking

3) Internet communication that does not involve a human is referred to with the term ________.

• World Wide Web
• impersonal
• anonymous
• IoT

Answer: D

Difficulty: Difficult

Question: 1c

Objective: Discuss how the Internet is changing and the security challenges these changes are creating.

AACSB: Applying Information Technology, Analytical Thinking

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2 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc.4) If a host cannot reach a DNS server, it ________.

• cannot have a host name
• will have to rely on host names
• will need to use a DHCP server
• is unlikely to be able to communicate with most server hosts

Answer: D

Difficulty: Difficult

Question: 1d

Objective: Discuss how the Internet is changing and the security challenges these changes are creating.

AACSB: Applying Information Technology, Analytical Thinking

5) The Mirai bots in the KrebsOnSecurity.com attack were ________.

• client hosts
• server hosts
• IoT devices
• all of the above

Answer: C

Difficulty: Basic

Question: 1e

Objective: Discuss how the Internet is changing and the security challenges these changes are creating.

AACSB: Applying Information Technology

6) ISPs ________.

• carry traffic in the Internet
• connect users to the Internet
• both A and B
• neither A nor B

Answer: C

Difficulty: Basic

Question: 3a

Objective: Discuss how the Internet is changing and the security challenges these changes are creating.

AACSB: Applying Information Technology, Analytical Thinking

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3 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc.7) A packet sent from one host to another over the Internet will ALWAYS pass through

________.

• a single ISP
• more than 2 ISPs
• exactly 2 ISPs
• none of the above

Answer: D

Difficulty: Difficult

Question: 3c

Objective: Discuss how the Internet is changing and the security challenges these changes are creating.AACSB: Applying Information Technology, Analytical Thinking, Application of Knowledge

8) We call any device connected to the Internet a(n) ________.

• IP
• client
• router
• host

Answer: D

Difficulty: Basic

Question: 4a

Objective: Discuss how the Internet is changing and the security challenges these changes are creating.

AACSB: Applying Information Technology

9) Which of the following is a host when it's on a network?

• a client PC
• a server
• a mobile phone
• all of the above

Answer: D

Difficulty: Basic

Question: 4b

Objective: Discuss how the Internet is changing and the security challenges these changes are creating.

AACSB: Applying Information Technology

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