Introduction to Cyber Attacks Module 3 Quiz Answers

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Introduction to Cyber Attacks Module 3 Quiz Answers

Module 3 Quiz Answers

Question 1)
If the probability of some attack increases while the consequences of that same attack decrease, a security engineer can quantitatively calculate the effects on overall risk as follows:

  • Risk increases, because probability is a more intense factor.
  • By calculating risk using a common scale, simple arithmetic can be used.
  • Just calculate two different risk values and take the average.
  • The engineer probably cannot make a reliable calculation.
  • Risk decreases, because probability is a less intense factor.

Question 2)
Avi Rubin’s talk “All Your Devices Can be Hacked” teaches us which of the following lessons:

  • Security staff cannot be trusted
  • Limit time on devices such as your mobile
  • You shouldn’t expect device security to be perfect
  • Stay away from using devices
    You shouldn’t expect device security to be cheap

Question 3)
The Blaster and Nachi worms demonstrated which of the following?

  • Patches are best applied remotely, never directly
  • Hints about large-scale attacks might come from a network
  • Firewalls work if they are configured and patched properly
  • Two factor authentication is a must
  • Compliance and security are no longer congruent

Question 4)
Botnet-originated DDOS attacks that produce 100 Gbps of aggregate flood traffic to a target must minimally include which of the following architectural and capacity configurations?

  • Ten different botnets, especially if they include IoT
  • A million bots each generating one Gbps of attack traffic.
  • DDOS attacks will never get that large, so it’s a trick question
  • Half a million bots each delivering one Mbps of attack traffic.
  • A million bots each delivering ten Kbps of attack traffic.

Question 5)
A typical botnet-originated DDOS attack will tend to use which of the following properties for success:

  • Amplification
  • Adjudication
  • Simplification
  • Symmetric Keys

Question 6)
Threat trees enforce completeness by which of the following techniques:

  • Marking the leaf nodes wherever possible
  • Skipping levels in the tree occasionally
  • Making sure each level includes an “other” category if needed
  • Tracing paths through the various levels
  • Never skipping a level

Question 7)
Which of the following security and cost decision represents the worst choice?

  • Lower security, higher cost
  • Higher security, higher cost
  • Higher security, lower cost
  • Lower security, lower cost
  • It is impossible to tell.

Question 8)
Which of the following statements is false?

  • 2400 bots at 500 Kbps take out a 1.2 Gbps line.
  • Two bots at 750Kpbs take out a T1 line.
  • A million bots at any outbound capacity is simply not feasible

Question 9)
Determining the assets of an enterprise requires involvement of which of the following organizations:

  • The CEO should lead a weekly effort
  • Mostly HR, because people are the biggest security problem
  • Consultants can find assets with scanners
  • IT and security taking the lead with BU support

Question 10)
If something caused risk to increase, then we can conclude which of the following?

  • Consequence of attack decreased
  • Probability of attack increased
  • Consequence of attack increased
  • Probability of attack might have decreased
  • Neither probability of attack or consequence of attack increased

 

 

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