Practice Exam Test Questions
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.
1. _________ operates in the transport mode or the tunnel mode.
A) IPSec
B) SSL
C) PGP
D) none of the above
Answer: Option A
Solution:
2. IKE creates SAs for _____.
A) SSL
B) PGP
C) IPSec
D) VP
Answer: Option C
Solution:
3. ______ provides either authentication or encryption, or both, for packets at the IP level.
A) AH
B) ESP
C) PGP
D) SSL
Answer: Option B
Solution:
4. One security protocol for the e-mail system is _________.
A) IPSec
B) SSL
C) PGP
D) none of the above
Answer: Option C
Solution:
5. Typically, ______ can receive application data from any application layer protocol, but the protocol is normally HTTP.
A) SSL
B) TLS
C) either (a) or (b)
D) both (a) and (b)
Answer: Option D
Solution:
6. IKE is a complex protocol based on ______ other protocols.
A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
Answer: Option B
Solution:
7. IPSec defines two protocols: _______ and ________.
A) AH; SSL
B) PGP; ESP
C) AH; ESP
D) all of the above
Answer: Option C
Solution:
8. In the ______ mode, IPSec protects information delivered from the transport layer to the network layer.
A) transport
B) tunnel
C) either (a) or (b)
D) neither (a) nor (b)
Answer: Option A
Solution:
9. ______ is the protocol designed to create security associations, both inbound and outbound.
A) SA
B) CA
C) KDC
D) IKE
Answer: Option D
Solution:
10. A _______network is used inside an organization.
A) private
B) public
C) semi-private
D) semi-public
Answer: Option A
Solution:
11. SSL provides _________.
A) message integrity
B) confidentiality
C) compression
D) all of the above
Answer: Option D
Solution:
12. The Internet authorities have reserved addresses for _______.
A) intranets
B) internets
C) extranets
D) none of the above
Answer: Option D
Solution:
13. An _________ is a network that allows authorized access from outside users.
A) intranet
B) internet
C) extranet
D) none of the above
Answer: Option C
Solution:
14. _________ is a collection of protocols designed by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) to provide security for a packet at the network level.
A) IPSec
B) SSL
C) PGP
D) none of the above
Answer: Option A
Solution:
15. IKE uses _______.
A) Oakley
B) SKEME
C) ISAKMP
D) all of the above
Answer: Option D
Solution:
16. IPSec uses a set of SAs called the ________.
A) SAD
B) SAB
C) SADB
D) none of the above
Answer: Option C
Solution:
17. An ________ is a private network that uses the Internet model.
A) intranet
B) internet
C) extranet
D) none of the above
Answer: Option A
Solution:
18. ______ is actually an IETF version of _____.
A) TLS; TSS
B) SSL; TLS
C) TLS; SSL
D) SSL; SLT
Answer: Option C
Solution:
19. In ______, there is a single path from the fully trusted authority to any certificate.
A) X509
B) PGP
C) KDC
D) none of the above
Answer: Option A
Solution:
20. The combination of key exchange, hash, and encryption algorithms defines a ________ for each SSL session.
A) list of protocols
B) cipher suite
C) list of keys
D) none of the above
Answer: Option B
Solution:
21. A ______ provides privacy for LANs that must communicate through the global Internet.
A) VPP
B) VNP
C) VNN
D) VPN
Answer: Option D
Solution:
22. _______ uses the idea of certificate trust levels.
A) X509
B) PGP
C) KDC
D) none of the above
Answer: Option B
Solution:
23. IPSec in the ______ mode does not protect the IP header.
A) transport
B) tunnel
C) either (a) or (b)
D) neither (a) nor (b)
Answer: Option A
Solution:
24. ________ provides privacy, integrity, and authentication in e-mail.
A) IPSec
B) SSL
C) PGP
D) none of the above
Answer: Option C
Solution:
25. In _____, there can be multiple paths from fully or partially trusted authorities.
A) X509
B) PGP
C) KDC
D) none of the above
Answer: Option B
Solution:
26. ______ provides authentication at the IP level.
A) AH
B) ESP
C) PGP
D) SSL
Answer: Option A
Solution:
27. In _______, the cryptographic algorithms and secrets are sent with the message.
A) IPSec
B) SSL
C) TLS
D) PGP
Answer: Option D
Solution:
28. ______ is designed to provide security and compression services to data generated from the application layer.
A) SSL
B) TLS
C) either (a) or (b)
D) both (a) and (b)
Answer: Option D
Solution:
29. _______ provide security at the transport layer.
A) SSL
B) TLS
C) either (a) or (b)
D) both (a) and (b)
Answer: Option D
Solution:
30. The _______ mode is normally used when we need host-to-host (end-to-end) protection of data.
A) transport
B) tunnel
C) either (a) or (b)
D) neither (a) nor (b)
Answer: Option A
Solution:
31. In the _______ mode, IPSec protects the whole IP packet, including the original IP header.
A) transport
B) tunnel
C) either (a) or (b)
D) neither (a) nor (b)
Answer: Option B
Solution:
32. ______ was invented by Phil Zimmerman.
A) IPSec
B) SSL
C) PGP
D) none of the above
Answer: Option C
Solution:
33. A _______ layer security protocol provides end-to-end security services for applications.
A) data link
B) network
C) transport
D) none of the above
Answer: Option C
Solution:
34. In PGP, to exchange e-mail messages, a user needs a ring of _______ keys.
A) secret
B) public
C) either (a) or (b)
D) both (a) and (b)
Answer: Option B
Solution:
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