Business Data Networks and Security, 11e (Panko).

Chapter 1 Core Network Concepts and Terminology.

Attempt Score:100%

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

A) hacking

B) virus

C) malware

D) 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 ________.

A) was a denial of service attack.

B) used IoT devices to attack the site

C) both A and B

D) 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 ________.

A) World Wide Web

B) impersonal

C) anonymous

D) 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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4) If a host cannot reach a DNS server, it ________.

A) cannot have a host name

B) will have to rely on host names

C) will need to use a DHCP server

D) 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 ________.

A) client hosts

B) server hosts

C) IoT devices

D) 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 ________.

A) carry traffic in the Internet

B) connect users to the Internet

C) both A and B

D) 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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7) A packet sent from one host to another over the Internet will ALWAYS pass through

________.

A) a single ISP

B) more than 2 ISPs

C) exactly 2 ISPs

D) 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) ________.

A) IP

B) client

C) router

D) 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) a client PC

B) a server

C) a mobile phone

D) 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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