The purpose of the "Do I Know This Already?" quiz is to help you decide if you really need to read the entire chapter. If you already intend to read the entire chapter, you do not necessarily need to answer these questions now.
The ten-question quiz, derived from the major sections in the "Foundation and Supplemental Topics" portion of the chapter, helps you determine how to spend your limited study time.
Which single method is the best way to secure a network?
Allow dialup access only to the Internet
Install a personal firewall on every workstation
Use very complex passwords
Implement strong perimeter security
None of the above
What are the three types of cyber attacks? (Choose three.)
Penetration attack
Access attack
Denial of service attack
Destruction of data attack
Reconnaissance attack
What type of threat is directed toward a specific target normally for a specific purpose?
Structured threats
Directed threats
Unstructured threats
Political threats
None of the above
What type of threat normally scans networks looking for "targets of opportunity"?
Structured threats
Scanning threats
Unstructured threats
Script kiddies
None of the above
What type of scan looks for all services running on a single host?
Ping sweep
Service scan
Horizontal scan
Vertical scan
All of the above
What type of attack determines the address space assigned to an organization?
Ping sweep
DNS queries
Vertical scan
Horizontal scan
None of the above
What are the steps of the security process?
Secure, test, repair, retest
Test, repair, monitor, evaluate
Lather, rinse, repeat
Evaluate, secure, test
None of the above
What constant action sits between the individual steps of the security process?
Test
Retest
Evaluate
Repair
Improve
True or false: Cisco AVVID uses only Cisco products.
Which of the following is not a component of Cisco SAFE?
Perimeter security
Policy implementation
Identity
Security management and monitoring
Application security
The answers to the "Do I Know This Already?" quiz are found in Appendix A, "Answers to the 'Do I Know This Already?' Quizzes and Q&A Sections." The suggested choices for your next step are as follows:
Foundation and Supplemental Topics," "Foundation Summary," and "Q&A" sections.
Foundation Summary" section and then go to the "Q&A" section. Otherwise, move to the next chapter.