Isaca CISA Quiz 174 Topic 7 Questions 866-870

Question: 1

Which of the following results in a denial-of-service attack?

ABrute force attack

BPing of death

CLeapfrog attack

DNegative acknowledgement (NAK) attack

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Question: 2

Which of the following is the GREATEST advantage of elliptic curve encryption over RSA encryption?

AComputation speed

BAbility to support digital signatures

CSimpler key distribution

DGreater strength for a given key length

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Question: 3

Which of the following would be the BEST overall control for an Internet business looking for confidentiality, reliability and integrity of data?

ASecure Sockets Layer (SSL)

BIntrusion detection system (IDS)

CPublic key infrastructure (PKI)

DVirtual private network (VPN)

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Question: 4

To ensure message integrity, confidentiality and non repudiation between two parties, the MOST effective method would be to create a message digest by applying a cryptographic hashing algorithm against:

Athe entire message, enciphering the message digest using the sender's private key, enciphering the message with a symmetric key and enciphering the key by using the receiver's public key.

Bany part of the message, enciphering the message digest using the sender's
private key, enciphering the message with a symmetric key and enciphering the key using the receiver's public key.

Cthe entire message, enciphering the message digest using the sender's private key, enciphering the message with a symmetric key and enciphering both the encrypted message and digest using the receiver's public key.

Dthe entire message, enciphering the message digest using the sender's private key and enciphering the message using the receiver's public key.

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Question: 5

Which of the following antivirus software implementation strategies would be the MOST effective in an interconnected corporate network?

AServer antivirus software

BVirus walls

CWorkstation antivirus software

DVirus signature updating

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Isaca CISA Quiz:174 Topic:7 Questions:866-870