Wgu C172 Pre Assessment Questions & Correct Answers

denial of service attack {Ans: Deny access to a service, usually by overwhelming the victim with enormous amounts of useless traffic}Honeypot {Ans: Server or device that is configured to look very authentic, potentially containing data that appears to be legitimate user data, or configuration files that seem authentic.}netstat {Ans: A command-line utility in MS Windows used for displaying protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections is known as:}Transport Layer (TCP/IP) {Ans: Responsible for the end-to-end transport of data. The protocols that live in this layer are transmission control protocol (TCP) and user datagram protocol (UDP).}Poor Physical Security Measures {Ans: If an attacker gains access to your files or to your physical computers, the attacker can simply steal a copy of the data and crack encryption at their own pace.}Logic Bomb {Ans: Malicious code activated by a specific event is known as:}