This section contains more frequently asked WEB Security Multiple Choice Questions Answers in the various competitive exams.
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1. How can you help stop spam?
- Block certain email addresses known for sending spam
- Setup email filters based on keywords known to be in spam
- Unsubscribe from listservs
- All of these
D. All of these
2. Which of the following characteristics classify a mail message as spam?
- it is solicited and indiscriminately addressed
- it is unsolicited and indiscriminately addressed
- it is solicited and contains advertising
- it is unsolicited and contains advertising
B. it is unsolicited and indiscriminately addressed
3. Which of the following is true of macro viruses?
- They depend on the operating system to propagate
- They are larger than traditional viruses
- They depend on applications to propagate
- They are written in low-level languages to avoid detection
C. They depend on applications to propagate
4. Which of the following can prevent virus infections?
- Implementing a firewall
- Implementing an intrusion detection system
- Patching programs and the operating system
- All of these
C. Patching programs and the operating system
5. In a compromised system, which of the following provides the safest way to analyze it?
- Live CD/DVD
- Resident Antivirus Program
- Live USB
- All of these
A. Live CD/DVD
6. Is commercial SPAM legal in the United States?
- Yes because it is protected under the first amendment
- Yes, but only if it is an advertisement for a real product.
- Yes, but only if it follows the standards listed in the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
- No
C. Yes, but only if it follows the standards listed in the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
7. Which of the following differentiates a virus from a worm?
- a worm requires user interaction to infect a machine
- a worm can infect multiple machines
- a virus requires user interaction to infect a machine
- a virus can only infect a single machine
C. a virus requires user interaction to infect a machine
8. Which of the following spam filtering techniques statistically analyzes mail?
- Keyword Filtering
- Challenge-Response Filtering
- Community Filtering
- Bayesian Filtering
D. Bayesian Filtering
9. Firewalls help to prevent which of the following malware from propagating?
- Encrypted viruses
- Worms
- Polymorphic viruses
- Trojan viruses
B. Worms
10. On a WordPress site, which is the default service/tool to prevent spammers from posting comments?
- Website Inspector
- Akismet
- MailWasher Pro
- SpamAssassin
B. Akismet
