Operating System MCQs

1019 MCQs  (Page 91 of 102)

The code segment that misuses its environment is called a _____________
A. Internal thief
B. Trojan horse
C. Code stacker
D. None of the mentioned
What is a trap door in a program?
A. A security hole, inserted at programming time in the system for later use
B. A type of antivirus
C. Security hole in a network
D. None of the mentioned
Which one of the following is not an attack, but a search for vulnerabilities to attack?
A. Denial of service
B. Port scanning
C. Memory access violation
D. Dumpster diving
File virus attaches itself to the _____________
A. Source file
B. Object file
C. Executable file
D. All of the mentioned
Multipartite viruses attack on _____________
A. Files
B. Boot sector
C. Memory
D. All of the mentioned
In asymmetric encryption _____________
A. Same key is used for encryption and decryption
B. Different keys are used encryption and decryption
C. No key is required for encryption and decryption
D. None of the mentioned