INFA610: Final Exam - Information Security and Intellectual Property
FINAL – INFA610
Name: _______ Date_04/19/2015
Instructions
• You are to take this final exam during the twelfth week of the class. This final exam will be posted
before noon, Sunday, April 19, 2015 and is due on or before noon, Sunday, April 26, 2015.
• Work alone. You may not confer with other class members, or anyone else, directly or by e-mail
or otherwise, regarding the questions, issues or your answers. You may use your notes, textbooks,
other published materials, the LEO site for this class, and the Internet.
• Wherever possible, make sure answers are stated in your own words, and where applicable
provide your own examples, rather than repeating the ones used in the course materials. When
composing your answers, be thorough. The more complete your answer, the higher your score
will be. Be sure to identify any assumptions you are making in developing your answers. While
composing your descriptive answers, be very careful to cite your sources. It is easy to get
careless and forget to footnote a source. Remember, failure to cite sources constitutes an
academic integrity violation. Use APA style for citations and references.
• This final is worth 25% of your final grade for the course. It is scored on the basis of 100 points.
• Please provide your answers immediately below the questions. (Do not submit answers
alone in a separate sheet.)
• Please submit your work using the Final Exam assignment folder.
• No late submission for the final exam.
Exam Questions
Part 1: True (T) or False (F). IMPORTANT: If you answer False (F), then you MUST say WHY it is in a
few words to receive full credit. (5 questions at 2point each, 10 points in all)
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS ONLY
T F Your Professor’s last name is Douglas. Answer: ___F___ (it is Kelly)
T F This course is INFO610. Answer: ___T___
1. T F Deep packet inspection firewalls protect networks by blocking packets based on the
packets’ header information at the network (IP) layer. Answer: _false____ If F, why? This is an
advanced type of data filtering that works at the application layer. Employers have the

right (and in some cases the obligation) to see any information stored, transmitted, or
communicated within the employer's environment. This legal right is the basis for monitoring (or
at least explicitly stating the right to monitor) email, network traffic, voice, wireless, and other
communications. Answer: _True____
2. T F Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) provide no protection from internal threats. Answer:
__false it analysis both external and internal threat and reports to the administration for
further action.___
3. T F A Denial-of-Service attack does not require the attacker to penetrate the target's
security defenses. Answer: _false an attacker can send multiple request to the serve
for authentication in these case if you want to block the user from gaining access
to your network you can use a sniffer to detect a certain address that needs to
authorization which originates from the same address from a certain address
and block the attacker____
4. T F Security awareness, training, and education programs are key components of
organizational risk management strategies.
Answer: true_____
Part 2: Multiple Choice Questions. Print the correct answer in the blank following the question. (22
questions at 2 points each, 40 points plus 4 bonus points in all)
1. Match the following TCP/IP protocol layer with its function (select a., b., c., or d. below):
A. Network 1. Coordinates communication between applications.
B. Physical 2. Supports useful functions over the transport layer such identity/location of applications.
C. Application 3. Moves information between hosts that are not directly connected.
D. Transport 4. Moves bits between the nodes in the network.
a. A--->3; B--->4; C--->2; D--->1
b. A--->2; B--->4; C--->1; D--->4
c. A--->2; B--->3; C--->4; D--->1
d. A--->3; B--->4; C--->1; D--->2
Answer: ___A
2. Protection of a software program that uses a unique, novel algorithm could legally be protected by:
a. A patent
b. A copyright
c. A trademark
d. Ethical standards
Answer: _E____
3. Security threats include which of the following:
a. Unlocked doors

b. Disgruntled employees
c. Hurricanes
d. Un-patched software programs
e. All of the above
Answer: E___
4. Denial of service attacks include (select one or more):
a. Buffer overflow attack
b. Smurf attack
c. Ping flood attack
d. SYN flood attack
e. All of the above
Answer: _E:____
5. A disgruntled employee creates a utility for purging old emails from the server. Inside the utility is
code that that will erase the server’s hard drive contents on January 1st, 2016. This is an example of
which of the following attacks?
a. Virus
b. Logic Bomb
c. Spoofing
d. Trojan horse
e. Botnet
f. Rootkit
g. Backdoor
Answer: G____
6. Mary is the cofounder of Acme Widgets, a manufacturing firm. Together with her partner, Joe, she
has developed a special oil that will dramatically improve the widget manufacturing process. Mary
and Joe plan to make large quantities of the oil by themselves in the plant after the other workers
have left to keep the formula secret. They would like to protect this formula for as long as possible.
What type of intellectual property protection best suits their needs?
a. Copyright
b. Trademark
c. Patent
d. Trade Secret
Answer: D_______
7. You should clear cookies in your browser periodically because:
a. They (Cookies) can be used to track your web browsing behavior and invade your privacy.
b. They can facilitate impersonation attacks.
c. They can be used to spread viruses.

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