Antispam and Antivirus MCQs (Chapterwise Multiple Choice Questions)

Which of the following is an asymmetric algorithm?

MD5

El Gamal

IDEA

SHA-1

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: El Gamal

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What is a botnet?

A program that sends emails repeatedly infecting other computers who open it

A collection of malware stored in a network

A collection of computers working together to perform a single task. These computers are often penetrated by software containing malware.

Software that automates networks

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: A collection of computers working together to perform a single task. These computers are often penetrated by software containing malware.

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What is the maximum key length of AES?

56

156

Variable

256

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: 256

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Dave is fetching mails from a server lying at a remote location. Which protocol is he using to fetch the mails?

SMTP

HTTP

SSL

S/MIME

POP3

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: POP3

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Most spyware is used to...

steal sensitive information on a computer in order to blackmail you

slow down computers for the sole purpose of maliciousness

track a user's movement on the web or display pop-up ads

create a backdoor

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: track a user's movement on the web or display pop-up ads

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Which is not an example of an anti-spyware tool?

Ad-Aware

Kazaa

Spybot

Windows Defender

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Kazaa

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Which of the following are the ways through which virus spreads?

Floppy Disk

CD

Email attachments

Network connection

All of the above

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Which of the following are the benefits reaped from spam by those associated with antispam measures?

Antispam software sales

Antivirus software sales

Increased revenue from advertising

Bandwidth sales

All of the above

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Which of the following files are mostly infected?

.DOT

.EXE

.COM

.TXT

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: .COM

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Which of the following techniques are used to identify spam mails?

Blacklists/Whitelists

Integrity Check

Heuristics

Content Filtering

Reverse DNS lookup

All of the above

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Which of the following is an asymmetric algorithm?

What is a botnet?

What is the maximum key length of AES?

Dave is fetching mails from a server lying at a remote location. Which protocol is he using to fetch the mails?

Most spyware is used to...

Which is not an example of an anti-spyware tool?

Which of the following are the ways through which virus spreads?

Which of the following are the benefits reaped from spam by those associated with antispam measures?

Which of the following files are mostly infected?

Which of the following techniques are used to identify spam mails?