GCC Class 1 Lesson 9 Quiz

What attack modifies root name servers to associate invalid or malicious addresses with valid URLs?
A. DNS poisoning.
B. DoS attack.
C. ARP poisoning.
D. Privilege escalation.

What type of malware attack seizes control of a computer and its resources and demands money to release them?
A. Denial-of-Service.
B. Man-in-the-middle.
C. Backdoor.
D. Ransomware.

What type of DDoS attack requests a network server to send large amounts of data to a spoofed IP address?
A. Amplification.
B. DNS poisoning.
C. Compromised-key attack.
D. Identity spoofing.

What type of attack occurs when a user or an application acquires an unearned or undeserved privilege beyond an assigned privilege set?
A. Privilege escalation.
B. Shimming.
C. ARP poisoning.
D. DNS poisoning.

What type of Trojan malware creates a backdoor through which a remote attacker can gain administrative control of a system or
network?
A. Worm.
B. Adware.
C. Bot.
D. A remote-access Trojan (RAT).