Deck 16: Windows Vulnerabilities

Question 1

Windows XP is a multitasking operating system based on Windows 2010.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

There are several vulnerabilities in Windows Server 2008, XP, Vista, 7, and 8.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The NTFS file system is more secure than the FAT32 file system.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Changing settings in the registry without understanding the effects can easily render a Windows installation inoperable.

Question 5

RDP stands for Remote Desktop Protocol.

Question 6

The most widely used operating systems on larger servers is one of the many versions of ____.

A)UNIX
B)Windows XP
C)MAC OS
D)Windows NT

Question 7

____ is a multiuser, multitasking operating system based on Windows 2000.

A)Windows Vista
B)Windows 7
C)Windows XP
D)Windows 8

Question 8

The easiest way to break password security on a Windows 2000 or later machine is to use a ____ program which can set the administrator password to a blank.

A)password-guessing
B)password-burning
C)password-cracking
D)password-generator

Question 9

____ allows the authenticated users of a Windows domain to access resources on another domain, without being authenticated by it.

A)SAM database
B)ACL
C)Password-burning
D)Trust relationship

Question 10

The most frequently discovered vulnerabilities in modern Windows operating systems are those related to obtaining ______________.

A)codes
B)SIDs
C)trust relationships
D)permissions

Question 11

______________________________ was built along the continuum of increased security features that began in 2002 when Bill Gates announced his Trusted Computing Initiative (TCI) in response to calls from customers for greater attention to security.

Question 12

Windows 2000 and later applications store passwords in the form of hash values in a database called ______________________________.

Question 13

The Microsoft utility ____________________ safeguards passwords from cracking activities. This utility encrypts passwords with a 128-bit algorithm, making it very difficult to crack.

Question 14

____________________ was the first version of Windows to use a registry, though it was not the source of all its system settings.

Question 15

The __________ service of Windows operating systems does not validate inputs that are submitted to it for processing.

Question 16

What are the most important Windows operating systems?

Question 17

Describe the main characteristics of Windows Server 2008.

Question 18

Briefly describe the main characteristics of Windows Vista.