College of Technology

Aditya Silver Oak Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology
Computer Engineering

Semester: 5 Academic Year: 2023-24

Course Name: Cyber Security Course Code: 1010043362

Question bank

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Question Text Marks CO
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Unit 1 :Introduction to Cyber Crime
1 What is Cyber Crime? Write down its type. 3 CO - 1

2 Define: Cyber Space and Cyber Security 4 CO - 1

3 Who are Cyber Criminals? Classify Cyber crimes. 3 CO - 1

Explain Basic Terminologies: Vulnerability, Threat, Exploit, 4 CO - 1

4
Attack.

5 What is Attack? Explain in brief. 3 CO - 1

6 What is Hacking? 8 CO - 1

7 Explain types of Hacker. 8 CO - 1

8 Phases of Hacking. 8 CO - 1
 Unit-2 Basics of Cyber Attacks
11 What is malware? Types of malwares? 3 CO2

12 How keylogger and spyware works? 4 CO2

13 Write the difference between Virus and Warms. 3 CO2

14 What is Proxy Server? 4 CO2

15 What is Trojan and backdoors? 4 CO2

16 Explain term Anonymizers, 3 CO2

17 How does Buffer Overflow work? 4 CO2

Explain terms : Cyber Defamation, Software 3

17 CO -2
Piracy, Computer Sabotage

Unit-3 Various Cyber Attacks

18 Give a brief example of Email Spoofing. 2 CO -2

Explain Following Terms: (Any three) 3

Salami Attack, Data Diddling, Forgery, Online Frauds, Email
19 CO -2
Bombing, Computer Network Intrusion, Password Sniffing,
Credit Card Frauds, Identity Theft.

20 What is Social Engineering and its types? 3 CO -2

21 Explain Botnet and Botnet Architecture. 4 CO -2

22 How does phishing work? 3 CO - 2

23 What is DOS? How does it work? 3 CO -2

24 Explain: DDOS Attacks. 3 CO -2

25 Explain: SQL Injection. 3 CO -2

Unit-4 Understanding Digital Forensics and Cyber Law

26 What is Cyber Crime? Write down its type. 5 CO – 3

27 Why do we need forensic labs digitally? 3 CO - 3

28 What do you mean by cybercrime investigator? 7 CO - 3

29 Explain Digital Evidence and rules of Evidence. 4 CO - 3

30 Write a note on Digital Forensic Life Cycle. 5 CO - 3

31 Why do we need cyber laws: The Indian IT ACT 2000? 1,2 CO - 3

32 Explain IT Act 2008 Amendments 4 CO - 3

Unit-5 Introduction to Network Defense

33 What is Firewall? Need of Firewall. 3 CO - 4

34 How a Firewall Protects a Network? 3 CO - 4

35 Stateless Vs Stateful Firewalls. 6 CO - 4

36 Packet Filter Vs Firewall. 6 CO – 4

37 IDS vs IPS. 6 CO – 4

38 Explain Network Address Translation. 3 CO – 4

39 What is Port Forwarding? 3 CO – 4

40 Explain basics of Virtual Private Networks. 3 CO – 4

41 Explain : Snort. 2 CO - 4

42 What is an Intrusion Detection System? 4 CO – 4

43 List out different VPNs. 3 CO - 4

Unit-6 Vulnerability Scanning

Explain : Open Port/Service Identification, Banner/Version 7
44 CO - 5
Check, Traffic-Probe, Vulnerability Probe

45 What is Network Reconnaissance? 4 CO - 5

Give the example of vulnerability. Explain Vulnerability 4

46 CO - 5
scanning.

47 Explain : Network Sniffers and Injection tools 7 CO - 5

48 Use of Nmap. 3 CO - 5

Purpose for the use of Netcat in Networks Vulnerability 3

49 CO - 5
Scanning

50 Explain how Tcpdump and Wireshark are used in the network. 4 CO - 5

51 What is Prob? Explain its type. 3 CO - 5

52 Different Commands of Nmap 4 CO - 5

Unit-7 Web Application Scanning tools

53 Write down web vulnerability tools. 4 CO - 5

54 Explain OpenSSL and Stunnel 4 CO - 5

55 How is the zed attack proxy used? 3 CO - 5

56 What is DVWA? Explain. 6 CO - 5

57 How does John the Ripper work? 4 CO - 5

58 Explain: L0phtcrack and Pwdump 4 CO - 5

59 Explain Vega Scanner 5 CO - 5

60 Explain W3af and Nikto 4 CO - 5

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