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Firewalls can be of how many kinds?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer: c
sanfoundry
Which kind of firewall is connected between the device and the network connecting to internet?
a. Hardware Firewall
b. Software Firewall
c. Stateful Inspection Firewall
d. Microsoft Firewall
Answer: a
examjila+1
Which firewall type is installed using an internet connection or comes by default with operating systems?
a. Hardware Firewall
b. Software Firewall
c. Stateful Inspection Firewall
d. Microsoft Firewall
Answer: b
sanfoundry
Network layer firewall works as a:
a. Frame filter
b. Packet filter
c. Content filter
d. Virus filter
Answer: b
sanfoundry
The point where a firewall is installed between secure internal and untrusted external network is called:
a. Chock point
b. Meeting point
c. Firewall point
d. Secure point
Answer: a
scribd+1
Which firewall filters traffic at the application layer?
a. Packet filtering firewall
b. Proxy firewall
c. Stateless firewall
d. Hardware firewall
Answer: b
uninets+1
Which firewall does not retain information about the state of network connections?
a. Stateful firewall
b. Stateless firewall
c. Application firewall
d. Hardware firewall
Answer: b
onlineexammaker
What is the primary purpose of a firewall?
a. Allow all traffic
b. Block all traffic
c. Control network traffic based on rules
d. Speed up network
Answer: c
onlineexammaker
Which method relies on the state of active connections to allow or block traffic?
a. Stateless Inspection
b. Stateless Filtering
c. Stateful Inspection
d. Proxy Filtering
Answer: c
examradar+1
A firewall operating as an intermediary between client and server is called a:
a. Packet Filtering Firewall
b. Proxy Firewall
c. Stateful Firewall
d. Hardware Firewall
Answer: b
sanfoundry+1
Which firewall approach reviews both source and destination addresses and port numbers to permit or block traffic?
a. Port-based
b. Packet filtering
c. Network address translation
d. Deep packet inspection
Answer: b
scribd+1
Which of the following best describes a DMZ in firewall configuration?
a. All devices have unrestricted access
b. Stores firewall backups
c. Neutral zone between internal network and internet
d. Manages firewall updates
Answer: c
onlineexammaker
What tells a stateful firewall how to reassemble a datastream divided into packets?
a. Physical layer
b. Application layer
c. Transport layer
d. Network layer
Answer: c
scribd
Which is a common protocol used by firewalls to allow or block traffic?
a. SMTP
b. HTTP
c. FTP
d. All of the above
Answer: d
onlineexammaker
What is the term for a firewall configuration that allows all incoming and outgoing traffic by default?
a. White-listing
b. Black-listing
c. Open policy
d. Closed policy
Answer: c
onlineexammaker
Network layer firewall has two sub-categories as:
a. Stateful firewall and stateless firewall
b. Bit oriented firewall and byte oriented firewall
c. Frame firewall and packet firewall
d. Network and session layer firewall
Answer: a
gtu-mcq+1
What is the advantage of using a stateful firewall over a stateless one?
a. Less memory usage
b. Less analysis over time
c. Tracks packets over time for accuracy
d. Faster performance
Answer: c
sanfoundry+1
Which of the following attack types should firewalls protect against?
a. Phishing
b. Dumpster diving
c. Denial of Service
d. Shoulder surfing
Answer: c
examjila
Which of the following is a packet filtering firewall primarily used for?
a. Filtering based on MAC address
b. Filtering based on IP addresses and ports
c. Filtering content for viruses
d. Deep inspection of application traffic
Answer: b
sanfoundry+1
What is one advantage of setting up a DMZ with two firewalls?
a. Plain text communications
b. Isolates public-facing servers from the internal network
c. Parallels text encryption
d. File sharing
Answer: b
scribd+1
Which of these can configure rules to restrict social media access but not login capabilities?
a. Hardware firewall
b. Proxy firewall
c. Application firewall
d. Web Application Firewall
Answer: d
uninets+1
What is CHAP in firewall authentication?
a. Channel Authorization Protocol
b. Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
c. Channel Handshake Application Protocol
d. Challenge Authentication Proxy
Answer: b
scribd
In firewall parlance, what is “source routing”?
a. Selecting the best firewall rule
b. Sender specifies the route of packets
c. Routing to backup servers
d. Filtering by source port
Answer: b
uninets
What policy is default in most firewall configurations for incoming connections?
a. Allow all
b. Deny all
c. Open
d. Accept all
Answer: b
sanfoundry+1
Which traffic type is often blocked in a DMZ configuration?
a. Internal database queries
b. Unsolicited inbound traffic
c. Outbound HTTP
d. WAN broadcasts
Answer: b
itexamanswers+1
What kind of firewall is best for controlling user requests to specific applications?
a. Network firewall
b. Application firewall
c. Packet filtering firewall
d. Hardware firewall
Answer: b
examradar+1
Which principle is the foundation of “least privilege” in firewall policy?
a. Allow only what is explicitly permitted
b. Block only what is explicitly denied
c. Allow all by default
d. Block only external traffic
Answer: a
examradar+1
What kind of attacks does a Web Application Firewall (WAF) primarily defend against?
a. Physical attacks
b. Application-layer attacks
c. Network-level attacks
d. All physical, application, and network attacks
Answer: b
examradar
Which protocol is often stateless, creating challenges for stateful firewalls?
a. TCP
b. UDP
c. FTP
d. SMTP
Answer: b
itexamanswers
One key role of regular expressions in firewall configuration is:
a. Monitoring hardware failures
b. Matching malformed traffic patterns
c. Defining patterns for malicious traffic detection
d. Verifying user logins
Answer: c
examradar
Which firewall technique blocks known malicious IP addresses and domains?
a. IP filtering
b. Application whitelisting
c. Blacklisting
d. NAT
Answer: c
onlineexammaker
What must be done after a major firewall configuration change in a corporate environment?
a. Ignore user feedback
b. Test changes in production immediately
c. Monitor logs and validate traffic
d. Disable logging
Answer: c
uninets
Which type of firewall is supported by most routers and easiest to implement?
a. Application gateway
b. Stateful firewall
c. Packet filtering firewall
d. Next generation firewall
Answer: c
itexamanswers
WAF rules should be customized to:
a. Improve network speed
b. Match unique application vulnerabilities
c. Allow more default traffic
d. Reduce hardware usage
Answer: b
examradar
A concern of authentication deals with:
a. General access
b. Function authentication
c. Function authorization
d. Authorized encryption only
Answer: c
scribd
Which firewall policy term describes blocking all unsolicited inbound connections unless a rule explicitly allows them?
a. Implicit deny
b. Explicit allow
c. Open access
d. Fail open
Answer: a
uninets+1
IP spoofing can be partially addressed through which firewall feature?
a. Connection logging
b. Deep packet inspection
c. Source IP validation
d. Packet counting
Answer: c
uninets
To prevent split-tunneling in VPN connections, a firewall should:
a. Allow all traffic
b. Log but not block dual traffic
c. Block any concurrent direct internet access
d. Enable packet fragmentation
Answer: c
uninets
Which log entry most indicates a possible firewall misconfiguration?
a. Allowed traffic from all external sources
b. Blocked traffic on unused ports
c. Attempted connections dropped from blacklisted IPs
d. Firewall startup messages
Answer: a
uninets
Which is a signature-based policy in firewalls?
a. Allowing traffic from any IP
b. Permitting only protocol 80 traffic
c. Blocking based on known attack patterns
d. Allowing any traffic over port 25
Answer: c
examradar+1
Which firewall feature helps prevent man-in-the-middle attacks on HTTPS traffic?
a. Port filtering
b. SSL inspection
c. MAC filtering
d. NAT
Answer: b
uninets
What is the main focus of a network-level firewall?
a. Application traffic filtering
b. Controlling traffic flow and protecting network
c. Encrypting web traffic
d. Backing up firewall rules
Answer: b
examradar
How can a firewall help protect against malware download via HTTP?
a. Application whitelist only
b. Content filtering and blocking suspicious URLs
c. Allow all traffic
d. Disable packet inspection
Answer: b
examradar+1
The default action for an unrecognized outbound traffic on most firewalls is to:
a. Allow
b. Deny
c. Log but not block
d. Alert only
Answer: a
onlineexammaker
Which method can fine-tune a WAF to reduce false positives?
a. Random rule adjustment
b. Comprehensive disabling
c. Carefully calibrating detection rules and parameters
d. Allowing all outgoing traffic
Answer: c
examradar
Which is best practice before implementing firewall policy changes?
a. Immediate deployment
b. No backup required
c. Test in a lab environment
d. Ignore version control
Answer: c
uninets
When configuring firewall rules, a “deny all, allow some” strategy is known as:
a. Blacklisting
b. Open Policy
c. Default deny
d. Explicit allow
Answer: c
onlineexammaker+1
What does NAT stand for in firewall configuration?
a. Network Address Translation
b. Network Allocation Technology
c. Node Access Transmission
d. Net Authentication Tool
Answer: a
sanfoundry+1
Which firewall deployment is most suitable for cloud-based server environments?
a. Local only firewall
b. Host-based and network firewalls in combination
c. Print server firewall
d. Email quarantine firewall
Answer: b
uninets
How does a firewall typically handle unsolicited inbound connection requests?
a. Pass through
b. Analyze only
c. Block unless allowed by rule
d. Cache and deliver later
Answer: c

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