What Do You Know About Computer Firewall?
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 110
A computer firewall is a security system that is designed to control network traffic, both incoming and outgoing. The way a firewall works on a computer is to prevent access of an external network to what is available internally and protect its security. What do you know about Computer Firewall? Take our quiz to find out everything!
Questions and Answers
- 1.
![What was a predecessor to the firewall? - ProProfs]( "What was a predecessor to the firewall?")
What was a predecessor to the firewall?- A.
Router
- B.
Network
- C.
SecuredN
- D.
Location
- 2.
![When was the firewall first used? - ProProfs]( "When was the firewall first used?")
When was the firewall first used?- A.
1960s
- B.
1970s
- C.
1980s
- D.
1990s
- 3.
![What is the first generation of computer firewalls called? - ProProfs]( "What is the first generation of computer firewalls called?")
What is the first generation of computer firewalls called?- A.
GUFW
- B.
Packet filters
- C.
Router
- D.
SecuredN
- 4.
![What generation of firewall was the Packet Filters? - ProProfs]( "What generation of firewall was the Packet Filters?")
What generation of firewall was the Packet Filters?- A.
1st
- B.
2nd
- C.
3rd
- D.
4th
- 5.
![What does a packet filter inspect during the transfer between computers? - ProProfs]( "What does a packet filter inspect during the transfer between computers?")
What does a packet filter inspect during the transfer between computers?- A.
Packets
- B.
Filters
- C.
Film
- D.
Links
- 6.
![What term is used to describe the packet filter silently discarding a packet? - ProProfs]( "What term is used to describe the packet filter silently discarding a packet?")
What term is used to describe the packet filter silently discarding a packet?- A.
Drop
- B.
Linked
- C.
Filter
- D.
Reject
- 7.
![What term is used in describing when a Packet Filter discards a packet and generates an Internet Control Message Protocol notification for the sender? - ProProfs]( "What term is used in describing when a Packet Filter discards a packet and generates an Internet Control Message Protocol notification for the sender?")
What term is used in describing when a Packet Filter discards a packet and generates an Internet Control Message Protocol notification for the sender?- A.
Drop
- B.
Linked
- C.
Filter
- D.
Reject
- 8.
![When a packet is not rejected, what act follows? It is allowed to _ - ProProfs]( "When a packet is not rejected, what act follows? It is allowed to _")
When a packet is not rejected, what act follows? It is allowed to _- A.
Pass
- B.
Withdraw
- C.
Access
- D.
Link
- 9.
![What address filters a packet? - ProProfs]( "What address filters a packet?")
What address filters a packet?- A.
Source
- B.
Next
- C.
DNS
- D.
Link
- 10.
![What port numbers is used alongside a packet filter? - ProProfs]( "What port numbers is used alongside a packet filter?")
What port numbers is used alongside a packet filter?- A.
Destination
- B.
Troubled
- C.
DNS
- D.
AND
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