Which type of firewall operates at the application layer of the OSI model and can detect and block application-specific attacks?

a. Application-level firewall

b. Circuit-level firewall

c. Packet filtering firewall

d. Stateful inspection firewall

2. Which type of intrusion prevention system (IPS) operates on a host and can detect and prevent attacks on that host?

a. Host-based IPS (HIPS)

b. Host-based IDS (HIDS)

c. Network-based IDS (NIDS)

d. Network-based IPS (NIPS)

3. Which method used by NIPS involves scanning incoming packets for specific byte sequences?

a. Pattern Matching

b. Protocol anomaly

c. Traffic anomaly

d. Statistical anomaly

4. What is a buffer overflow?

a. A software vulnerability

b. A denial-of-service attack

c. A social engineering attack

d. A type of malware

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