Quiz — CIA Triad Mastery
Module 2 knowledge check
You mastered Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, ransomware as a multi-pillar case, and threat mapping. These ten scenarios ask you to apply the triad — then continue to Authentication vs. Authorization.
APPLY: Only authorized staff should open salary spreadsheets. Which pillar is the design goal?
APPLY: An attacker changes a wire-transfer email amount from $10,000 to $90,000 in transit. Primary pillar broken?
APPLY: Double-extortion ransomware locks files AND threatens to publish stolen customer data. Pillars hit?
APPLY: A botnet floods a game server with fake logins until real players cannot connect. Attack against:
APPLY: You verify a downloaded ISO by matching the vendor's published SHA256. Hashing here mainly enforces:
APPLY: A café visitor photographs an unlocked HR laptop showing candidate SSNs. Best CIA label?
APPLY: True or False: Integrity means data cannot be viewed by anyone except administrators.
APPLY: Hospital clinicians cannot open the patient database during a cyberattack outage. Primary pillar?
APPLY: True or False: Every organization must prioritize C, I, and A identically in every system.
APPLY: Attackers deface a corporate homepage with false claims but keep the site reachable. First pillar to map?