RAITE 2024 Quiz Bee

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

A field that emphasizes the integration of telecommunications, computers, and software to manage information.

Internet of Things (IoT)

A network of physical objects embedded with technology that connects and exchanges data over the internet.

Machine Learning (ML)

A branch of AI focused on the development of algorithms that allow machines to learn and perform tasks without explicit instructions.

Data Privacy Act of 2012

Republic Act No. 10173 that protects individuals' personal information in communication systems.

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attack

A cyber attack that aims to disrupt a network by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources.

Botnet

A group of infected computers controlled by a malicious actor to perform tasks like spam or DDoS attacks.

Ransomware

Malware that denies access to a victim's files until a ransom is paid to the attackers.

Vulnerability

Flaws in a computer system that can be exploited by hackers to deliver an attack.

Exploit

A method or piece of software that takes advantage of a vulnerability for malicious purposes.

Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE)

The ability of an attacker to execute commands on a target machine through a vulnerability.

Phishing

A social engineering attack designed to trick users into revealing sensitive information.

Social Engineering

Psychological manipulation used to trick individuals into giving away sensitive information.

Malware

Malicious software designed to harm systems, steal information, or gain unauthorized access.

Worm

A self-replicating malware that spreads across networks without human intervention.

Zero-day vulnerability

A security flaw unknown to the vendor at the time of discovery that has no available patch.

Trojan Horse

Malware that disguises itself as a legitimate program to perform malicious actions.

Spyware

Malware that collects user data without their knowledge and sends it to third parties.

Virus

Malware that replicates itself by inserting its code into other programs.

WannaCry

A ransomware attack in 2017 that exploited a Windows vulnerability and caused significant financial damage.

ILOVEYOU

A computer worm that spread via email in 2000, infecting millions of computers.

Pointer

A variable in C and C++ that points to the memory address of another variable.

Structured Query Language (SQL)

A language used to create and manage relational databases.

Augmented Reality (AR)

An interactive experience that overlays digital information onto the real world.

Generative AI

AI models that create text, images, or audio in response to user inputs.

Large Language Model (LLM)

Generative AI designed to understand and generate human language based on text data.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

A framework organizing communication protocols used in the Internet.

User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

A fast, connectionless Internet protocol used for time-sensitive applications.

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET)

The first wide-area packet-switched network that implemented the TCP/IP suite.

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

A protocol ensuring reliable data delivery over a network.

IP Address

A unique address assigned to devices on a network for identification.

Port

A number that identifies a specific connection endpoint in networking.

Hashing

A technique ensuring data integrity by producing a fixed-length representation of data.

Salting

Adding input to a password before hashing to enhance security.

Public key cryptography

A method of encryption using a public key and a private key for secure data exchange.

Digital signature

A technique used to verify the authenticity and integrity of digital messages.

Digital certificate

An electronic password that uses public key infrastructure for secure data exchange.

RSA

A type of asymmetric encryption using two linked keys for securing messages.

Rivest, Shamir, Adleman

The surnames of the creators of RSA encryption.

Message Digest 5 (MD5)

A hash function producing a 128-bit hash value for data integrity verification.

Secure Hash Algorithms (SHA)

A family of cryptographic functions for securing data through hashing.

Client-server architecture

A computing model separating tasks between clients requesting services and servers processing requests.

Subnet mask

A number used to identify the network ID portion of an IP address.

Default gateway

The network node that forwards traffic to other networks.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

An application-layer protocol for transmitting hypermedia documents over the web.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

A protocol for transmitting email messages.

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)

A protocol allowing users to access their emails from various devices.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

A standard communication protocol for transferring files over a network.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

The standard markup language for creating and displaying web documents.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

A style sheet language for specifying the presentation of documents in markup languages.

JavaScript

A programming language used to control webpage behavior.

Tim Berners-Lee

The inventor of the World Wide Web.

Relational Database

A type of database that organizes data points that are related to one another.

INNER JOIN

An SQL keyword that selects matching records from two tables.

Database Normalization

The process of organizing database data to eliminate redundancies.

Primary Key

A unique identifier for records in a relational database.

Field

An attribute in a table representing a set of values with the same data type.

Record

A collection of attributes describing a real-world entity, also known as a row.

Foreign Key

An attribute in one table that refers to the primary key of another table.

Query

A request for information from a database.