Engineering C++ - Quiz
  • 1. When is buffer overflow possible to have in your C++ code?
A) When the length of some input data is not correctly checked
B) When the program generates the wrong output
C) When the program doesn’t compile
D) When the programs does not return a value
  • 2. An attacker enters a long string into the date field. The input overwrites parts of the running program and executes commands on the server. What type of attack just took place?
A) Buffer Overflow Attack
B) SQL Injection Attack
C) Phishing Attack
D) Cross Site Scripting Attack
  • 3. In a buffer overflow attack…
A) The program doesn’t return a value
B) The program doesn’t compile
C) The program generates the wrong input
D) The input takes more space than allocated
  • 4. How do you avoid a buffer Overflow?
A) Use PHP script
B) Use functions that take a lesser length
C) Use SQL script
D) Use functions that take a maximal length
  • 5. If you don’t secure your code what can happen?
A) Someone can fix your code
B) Someone can inject code directly into your system
C) Someone can leave helpful comments
D) Someone can add code to your program
  • 6. In a buffer overflow attack, the input takes _____ ______ than allocated for the variable.
A) double numbers
B) real numbers
C) more space
D) int and strings
  • 7. Which of the following is the correct operator to compare two variables?
A) equal
B) =
C) :=
D) ==
  • 8. What is an undeclared variable?
A) Programs do not return a value
B) Source Code
C) A variable that ends with a semicolon
D) A variable that you didn’t declare
  • 9. What is PC-Lint?
A) A Static Analysis Tool for C/C++
B) A C/C++ Compiler
C) An Source Code Tool
D) An IDE
  • 10. When an input is carefully crafted, it lets the attacker do what?
A) Run new codes of his or her choice
B) Run new choices of his or her choice
C) Run commands of his or her choice
D) Run comments of his or her choice
  • 11. Which is another name for buffer overflow?
A) Buffer Overrun
B) Buffer Over the Top
C) Buffer Overkill
D) Buffer Overdraft
  • 12. Buffer overflow can be triggered by what?
A) Tags
B) Memory
C) Outputs
D) Inputs
  • 13. Which is not a type of Loop?
A) For
B) If-Else
C) Do-While
D) While
  • 14. PC-Lint is for what language?
A) C++
B) Java
C) C#
D) .Net
  • 15. A Do While loop is useful for…
A) multiple choices
B) to loop once
C) reversed
D) 1 choice
  • 16. What accounts for most security breaches?
A) SQL Injections
B) Virus
C) Inheritance
D) Buffer Overflow
  • 17. To avoid buffer overflow you should avoid what?
A) spinf() and typdef()
B) stmcpy() and smcatt()
C) strcpy() and strcat()
D) vscanf() and stmcat()
  • 18. Which of these are not types of Buffer Overflow?
A) Stack Overflow
B) Buffer Overturn
C) Format String
D) Heap Overflow
  • 19. What is the only function all C++ programs must contain?
A) start()
B) program()
C) system()
D) main()
  • 20. What punctuation ends most lines of C++ code?
A) :(colon)
B) ;(semi-colon)
C) ‘(single quote)
D) .(dot)
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