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Types of Network Firewall
Question 1
What is the primary purpose of a network firewall?
Increase internet speed
Protect a private network by filtering incoming and outgoing traffic
Store backup data
Assign IP addresses to devices
Question 2
Which type of firewall only checks packet headers like IP address, port, and protocol without inspecting the payload?
Stateful inspection firewall
Proxy (application-level) firewall
Packet filtering firewall
Next-generation firewall
Question 3
Which firewall type tracks active connections in a state table to make more informed filtering decisions?
Packet filtering firewall
Stateful inspection firewall
Circuit-level gateway
Hardware firewall
Question 4
What is the key difference between a network firewall and a host-based firewall?
Network firewalls only work on wireless networks
Network firewalls protect entire networks; host-based firewalls protect individual devices
Host-based firewalls only filter outbound traffic
Host-based firewalls are always hardware devices
Question 5
Which placement best describes an internal firewall?
Between the internet and the whole corporate LAN
On every endpoint only
Between internal segments (such as HR and Finance) to reduce insider threats and provide micro-segmentation
Only in front of web servers in a DMZ
There are 5 questions to complete.