The job of a penetration tester is to

Trying to break into a system to see if it is vulnerable to attack

Social engineering is :

Methods used by people to trick others into giing away information

Watching someone enter senstive information

Paul receives an email saying that his bank account has been breached and he needs to log in. What should he do ?

Check his bank account using his normal login method, Delete the email

A Denial of Service (DOS) attack is where a network resource is made unavailable by ..

Flooding a server with requests

Viruses and worms are similar, but one key difference is..

Viruses need to be initiated by a user, worms don't, Viruses attach themselves to files, worms don't

A data subject is ....

any living person who has data stored about them

In a brute force attack is

Making multiple tries to guess a password

Hacking in the context of cyber security is

Getting unauthorised access to a computer system

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NCCE Cybersecurity L5

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1
The job of a penetration tester is to
Deleting data without authorisation
Trying to break into a system to see if it is vulnerable to attack
Getting unauthorised access to a computer system
Gaining unauthorised control of a computer system
2
Which section of the Computer Misuse Act does a DOS attack come under ?
Section 3
Section 2
None
Section 1
3
Social engineering is :
Educating people so they don't fall victims to cyber crime
Analysing data on a large group of people
Bad software likes viruses on your PC
Methods used by people to trick others into giing away information
4
Shouldering is ...
A pretend website designed to trick unwary people
A short quiz designed to get personal information on a social media site
Watching someone enter senstive information
An email which includes a link to a fake website
5
How long should data be kept, according to the DPA ?
As long as you like
As long as it is needed
Forever
For up to 6 months
6
Paul receives an email saying that his bank account has been breached and he needs to log in. What should he do ?
Check his bank account using his normal login method
Delete the email
Nothing
Log in using the link provided
7
A large collection of malware-infected devices used to perform an attack is called a
Trojan
Botnet
Penetration testing
DDOS
8
Trojans, spyware, adware, and worms are all examples of
Social engineering
Ransomware
Malware
Viruses
9
A Denial of Service (DOS) attack is where a network resource is made unavailable by ..
multiple tries are made to guess a password
Deleting all the data on a server
Flooding a server with requests
Changing the username and password
10
Viruses and worms are similar, but one key difference is..
Viruses need to be initiated by a user, worms don't
Worms need to be initiated by a user, viruses don't
Worms attach themselves to files, viruses don't
Viruses attach themselves to files, worms don't
11
Ann receives an email inviting her to find out more about a free holiday. What kind of attack might this be ?
Blagging
Shouldering
Phishing
Name generator attack
12
A data subject is ....
someone that died a long time ago
a person searched for on Google
any living person who has data stored about them
anyone who has data stored about them
13
In a brute force attack is
Flooding a server with requests
Deleting all the data on a server
Making multiple tries to guess a password
Changing the username and password
14
Hacking in the context of cyber security is
Trying to break into a system to see if it is vulnerable to attack
Getting unauthorised access to a computer system
Gaining unauthorised control of a computer system
Deleting data without authorisation
15
Stealing money from a bank account is illegal under which section of the Computer Misuse Act ?
None
Section 2
Section 3
Section 1

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