Cybersecurity Terminology

Question 1

What’s the term for a fraudulent voice message designed to trick individuals into revealing personal information?

Accepted Answer

Vishing

Question 2

Which of the following is a strong password

Accepted Answer

t*M&2.zY7

Question 3

Freely distributed software

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Open Source

Question 4

Used to prevent unsolicited emails

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Spam Filter

Question 5

Which cyberattack tricks users or systems into thinking the hacker is a legitimate source with a valid request?

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Spoofing

Question 6

used to authenticate individuals

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Digital Certificates

Question 7

A Win 10 Home user is attempting to encrypt the contents of a folder on a vol. formatted with NTFS. Why is it disabled?

Accepted Answer

Win Home doesn't support EFS

Question 8

a legal term used to describe data that can uniquely identify a person

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PII

Question 9

What do you call a phishing attempt that specifically targets high-ranking members of an organization?

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Whaling

Question 10

Which of the following involves the insertion of various data retrieval statements into an application?

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SQL Injection Attack

Question 11

A program that replicates by attaching itself to other programs

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Virus

Question 12

What do you call a flaw or weakness in a computer system that could be exploited to violate the system’s security?

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A vulnerability

Question 13

includes data about a person's health status or health care.

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PHI

Question 14

This software automatically carries out or triggers actions independent of user activity.

Accepted Answer

Active content

Question 15

What do you call a sequence of words or text used to control access to a computer (similar to a password)?

Accepted Answer

Passphrase

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