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A quiz about the basics of #Computer Security
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What information should you not post on social media for the whole world to read
Your house address
What you had for breakfast
Your thoughts on Brexit
The name of your favourite band
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What is the safest way to deal with an email from someone you do not know?
Call 999
Open only if there are less than 3 attachments
Delete it without looking at it
Open only after consulting your teacher
3
Hacking is a crime covered by what act?
Computer Misuse Act
Communications Act
Copyright Designs and Patents Act
Data Protection Act
4
What is a firewall?
It monitors incoming data and blocks certain data packets.
A wall that stops fires
Antivirus Software
Software that logs internet activity
5
Which of the following is the most secure password?
iDontKn@w
abc1234
password
qwerty
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How would you get rid of a virus from your computer?
Use anti-virus software
Reformat the hard drive
Use computer medicine
Ask a witch doctor to help you
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The process of scrambling information in a way so that only someone with a key can decode it?
Encryption
Systematic variation
Compression
Archaeology
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Which software application would you use to monitor network traffic?
Wireshark
Network control panel
Excel
HTML
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In a DoS attack what does DoS stand for?
Down Security
Declaration of Security
Denial of Service
Disk operating System
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What is gaining unauthorised access to a computer system known as?
Hacking
Piracy
Breaking and entering
Virus
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What is phishing?
A decryption method that uses complex algorithms
A way to send spam mail to millions of people at once
a technique designed to fool people into sharing information
the activity of catching phish, for food or as a sport.
