Cybersecurity Trivia

Question 1

Who is this?

Accepted Answer

Linus Torvalds

Question 2

Describe the topology of the network

Accepted Answer

Bus Topology

Question 3

Name the programming language

Accepted Answer

Assembly

Question 4

Who is this?

Accepted Answer

AI Generated

Question 5

What country’s nuclear program was damaged by the Stuxnet worm?

Accepted Answer

Iran

Question 6

Who is this?

Accepted Answer

Grace Hopper

Question 7

What language was used by US code talkers in WWII?

Accepted Answer

Navajo

Question 8

Name the programming language

Accepted Answer

APL

Question 9

In the context of machine learning, what does “LLM” stand for?

Accepted Answer

Large Language Model

Question 10

What cipher was used by Japan in WWII?

Accepted Answer

Purple

Question 11

What is the penguin’s name?

Accepted Answer

Tux

Question 12

Debian OS releases are named after characters from what Disney film(s)?

Accepted Answer

Toy Story

Question 13

Name the programming language

Accepted Answer

Python

Question 14

What cipher was used by Germans in WWII?

Accepted Answer

Enigma

Question 15

EternalBlue was an exploit created by the NSA, but after hackers leaked it, it was used to create what ransomware?

Accepted Answer

Wannacry

Question 16

What college did Bill Gates graduate from?

Accepted Answer

None

Question 17

The NSO Group creates what spyware that targets iOS and Android?

Accepted Answer

Pegasus

Question 18

What best describes classification in machine learning?

Accepted Answer

Using AI to sort data into groups

Question 19

“A” in ASCII is what number?

Accepted Answer

65

Question 20

Name the programming language

Accepted Answer

C++

Question 21

Who is this?

Accepted Answer

Alan Turing

Question 22

Who is this?

Accepted Answer

Tim Berners-Lee

Question 23

What best describes regression in machine learning and statistics?

Accepted Answer

Using AI to approximate a data distribution

Question 24

What does the “ME” in Windows ME stand for?

Accepted Answer

Millennium Edition

Question 25

Which of the following best describes a two factor authentication policy?

Accepted Answer

A password and a fingerprint

Question 26

This “physical address” is on Layer 2 of the OSI model, and is a unique NIC identifier.

Accepted Answer

MAC address

Question 27

Backpropagation math in AI can be best understood after which MVGS class?

Accepted Answer

Calc II/III

Question 28

Convert the hex code to decimal: A12

Accepted Answer

10*16^2 + 16^1 + 2 = 2578

Question 29

What is this cable?

Accepted Answer

USB-C

Question 30

What is this cable?

Accepted Answer

RJ45

Question 31

This “logical address” is on Layer 3 of the OSI model, and comes in v4 and v6 variants.

Accepted Answer

IP address

Question 32

Convert the binary code to decimal: 10101000

Accepted Answer

168

Question 33

What company was involved with the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal?

Accepted Answer

Facebook

Question 34

The IRS calls you about an error on your tax return and tells you to pay a fine in bitcoin. Select the best response.

Accepted Answer

Contact the IRS through an official contact method you found independently.

Question 35

In 2014, North Korean hackers broke into which American film studio?

Accepted Answer

Sony

Question 36

Jeff was caught installing an unauthorized program at work which steals passwords that users type. What is this called?

Accepted Answer

Keylogger

Question 37

Describe the topology of the network

Accepted Answer

Mesh Topology

Question 38

Name the programming language

Accepted Answer

Java

Question 39

Which tool is used for password cracking in Linux?

Accepted Answer

John the Ripper

Question 40

What company is best known for its closed source AI models?

Accepted Answer

OpenAI

Question 41

You encrypt with the ____ key, and decrypt with the ____ key.

Accepted Answer

public, private

Question 42

What Layer 7 protocol uses port 80? It is insecure.

Accepted Answer

HTTP

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