Cybersecurity Question Quiz

Question 1

Which of these is NOT a real annual hacker conference?

Accepted Answer

SneakCon

Question 2

What year was the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) list first launched?

Accepted Answer

1999

Question 3

In Mr. Robot, Elliot works as a cybersecurity engineer at which company (in the start of the series)?

Accepted Answer

Allsafe

Question 4

Hiding secret messages inside images is known as:

Accepted Answer

Steganography

Question 5

What does CAPTCHA stand for?

Accepted Answer

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

Question 6

What is the name of the NSA’s controversial surveillance program revealed by Edward Snowden?

Accepted Answer

PRISM

Question 7

In the TV show “Mr. Robot,” what is the name of Elliot’s hacktivist group?

Accepted Answer

fsociety

Question 8

Which of the following is a valid hexadecimal value?

Accepted Answer

d3adb33f

Question 9

In the 1983 classic WarGames, David Lightman accidentally hacks into the computer of which military facility?

Accepted Answer

NORAD

Question 10

What does “GPT” stand for?

Accepted Answer

Generative Pre‑trained Transformer

Question 11

Which cult‑classic hacker movie popularized the line “Hack the planet!”?

Accepted Answer

Hackers

Question 12

What is the name of the darknet browser whose icon is an onion?

Accepted Answer

Tor

Question 13

In cybersecurity, what’s a “honeypot”?

Accepted Answer

A decoy system to lure attackers

Question 14

Which HTTP status code literally means “I’m a teapot”?

Accepted Answer

418

Question 15

Which of the following individuals is a famous hacker known for being wanted by the FBI?

Accepted Answer

Kevin Mitnick

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