Revision - Cyber security and software

Revision - Cyber security and software

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Which topology is this a picture of

• Star

• Bus

• Mesh

• Ring

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Which is more secure?

• wireless networks

• wired networks

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Phishing is an example of

• a social engineering technique

• malicious code

• misconfigured access rights

• removable media

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Software may need to be patched in order to...

• ensure that malicious code is removed

• remove media such as USB memory sticks

• prevent bugs being exploited

• mend worn out or damaged portions of code

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Sending fake emails to fool people into revealing personal information

• Phishing

• Shouldering

• Social engineering

• Unauthorised access

• Cyber attack

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An individual who breaks into or maliciously attacks computer systems for fun or profit

• Hacker

• Blagging

• Phishing

• Shouldering

• Social engineering

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Malicious software such as viruses, trojans and spyware

• Malware

• Hacker

• Blagging

• Phishing

• Shouldering

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What is software?

• Viruses on your computer

• Programs used by a computer

• Documents used to type information on

• Harmful information

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How does malware get onto your computer?

• Email attachments or links

• By visiting dodgy websites

• On USB sticks

• All of the above

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Which is NOT a type of malware?

• Virus

• Worm

• Trojan horse

• Phishing

Multiple Select

Which are common types of malware?

• Adware

• Ransomware

• Key Logger

• Mouse Hacker

• Windows Breaker

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Which is not a type of anti-malware?

• Anti-Virus

• Anti-Spyware

• Malware Scanner

• Defragmenter 

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I bombard the network with requests using bots, which crashes the network – What am i?

• Spyware

• Malware

• Firewall

• DDOS

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Data travels across networks in

• Nibbles

• Parts

• Bytes

• Packets

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Which of these Protocols deals with Email?

• HTTP, TLS and DNS

• POP, IMAP and SMTP

• DCHP and FTP

• IPv4 and IPv6

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What type of Software is needed to control the computer’s hardware?

• Programming Software

• Systems Software

• Application Software

• Bespoke Software

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Dividing processor time between processes so that they appear to multitask is known as

• Time Slicing

• Fish Slicing

• Time waiting

• Idle Time

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To allow a user to interact with an Operating System – it must have a ______ ?

• User Connection

• User Interface

• Virtual Connection

• Remote Access

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This piece of software is used to control hardware devices and allow an Operating System to make use of the hardware

• Device Management

• Device Driver

• Device System

• Hardware Peripheral Device Question 11: This following

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which one of the following is not a Utility Program?

• Disk Defragmentation Tool

• Compression

• Web Browser

• Encryption

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A fragmented hard drive is one in which…..?

• Program instructions and data are spread across tracks and sectors on the hard disk drive

• Programs and instructions are grouped together to occupy a continuous section of the hard disk drive

• A hard disk drive that has been dropped and broken into lots of pieces

• The hard disk drive is split into portions each representing a different logical drive.

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To scramble data so that it is unreadable is a form of….?

• Compression

• Encryption

• Backing up

• Defragmentation

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What kind of Hard drive gets fragmented?

• Magnetic

• Solid state

• Both

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What is User management?

• Manages the passwords of every user

• Controls levels of access by different users

• Admin rights

• Allows everyone to create a profile