08 - Protecting Yourself QUIZ

A scam in which an email is sent from someone posing as your bank or other legitimate business asking for personal information.

• Indentity theft

• Skimming

• Phishing

• Dumpster Diving

Why should you update your anti-virus software regularly?

• To keep it from being infected by viruses

• To help out the software companies

• To gain access to new websites

• To protect your computer against new viruses

You are using a public computer in the lobby of a hotel. What is something that you should be aware of while using this computer?

• There may be malware on the computer that could damage any file you use on it, but that poses no threat to your personal information

• There maybe malware on the computer that is capturing any personal information you enter on it, such as user names and passwords

• Public computers are usually safe to use because they run the latest security software

• You will be prevented from accessing any site that would require you to enter personal information

What is the purpose of anti-virus software?

• To make chocolate
• To prevent hackers from accessing the network
• To block unauthorised connections to the network
• To prevent a virus from attacking the network

'Brute Force' attacks consist of...

• Hitting the computer hard
• Hitting a computer programmer
• Guessing a password repeatedly
• Destroying files

Data should be backed up.....

• Never
• When you remember
• Regularly
• After an attack

The act of gaining unauthorized access to a computer

• Hacking

• Vishing

• Smishing

• Cooking

A small file stored in user's computer by a website so the website can customize its appearance special for that user.

• Spam

• Cookies

• Spyware

• Virus

A method to verify that data comes from a secure and trusted source

• Encryption

• Decryption

• Authentication

• Caching

The illegal use of someone else's personal information (as a Social Security number) in order to obtain money or for some other personal gain

• Internet fraud

• Identity theft

• Credit card fraud

• Telemarketing schemes