AQA GCSE Computer Science - 3.6.1 Security Terminology

Which of the following is the best definition for social engineering ?

• Social engineering is the act of exploiting human weaknesses to gain access to personal information and protected systems.
• The act of building social relationships
• The act of engineering society to greater heights
• The strengthening of societies to prevent malicious activities online
• Pluto

Which of the following is the best definition for malicious code?

• A program from an external source which is used for malicious activities
• Hostile code
• Code created to steal information
• Code from an external source

Which of the following is the best definition for weak passwords?

• A password which can be easily compromised by brute forcing possible augmentations of charachters
• A password that can be easily guessed
• A password consisting of a single type of charachter, often forming a word.
• A password that has become compromised

Which of the following is the best definition for strong passwords?

• A password that would take a long time (on average) to compromise through attempting different augmentations of charachters
• A password that is hard to guess
• A password consisting of multiple charachter types that do not form a single word.
• A password that only the user knows

Which of the following is the best definition for misconfigured access rights?

• A case in which a person does not have / has access to data they should / should not have
• A case in which someone gains access to some data
• A case in which someone has compromised a system to retrieve data.
• The case when someone made a mistake setting up an account

Which of the following is the best definition for removable media?

• A store of data that can be removed from the computer such as USBs
• A removable add on to a computer
• Software that can be deleted
• A storage device such as a USB stick or disc drive

Which of the following is the best definition for unpatched software?

• Software which has bugs that require fixing
• Software that has bugs
• Software that requires an update
• Software that has later versions

Which of the following is the best definition for outdated software?

• Software that has not been updated to newer versions
• Old software
• Software with bugs
• Software from the early 2000s

Which of the following best demonstrates a weak password?

• dragon
• Dr4g0n
• F0otBa!!
• a1k4j4!5ka

Which of the following best demonstrates a strong password?

• H3!!Om1n3T7RT13
• a1k4j4!5ka
• youcannotguessthispassword
• F1n!4n0