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A secret word or phrase that must be used to gain access into a place is called__________.

• program

• keyword

• password

• Virus

A person who uses his/her expertise to gain access to other people's computers and get information illegally or do damage is a _____.

• Analyst

• hacker

• programmer

• explorer

___ is a method employed by cyber attackers where they call and pretend to be from a legitimate source asking for one's password.

• Dictionary searching
• Exhaustive searching
• Fake Login screen
• Phishing

When a hacker uses information about you such as your date of birth, pet's name or street name to guess your password, this is called _____.

• dictionary searching

• Exhaustive searching

• personal knowledge

• Fake Login Screen

Another name for computer security is _______.

• cyber-security
• computer lock
• computer guard
• cyber lock

Firewalls are used to protect our computers against ________.

• unauthorized attacks
• Virus attacks
• Fire attacks
• water attacks

An example of a good password is ____.

• A name of a partner or spouse

• Name of a child or pet

• words that contain multiple random digits

• Phone number

Which of the following is an example of a strong password?

• Kitty
• 8055522742
• Fatima
• aK#@mALi52a

A program designed to destroy data on your computer which can travel to other computers is called ___.

• Disease
• Hurricane
• Virus
• Tornado

A combination of an encryption algorithm and a decryption algorithm is called a ___.

• Cipher
• Secret
• Key
• PIN