MidTerm: Intro to Cybersecurity

What does CPU stand for?

• Control Processing Unit
• Central Processing Unit
• Central Power Unit
• Center Power Unit

What can you trust to be secure 100 percent of the time?

• Text messages

• Emails

• Browser history

• Apps

• None of the above

What is the term for sending a fake email that looks like it's from a real company, to fool people?

• Fishing

• Farming

• Phishing

• Pharming

How does a DNS (Domain Name Service) Server work?

• The user computer sends the web address to the DNS Server, and the DNS Server directs the user computer to the correct IP address

• The user computer sends its IP address to the DNS Server, and the DNS Server directs the user computer to the correct IP address

• The user computer sends some keywords to the DNS Server, and the DNS Server provides a list of sites that contain those words

• The server is overloaded with requests and cannot perform it's usual function

Which of these is the best defence against hackers?

• A firewall

• A phishing filter

• Up to date antivirus software

• A trojan

What the name given to a code that uniquely identifies a device on a network

• IP address

• Email address

• URL

• Postcode

What is a computer hacker?

• A virus that invades your computer and causes it to not work

• A person who sends lots of e-mails to people asking for money

• A person who uses a computer to illegally breaks into your computer and take your information

• A person who cuts or hacks at something

What technology enables authorized users to use an unsecured public network, such as the Internet, as if it were a secure private network?

• IKE tunnel

• VPN

• endpoint

• router

What is a FireWall?

• A malware program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers

• A program designed to breach the security of a comp

• A piece of code capable of copying itself and having a detrimental impact on systems

• A network security device monitoring and filtering incoming and outgoing traffic based on an organisation's security policies

What is cybersecurity?

• the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from physical attacks.

• the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks.

• hiring security to protect against people stealing computers

• installing facebook on your computer