Unit 16 2023-24

An employee uses a key fob to access corporate resources from their home office. What type of authentication are they using?

• Mutual authentication

• Authenticator app

• SMS messaging

• Soft token

What tool is best to use when destroying data on an SSD?

• Low-level format

• Degausser

• Zero-fill utility

• ATA Secure Erase

What is one difference between a video surveillance camera and a webcam? Select all that apply.

• One camera is a part of the IoT, and the other is not.

• One camera is accessible from the Internet, and the other is not.

• One camera has an IP address, and the other does not.

• One camera has a lens, and the other does not.

What device can be installed on a laptop to prevent shoulder surfing?

• Fingerprint reader

• Smart card reader

• Privacy filter

• USB port

Which definition describes a virus?

• A program that does not need a host program to work; it substitutes itself for, and pretends to be, a legitimate program

• A program that can replicate by attaching itself to another program

• A program that displays ads in a web browser

• A program that can spread copies of itself throughout a network without a host program

What is the best way to determine if an email message warning about a virus is a hoax?

• Open the message and see what happens.

• Scan your email inbox for malware.

• Scan the message for misspelled words or grammar errors.

• Check websites that track virus hoaxes.

What is the first thing you should do when you discover a computer is infected with malware?

• Format the hard drive.

• Turn off system protection.

• Quarantine the computer.

• Update installed anti-malware software.

A virus has attacked your hard drive. Instead of seeing the Windows Start screen when you start up Windows, the system freezes, and you see a blue screen of death. You have important document files on the drive that are not backed up. What do you do first?

• Try GetDataBack by Runtime Software (runtime.org) to recover the data.

• Run antivirus software to remove the virus.

• Try a data-recovery service even though it is expensive.

• Remove the hard drive from the computer case, and install it in another computer.

• Use Windows utilities to attempt to fix the Windows boot problem.

You sign in to your personal computer with your Microsoft account, and you want to set up your computer as a trusted device to make changes to the account settings. Microsoft sends a code to your cell phone in a text message. You enter the code on a Windows screen. This type of authentication is called ________.

• multifactor authentication

• mutual authentication

• biometric authentication

• None of the answers are correct.

At a restaurant, you overhear people discussing an interesting case they treated while working in a dental office that day. Which type of regulated data policies are most likely to have been violated?

• PHI

• GDPR

• PII

• PCI