Computing Y7 Hardware and Software Lesson 4 Quiz

What does 'computer security' mean?

• Keeping your computer and data safe from threats and unauthorised access

• Making sure your computer is fast

• Storing data on a hard drive

• Installing software updates regularly

What is a virus/malware?

• Software designed to enhance your computer’s performance

• Software designed to damage or gain unauthorised access to your computer

• A program that helps manage files

• A type of internet connection

How are viruses/malware spread?

• Only through physical documents

• Mainly over networks via email attachments, website cookies, downloaded files, and USB memory sticks

• Through power outages

• By turning off the computer

What is hacking?

• The process of updating software

• Someone trying to get unauthorised access into a computer or network

• Protecting a computer from malware

• The act of organising files on a computer

What does defensive design mean?

• Creating a program to make it hard to hack/break

• Creating a program to make hard to encrypt

• Creating a program to make hard to dencrypt

• a program where it's code is hidden

What does input validation mean?

• Checking if the data is valid

• Checking if the data is invalid

• Checking if the data is vertexed

• making sure data is inputted in the correct transfix

What does authentication mean?

• Check the identity of the ID protocol

• Check the identity of the transfix code

• Check the identity of the vertex code

• Check the identity of the user

What is Phishing?

• Software/People trying to trick you into giving over important information

• Software/People trying to trick you into giving over unimportant information

• Software/People trying to trick you into giving over transfix information

• a special way to hack using emails and UPS fixing

Top tips for being secure on a computer (multiple correct answers)

• keep software up to date

• Have training/use common sense

• Strong passwords

• Use Antivirus

• keep personal information secure/Private

What is a Cipher?

• Turning text into a secret code.

• Turning code into a text

• transfixing data

• the computer is using transfix protocol