computer networks

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Question 1: What is the purpose of a firewall?

• A: To identify if a network has been or is at risk of being hacked.
• B: To stop unauthorised access to a network or device from the internet or other network.
• C: To make sure all users have access to the data that is relevant for them.
• D: To update the anti-virus automatically on all user's computers regularly.

Question 2: When a user logs in, they are asked for their username and password. This proves that they are who they say they are. What is this called?

• A: Access rights
• B: Authentication
• C: Validation
• D: Verification

Question 3: Some smartphones now allow you to unlock them using a fingerprint. What is this method of data capture called?

• A: Two-step authentication
• B: PIN
• C: Password cookie
• D: Biometrics

Question 4: Someone has guessed the password to access a company's network. They have logged on and taken copies of some of the files and changed others. What is this called?

• A: Pharming
• B: Phishing
• C: Scamming
• D: Hacking

Question 5: Which of the following piece of network hardware would help you connect a tablet computer to your home network?

• A: HTTP
• B:WAP
• C: RFID
• D: NFC

Question 6: When you connect your device to a network it uses a protocol. What is a protocol?

• A: An algorithm for storing data in devices
• B: A way to turn data into binary
• C: A password needed to connect to the server
• D: A set of rules for transmitting data

Question 7: Which of the following transmission media is most likely to provide the greatest bandwidth?

• A: Fibreoptic
• B: Ethernet
• C: Bluetooth
• D: WiFi

Question 8: Tom is connecting his wireless headset and controller to his games console to create a personal area network. What type of connection is he likely to use?

• A: Fibre-optic
• B: Copper cable
• C: Ethernet
• D: Bluetooth