COU4306 Day 01

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1. If A = 1, B = 2, ..., what does 3 - 1 - 20 stand for?

• CAT

• DOG

• BAT

• RAT

2. Which one of the following is not a good password?

• gT$9!L2z

• password123

• 2Yf&@o^r

• M7p#1bWq

3. If “MANGO” is coded as “NZOHQ” (each letter +1), what is “PEACH”?

• QFBDI

• QFDBI

• QFBCH

• QFCBI

4. What comes next in the pattern? A, C, F, J, O, _

• S

• U

• Q

• T

5. What is the main goal of cryptography?

• Create long passwords

• Decorate messages

• Secure communication by encoding messages

• Compress data for storage

6. You receive a message saying “I KNOW YOUR SECRET” in all capital letters. What’s the best first step?

• Share it on social media

• Ignore it

• Panic

• Try to verify the source

7. You find this note: “Uifsf jt b tfdsfu dpef.” What happened?

• There is a great course

• There is a secret code

• Its a gibberish

• Its in another language

8. Three core principles that guide the development and implementation of security systems.

• Confidentiality, Integrity, Accessibility

• Contentment, Internet, Availability

• Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

• Communicative, Interact, Access

9. What does "encryption" mean?

• Hiding a file

• Turning readable data into unreadable code

• Compressing data

• Writing with a pen