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WorksheetsMalware Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an Antivirus?
a)
A program designed to detect and destroy computer viruses.
b)
Something that attacks computers.
c)
Something that eats computers.
d)
A human that will come to your house and stop viruses.
2.
What is Malware?
a)
a program
b)
software intended to damage or disable computers or computer systems
c)
an antivirus
d)
an operating system
3.
How does a computer virus infect a pc?
a)
Email attachments
b)
Attached to files on memory sticks
c)
Suspicious web links
d)
All of the above
4.
What is a Computer Worm?
a)
an organism which lives in the soil
b)
a backup program
c)
a standalone malware computer program which replicates itself to spread to other computers
d)
a hard drive
5.
What does a Trojan Horse do?
a)
deletes everything on a users computer
b)
gives malicious users remote control over a users computer
c)
stores information
d)
transfers data and information
6.
What is Email Spoofing?
a)
forgery of an email header
b)
deleting an email
c)
sending an email
d)
sending an email to every computer
7.
What is an example of adware?
a)
Google
b)
DeskAd
c)
Twitter
d)
Snapchat
8.
what is spyware
a)
software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive
b)
a type of tv show
9.
How are Trackware and Spyware similar?
a)
They can see your computer monitor
b)
They track computer activity and sends it to third party
c)
Contacts the attacker of computer information
d)
All of the Above
10.
Is greyware good or bad?
a)
good
b)
bad
c)
can be both
d)
great
11.
What are logic bombs?
a)
an operating system
b)
a computer game
c)
actual bombs
d)
a set of instructions incorporated into a program to set off a malicious effect when used
12.
What does DNS poisoning do?
a)
exploits vulnerabilities in the DNS
b)
stores data
c)
deletes data
d)
poisons somone
13.
What is buffer overflow?
a)
overflows a computers memory
b)
a program overrun's the buffer's boundary and overwrites memory locations
c)
an operating system
d)
an app
14.
What are botnets?
a)
little insects
b)
cookies
c)
applications
d)
a network of computers infected with malware
15.
What do rootkits do?
a)
allows unauthorized access to a computer
b)
delete data
c)
store information
d)
create a program
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