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WorksheetsCybersecurity 1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the term for sending a fake email that looks like it's from a real company, to fool people?
Fishing
Farming
Phishing
Pharming
Which of these is pharming?
Having users directed to a fake website instead of a genuine website, to fool them
Using software to watch what users do on their computer
Sending a fake email that looks genuine, to fool users
Buying collections of user profiles from hackers
How can you be sure that a website is genuine
It will have a digital certificate
The text on the website will be spelled correctly
The website will have the real company logo on it
You found the website using a search engine
How does a DNS (Domain Name Service) Server work?
The user computer sends the web address to the DNS Server, and the DNS Server directs the user computer to the correct IP address
The user computer sends its IP address to the DNS Server, and the DNS Server directs the user computer to the correct IP address
The user computer sends some keywords to the DNS Server, and the DNS Server provides a list of sites that contain those words
The server is overloaded with requests and cannot perform it's usual function
How does a DOS (Denial of Service) attack affect a server?
The server is overloaded with requests and cannot perform it's usual function
The server cannot be found because it's address has been removed from the Domain Name Service
A hacker has removed the server from a search engine's database
A virus has infected the server and crashed the operating system
Which of these is the best defence against hackers?
A firewall
A phishing filter
Up to date antivirus software
A trojan
Which of these is a virus that pretends to be a harmless file?
trojan
worm
tracking cookie
cipher text
What is "cipher text"
Data that has been encrypted
Data that has been decrypted
The key used to decrypt data
A virus that encrypts your files then demands payment to decrypt them
Which of these is a virus that encrypts your files then demands payment to decrypt them
ransomware
worm
spyware
trojan
Which of these uses a key-pair, a public key and a private key
asymmetric encryption
symmetric encryption
When sending information to a bank, which of these does your computer use to encrypt the data
the bank's public key
the bank's private key
your public key
What the name given to a code that uniquely identifies a device on a network
IP address
Email address
URL
Postcode
