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Cybersecurity 1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for sending a fake email that looks like it's from a real company, to fool people?

a)

Fishing

b)

Farming

c)

Phishing

d)

Pharming

2.

Which of these is pharming?

a)

Having users directed to a fake website instead of a genuine website, to fool them

b)

Using software to watch what users do on their computer

c)

Sending a fake email that looks genuine, to fool users

d)

Buying collections of user profiles from hackers

3.

How can you be sure that a website is genuine

a)

It will have a digital certificate

b)

The text on the website will be spelled correctly

c)

The website will have the real company logo on it

d)

You found the website using a search engine

4.

How does a DNS (Domain Name Service) Server work?

a)

The user computer sends the web address to the DNS Server, and the DNS Server directs the user computer to the correct IP address

b)

The user computer sends its IP address to the DNS Server, and the DNS Server directs the user computer to the correct IP address

c)

The user computer sends some keywords to the DNS Server, and the DNS Server provides a list of sites that contain those words

d)

The server is overloaded with requests and cannot perform it's usual function

5.

How does a DOS (Denial of Service) attack affect a server?

a)

The server is overloaded with requests and cannot perform it's usual function

b)

The server cannot be found because it's address has been removed from the Domain Name Service

c)

A hacker has removed the server from a search engine's database

d)

A virus has infected the server and crashed the operating system

6.

Which of these is the best defence against hackers?

a)

A firewall

b)

A phishing filter

c)

Up to date antivirus software

d)

A trojan

7.

Which of these is a virus that pretends to be a harmless file?

a)

trojan

b)

worm

c)

tracking cookie

d)

cipher text

8.

What is "cipher text"

a)

Data that has been encrypted

b)

Data that has been decrypted

c)

The key used to decrypt data

d)

A virus that encrypts your files then demands payment to decrypt them

9.

Which of these is a virus that encrypts your files then demands payment to decrypt them

a)

ransomware

b)

worm

c)

spyware

d)

trojan

10.

Which of these uses a key-pair, a public key and a private key

a)

asymmetric encryption

b)

symmetric encryption

11.

When sending information to a bank, which of these does your computer use to encrypt the data

a)

the bank's public key

b)

the bank's private key

c)

your public key

12.

What the name given to a code that uniquely identifies a device on a network

a)

IP address

b)

Email address

c)

URL

d)

Postcode