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NOVA Cybersecurity 101

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is regularly used for secure online communication?

a)

Caesar cipher

b)

Public-key cryptography

c)

Morse code

d)

Enigma code

2.

How can you tell if a website encrypts its traffic?

a)

Google it.

b)

Look for the lock symbol in a URL.

c)

All websites encrypt their traffic.

d)

Encrypted sites take longer to load.

3.

What can you trust to be secure 100 percent of the time?

a)

Text messages

b)

emails

c)

browser history

d)

apps

e)

None of these

4.

Codes have been used for thousands of years in order to:

a)

Figure out where the enemy submarines are

b)

Communicate with some but not others

c)

Become a king

d)

Send encrypted text messages

5.

All of the following can help keep your online personal data secure EXCEPT:

a)

Being careful about what you post online that may include identifying information

b)

Creating one password for all sites you visit so it’s easier to remember

c)

Making different passwords for each site you visit

d)

Keeping all of your software up to date

6.

Which of the following may intercept and use your messages for their own purposes?

a)

News outlets

b)

Governments

c)

Advertising agencies

d)

Crime rings

e)

All of these

7.

Why do hackers hack?

a)

To make discoveries

b)

To protect information

c)

To steal information

d)

To expose corruption

e)

All of these

8.

Which of these is not a hack?

a)

Using a bicycle to power a computer

b)

Stealing an unlocked bicycle

c)

Building a working bicycle out of discarded umbrellas

d)

Creating a kinetic bicycle sculpture

9.

According to The Secret Lives of Hackers video, what is hacking?

a)

Problem solving by using an object’s properties in unexpected ways.

b)

Creating problems where there previously were none.

c)

Using materials as they were intended to be used to solve problems.

d)

All of the above

10.

Why are cyber vulnerabilities unlikely to ever go away?

a)

The government won’t allow people to fix them.

b)

Criminals need them to steal identities.

c)

They’re protected in a secret base on the moon.

d)

They are side effects of the freedom and ease of communicating online.

11.

What is a computer network?

a)

A super computer owned only by the government

b)

A web of connected computers or devices

c)

A computer vulnerability

d)

An Internet service provider

e)

All of the above

12.

Which of these groups exploits cyber vulnerabilities?

a)

Criminals

b)

Governments

c)

Hacktivists

d)

All of the above

13.

The size and complexity of networks grew enormously when:

a)

Only governments and universities owned computers

b)

Spamware caused some computers to break down

c)

The number of personal computers greatly increased

d)

The hacktivists started using the internet