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Cyber Security KS4

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is malware?

a)

Malicious software

b)

Software made by a company called Mal

c)

Malicious hardware

d)

Clothes that hackers wear

2.

What does malicious mean?

a)

Something intended to do harm

b)

Something that makes you ill

c)

Something good

d)

Tasty

3.

What is a Trojan malware?

a)

A type of malware that appears to be a legitimate program, but actually causes harm

b)

A type of malware that deletes programs on the system each time replacing them with itself

c)

A type of malware that spies on users without their knowledge

d)

A type of malware that removes and sends all of your files to a third party, over time so you don't notice

4.

What is a worm?

a)

A standalone piece of malware that can self-replicate, mostly without human intervention

b)

A piece of code that gets embedded into every program on your computer

c)

A program that records user's actions

d)

A virus that doesn't usually self-replicate

5.
What type of program can you install to prevent malware?
a)
Antivirus software
b)
Office software
c)
A new operating system
d)
A disk defragmenter
6.
Which of these will not put you at risk of malware attacks?
a)
Opening email attachments from unknown sources.
b)
Downloading pirate movies from torrent services
c)
Not installing updates for your operating system
d)
Using a free operating system like Linux, as opposed to using Windows
7.

What should a strong password include?

a)

At least one upper case letter

b)

Short, easy to guess words

c)

Date of birth

d)

At least one number

e)

At least 8 characters

8.

What is blagging?

a)

Observing a person's private info over their shoulder

b)

Cyber attack to redirect a website's traffic to another, fake site

c)

Inventing a scenario to target someone into divulging information

d)

A virus that registers key strokes

9.

What does DDOS stand for?

a)

Denial Data Operation System

b)

Domain Data Overwrite Service

c)

Distributed Domain Or Service

d)

Distributed Denial Of Service

10.

If testers have little to no information regarding the system they are trying to hack they are:

a)

White box testing

b)

Yellow box testing

c)

Black box testing

d)

Blue box testing

11.

How did the reporters gain access to peoples voicemail in mobile phone hacking scandal in 2012?

a)

They spoke to the victoms

b)

They hacked their computers

c)

They tried using the default PIN number which was frequently unchanged

d)

They used white box testing

12.

Which of the following are forms of social engineering:

a)

Phishing

b)

Farming

c)

Fishing

d)

Blagging

e)

Shouldering

13.

What should you look out for when reading emails

a)

Request for personal information

b)

Poor spelling and grammar

c)

Sender's email

d)

Cool pictures

14.

What do we use a SPAM filter for?

a)

To arrange emails in order by name

b)

To prevent common scams

c)

To attach a file to an email

d)

To scan an email for viruses

15.

______________ is way of protecting internet-connected systems, including: hardware, software and data, from cyberattacks

a)

Cyber Security

b)

Cyber Safe

c)

SPAM

d)

DDOS