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Cyber Security

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details?

a)

Converting

b)

Hacking

c)

Phishing

d)

Decrypting

2.

An executable program that replicates by inserting copies of itself into other computer programs, data files, or firmware is known as?

a)

Malware

b)

Virus

c)

Spoofing

d)

Hacking

3.

____ also referred to as information technology security, focuses on protecting computers, networks, programs and data from unintended or unauthorized access, change or destruction.

a)

Cyber Security

b)

Cyber Protection

c)

Cyber Warfare

d)

None of the Above

4.

What type of key is not shared and computers cannot decrypt a message without it?

a)

Free key

b)

Private key

c)

Public key

d)

Key

5.
What type of key can be freely shared with anyone so that they can encrypt a message?
a)
Personal key
b)
Private key
c)
Free key
d)
Public key
6.

A method for determining a solution to a problem by sequentially testing all possible solutions.

a)

brute force

b)

cracking

c)

cipher

d)

Personal key

7.
a technique for encryption that shifts the alphabet by some number of characters
a)
Cipher
b)
Cracking encryption
c)
Caesar Cipher
d)
Caesar Cipher
8.

a predication made by Gordon Moore in 1965 that computing power will double every 1.5-2 years, it has remained more or less true ever since

a)

Big Data

b)

Moore's Law

c)

Small Data

9.

a "hard' problem for a computer is one in which it cannot arrive at a solution in a reasonable amount of time

a)

Random Substitution Cipher

b)

Bug

c)

Computationally Hard

10.

When you attempt to decode a secret message without knowing all the specifics of the cipher.

a)

Decryption

b)

Cipher

c)

Cracking Encryption

d)

Heuristic