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WorksheetsYear 8 - Malware & Social Engineering
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which of the following is not a social engineering technique?
Blagging
Hacking
Phishing
Pharming
One way a virus infects a device is?
Listening to music online
Reading information online
An attachment in an email
Streaming video or music
2 common things Phishing email have are....
Spelling mistakes
Images in them
Links that they want you to click on
No spelling mistakes
Which of these is an example of Malware?
Blagging
Adware
Worm
Phishing
Hacking is illegal under:
The Data Protection Act
The Computer Misuse Act
Copyright Law
Health and Safety Law
Gaining unauthorised access to someone else’s computer files is known as:
copyright infringement
hacking
virus attack
data theft
You can protect your files from unauthorised access by:
only allowing your friends and family to know your passwords
making frequent backups
choosing a strong password and changing it regularly
never using computers in a public place such as a library
Which of the following is true?
It is easy to spot when your computer has a virus
Viruses cannot be spread via email
Viruses can completely destroy all the data on your computer
Anti-virus software will always prevent a virus from attacking your computer
What is the term for a message that has been encoded using a cipher?
Encryption
Decryption
Key
I don't know
Analysing the number of times a letter appears in a block of text is known as?
Letter frequency
Frequency analysis
Letter count
I don't know
