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WorksheetsSecurity and Ethics
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
A preventive measure for protecting your computer is:
Backing up your data
Installing anti-virus software
Using firewall protection
All of the above
What is information privacy?
The right of individuals and companies to let the government access all of your personal information
The right of individuals and companies to deny or restrict the collection and use of information about them
The right of individuals and companies to censor others for expressing their own opinions about them
The right of individuals and companies to deny or restrict their First amendment rights.
A cyber attack that redirects users to a fake website is known as:
Phishing
Pharming
Spoofing
TikToking
________________ is criminal trespass over the Internet or unauthorized access that results in damaged files, programs or hardware.
Cyber Attack
Virus Attack
Trojan Attack
Phishing
(a) self-replicating program that attaches itself to files and is spread when they are transferred.
Which of the following are the ways to protect system from virus?
use a firewall
use anti-virus software
use anti-spyware tools
filter email from spam
A right granted for an invention is known as a:
Patent
Trademark
Copyright
What are benefits of a firewall?
Blocks access to a network from unauthorised sources
Helps to prevent CPU overheating
Helps to protect confidential information on your computer
Avoids all viruses entering a system
Can give you reports on any threats to the system
What is a virus?
A device helps prevent hackers
Filters packets, helps stop DDOS attacks
Malware that tracks what you are typing
A program which replicates itself.
What is hacking?
What is DDOS?
illegal access to a computer
Software that gathers information by monitoring key presses
email with a link to a fake wesbite
targeting a web-server in order to 'take it down'.
How are drop down boxes more secure, for entering PINs / Codes?
They arent
doesn’t send the information anywhere
takes more time so the hackers get bored
A key-logger won't track the data entered.
Freeware is computer software that is free but you can't edit the code
True
False
Shareware is free forever
True
False
What is phishing?
catching fish
installing viruses on computers illegally
sending an email with a fake link to trick someone.
causing a web server to crash
Method based on public key encryption to ensure that a document is authentic
Asymmetric Encryption
Digital Signature
Access Code
Encryption Key
Text generated after processing through an encryption algorithm
Secret Text
Secure Text
Cypher Text
Encoded Text
