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Cyber Security Homework 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are numbers, pictures or words without context known as?

a)

Data

b)

Information

c)

Knowledge

2.

What are a collection of words, numbers or pictures with meaning known as?

a)

Data

b)

Information

c)

Knowledge

3.

What is personal data?

a)

Historical information published about a monument.

b)

Information or data that is stored in a vault.

c)

Any information about an employee.

d)

Any data that alone, or in combination with other information, can identify an individual.

4.

What data might a social media company collect about you?

4 lines
5.

What law makes organisations look after your personal data properly?

a)

Data Privacy Act

b)

Data Protection Act

c)

Data Protection Law

d)

Data Privacy Law

6.

Organisations storing your data must...

a)

Keep it up to date

b)

Keep it for no longer than 5 years after your death

c)

Ask for more data than required

d)

Wait for you to contact them to ensure its accurate

7.

You can demand that your data is not used for

a)

A suitable purpose

b)

Marketing

c)

Intended use.

8.

What is Phishing?

a)

Web pages you have visited that are stored on your hard drive

b)

Text files some websites use to identify users

c)

A scam to get confidential information

d)

A form where you type confidential information

9.

Which of these is an example of a phishing email?

a)

You have won the lottery! Follow this link to claim.

b)

Your bank account has been hacked. Login in here to protect yourself.

c)

Help! I am stuck in Europe and I need money to travel home.

d)

All of the above!

10.

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

11.

Explain in your own words what a "Brute Force" attack is.

4 lines
12.

The Computer Misuse Act 1990 makes it an offence to plant or transfer viruses

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What type of things can be classed as computer misuse?

a)

Looking at personal emails during work time

b)

Sending a joke on the work email to everyone in the system

c)

Using another member of staffs PC when they have left it unlocked

d)

Using a work computer to buy personal items

14.

What is gaining unauthorised access to a computer system also known as?

a)

Hacking

b)

Phishing

c)

Spamming

d)

Logging on.

15.

What is hacktivism?

a)

A videogame platform, incorporating new gameplay methods

b)

It refers to the protest-activist of the use of technology and the internet in a non-violent way

c)

It's a party where we all talk about politics and protest

d)

It is the hardware that our computer uses to function