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Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 11mins
Mona is the data security manager for a governmental organisation. One her desired goals of security is to ensure that the data can be accessed only by those who are allowed to see it. This is known as data ____________.
confidentiality
integrity
availability
publicity
Salem opened an email attachment, but immediately after opening it, his computer froze, and all his files were encrypted. A few minutes later, a message appeared on the screen demanding that he pay 20,000 AED to remove the encryption!
What is the name of this cyberattack
Trojan horse
Scareware
Denial of Service (DOS)
Ransomware
Lamia is working as a web developer in a company. The server of her company’s website started receiving too many requests that it could not handle. This led to service interruption, and the website is not working any more.
This type of attack is known as a ______________ attack.
brute-force
rootkit
Denial of Service (DOS)
backdoor
Which one of the below passwords is the most secure against password cracking attacks?
Password
P@55Word12!
PassWord12
WoRd5pas$_x_&&
Which one of the below passwords is the least usable for Amna for the user to enter on a mobile phone?
Password
MyPasswordConsistsOf50CharactersAnd8CapitalLetters
P@ssword123
Amna@2008
Ahmad is trying to set a new password for his online bank account. He knows that the more complex the password is, it will be _________ secure against a password cracking attack, but that it will be the _____________ usable.
less, least
less, most
more, least
more, most
Look at the image concerning the levels of abstraction of how a computer works. Level C is known as the __________ domain of abstraction.
software
digital
analogue
structure
Within the layers of abstraction in the software domain, _________________ interface with the hardware.
applications
programming languages
libraries
operating systems
Alia opened a file that was on her USB drive at work. Immediately her computer slowed and did not function as expected. Shortly afterwards a number of work colleagues on the same network noticed their computers slowing down and not working as normal. It seems like all the computers on the network reported the same thing.
What type of attack was used to infect all the computers in the work network?
Adware
Worms
Social engineering
On-path attack
Khaled has just been the victim of a password attack. He used the password ‘password’ for all his bank accounts and social media accounts.
By using the common used password ‘password’, the cybercriminal was able to gain access to Khaled’s account and many others by using the _________ technique. This technique tries the same common password across many usernames.
brute-force
rainbow
password spraying
dictionary
Look at the image concerning the levels of abstraction of how a computer works. Level B is known as the __________ domain of abstraction.
software
digital
analogue
structure
Look at the image concerning the levels of abstraction of how a computer works. Level A is known as the __________ domain of abstraction.
software
digital
analogue
structure
_________________ At the lowest abstraction level of the digital domain, that implement Boolean functions using 0’s and 1’s
architecture
components
integrated circuits (IC chips)
logic gates
