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Cyber Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be

a)

in the public domain

b)

open

c)

experimental

d)

proprietary

2.

____ are viruses that are triggered by the passage of time or on a certain date

a)

Boot-sector viruses

b)

Macro viruses

c)

Time bombs

d)

Worms

3.

Which one of the following usually used in the process of Wi-Fi-hacking

a)

Aircrack-ng

b)

Wireshark

c)

Norton

d)

All of the above

4.

Security should be implemented at the stage of ______in software

a)

development stage

b)

entire life cycle

c)

Sofware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

d)

all of them

5.

Which of these is the world’s very first antivirus program?

a)

Tinkered

b)

Creeper

c)

Ray Tomlinson

d)

Reaper

6.

Which of the following would most likely NOT be a symptom of a virus ?

a)

Existing program files and icons disappear

b)

The CD-ROM stops functioning

c)

The Web browser opens to an unusual home page

d)

Odd messages or images are displayed on the screen

7.

Worm was made up of

a)

One program

b)

Two programs

c)

Three programs

d)

Four programs

8.

Hacking refers to

a)

data deletion without permission

b)

data updation without permission

c)

data access without permission

d)

all of these

9.

Read the following statement carefully and find out whether it is correct about the hacking or not

a)

It can be possible that in some cases, hacking a computer or network can be legal

b)

No, in any situation, hacking cannot be legal

c)

It may be possible that in some cases, it can be referred to as a legal task

d)

All the above

10.

Which of the following refers to the violation of the principle if a computer is no more accessible

a)

Access control

b)

Confidentiality

c)

Availability

d)

Authentication

11.

Which one of the following can be considered as the class of computer threats

a)

Dos Attack

b)

Phishing

c)

Soliciting

d)

Both A and C

12.

A Proxy server is used for which of the following

a)

To provide security against unauthorized users

b)

To process client requests for web pages

c)

To process client requests for database access

d)

To provide TCP/IP

13.

Trojan-Horse programs

a)

are legitimate programs that allow unanuthorized access

b)

are hacker programs that do not show up on the system

c)

really do not usually work

d)

usually are immediately discovered

14.

A computer checks the _____ of user names and passwords for a match before granting access.

a)

Website

b)

Network

c)

Backup file

d)

Data base

15.

__ is an electronic file that uniquely identifies individuals and web sites on the internet and enables secure confidential communications.

a)

Digital signature

b)

Digital certificates

c)

Secure electronic transactions

d)

None of these

16.

__ is a computer crime in which criminal breaks into a computer system for exploring details of information etc.

a)

Hacking

b)

Spoofing

c)

Eavesdropping

d)

Phishing

17.

DNS translates a Domain name into _________

a)

Hex

b)

Binary

c)

URL

d)

IP

18.

Directory service permits security administrators to ______.

a)

concentrate on security of directory service instead of individual machines

b)

create new vulnerabilities

c)

damage the security of computers

d)

create new virus

19.

The Hacker who did break the SIPRNET system is ___________

a)

John von Neumann

b)

John Draper

c)

Kevin Poulsen

d)

Kevin Mitnick

20.

Who Hacked NASA?

a)

Kevin David Mitnick

b)

Adrian Lamo

c)

Gary McKinnon

d)

Michael Calce

21.

Which of the following type of text is transformed with the help of a cipher algorithm?

a)

Transformed text

b)

Complex text

c)

Scalar text

d)

Plain text

22.

Which of the following is not a type of peer-to-peer cyber-crime?

a)

MiTM

b)

Injecting Trojans to a target victim

c)

Credit card details leak in the deep web

d)

Phishing

23.

Script files sent mostly through email attachment to attack host computer are called ______.

a)

Worms    

b)

Phishing attacks

c)

Trojans

d)

Computer Viruses

24.

What is the place of India in cyber security

a)

5th

b)

10th

c)

6th

d)

2nd

25.

Code Red is a type of ________

a)

A retro virus program

b)

An Antivirus Program

c)

Editing Software

d)

A computer virus

26.

When was the first computer virus created?

a)

1970

b)

1968

c)

1973

d)

1971

27.

Which of the following known as the oldest phone hacking techniques used by hackers to make free calls?

a)

Spraining

b)

Phishing

c)

Phreaking

d)

Cracking

28.

NASSCOM stands for

a)

National Association of Software and Service Companies and Marketing

b)

National Association of Software service Companies

c)

National Association of Software and Service Companies

d)

National Association of Software service and Marketing

29.

Which of the following factor of the network gets hugely impacted when the number of users exceeds the network's limit?

a)

Reliability

b)

Performance

c)

Security

d)

Longevity

30.

Which one of the following is MOST likely to be a hoax?

a)

An email from a friend you have not seen recently.

b)

An email with an attachment sent by a colleague using their personal email address.

c)

An email asking you to go to a website for a free computer scan.

d)

An email advertisement from a local shop you subscribe to.

31.

What is firewall used for?

a)

Prevent hackers from internet

b)

Virus protection

c)

Control traffic between internal network and internet

d)

To access network remotely

32.

Information security aims to provide which three key services?

a)

Data Strategy, Data Integrity, Data Storage

b)

Data Integrity, Data Availability, Data Confidentiality

c)

Data mining, Data Confidentiality, Data Storage

d)

Data Availability, Data Storage, Data Mining

33.

The term "CHAP" stands for __________

a)

Circuit Hardware Authentication Protocols

b)

Challenge Hardware Authentication Protocols

c)

Circuit Handshake Authentication Protocols

d)

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocols

34.

Which one of the following systems cannot be considered as an example of the operating systems?

a)

Windows 8

b)

Red Hat Linux

c)

BSD Linux

d)

Microsoft Office

35.

Which type of the following malware does not replicate or clone them self's through infection?

a)

Rootkits

b)

Trojans

c)

Worms

d)

Viruses

36.

In order to ensure the security of the data/ information, we need to ____________ the data:

a)

Encrypt

b)

Decrypt

c)

Delete

d)

None of the above

37.

To ensure information safety, ________should be implemented.

a)

physical access security 

b)

password access security

c)

secure IT infrastructure             

d)

all of them

38.

Which of the following is defined as an attempt to steal, spy, damage or destroy computer systems, networks, or their associated information?

a)

Cyber attack

b)

Computer security

c)

Cryptography

d)

Digital hacking

39.

There are …….types of scanning in ethical hacking and cyber security?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

40.

What is the duration of cyber security awareness program

a)

1 October to 30 October

b)

1 September to 20 September

c)

1 December to 30 December

d)

15 October to 30 October

41.

Father of cyber security

a)

Researcher Bob Thomas

b)

Kevin Mitnick

c)

Kevin Poulsen

d)

Robert Tappan Morris

42.

In the CIA Triad, which one of the following is not involved?

a)

Availability

b)

Confidentiality

c)

Authenticity

d)

Integrity

43.

Which one of the following principles states that sometimes it is become more desirable to rescored the details of intrusion that to adopt more efficient measure to avoid it?

a)

Least common mechanism

b)

Compromise recording

c)

Psychological acceptability

d)

Work factor

44.

In system hacking, which of the following is the most crucial activity?

a)

Information gathering

b)

Covering tracks

c)

Cracking passwords

d)

None of the above

45.

The web application like banking websites should ask its users to log-in again after some specific period of time, let say 30 min. It can be considered as an example of which cybersecurity principle?

a)

Compromise recording

b)

Psychological acceptability

c)

Complete mediation

d)

None of the above

46.

Suppose an employee demands the root access to a UNIX system, where you are the administrator; that right or access should not be given to the employee unless that employee has work that requires certain rights, privileges. It can be considered as a perfect example of which principle of cyber security?

a)

Least privileges

b)

Open Design

c)

Separation of Privileges

d)

Both A & C

47.

Which of the following are the types of scanning?

a)

Network, vulnerability, and port scanning

b)

Port, network, and services

c)

Client, Server, and network

d)

None of the above

48.

Which will not harm computer resources

a)

Virus

b)

Trojan horse

c)

All the above

d)

firewall

49.

Information on criminal records of individuals, financial data of companies, genetic information, address, mobile number, email ID, record of web surfing behaviour, record of credit card, record of debit card, netbanking details, etc. are classified under ______.

a)

privacy protection

b)

audit

c)

antinvirus

d)

vulnerability

50.

Creeper virus developed by

a)

James Thomas

b)

Bob Thomas

c)

Thomas James

d)

Zack Li Yan