WorksheetsYear 9 - Cybersecurity
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which UK law gives you the right to access the data an organisation stores on you?
The Freedom of Information Act
The Computer Misuse Act
The Data Protection Act
The Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act
When data has been processed and is meaningful, which of these has it become?
Information
Processed data
Identifiable data
Profiled
What is the purpose of the Data Protection Act?
To protect an organisation from hackers
To require organisations that store data on people to use it responsibility and keep it safe
To act as a deterrent to cybercriminals who try to steal data on people
To prevent cybercriminals from spreading a virus
What is social engineering?
Methods used by cybercriminals to deceive individuals into handing over information
Hacking a system by taking control of someone else's computer
Using the computer of someone who has accidently left themselves logged on
A malicious attempt to disrupt a server or network by flooding it with internet traffic
You receive an email from an unknown sender asking for money. The sender wants you to respond to the email. There are no hyperlinks in the email, but it includes unusual use of English and there are a number of spelling mistakes. What type of social engineering attempt is this?
Shouldering
Phishing
Spam
Blagging
Which of the following describes a name generator attack?
Software used to randomly create accounts that post to social media
Attackers create an online quiz to produce a name; the answers to the quiz find out key pieces of information that can help them to answer the security questions protecting people's accounts
An attack that makes multiple attempts to guess a username and password
A form of identity theft conducted online
‘Gaining unauthorised access to or control of a computer system’ is a definition of which type of cybercrime?
Hacking
Viruses
Social engineering
Phishing
What is the term for people who are paid to legally hack into computer systems with the sole purpose of helping a company identify weaknesses in their system?
Ethical hackers
Legal hackers
Penetration testers (pen testers)
System administrators
What is the purpose of a DDoS attack?
To use multiple computers to flood a network or server with internet traffic in order to disrupt service
To use a single computer to flood a network or server with internet traffic in order to disrupt service
To use multiple computers to infiltrate a network in order to steal data or to plant a virus
To use a single computer to infiltrate a network in order to steal data or to plant a virus
Which of the following passwords would be the best defence against a brute force attack?
peter1£@!
Petertherabbit
P3tertherabb1t
P$tertherabb1t
Which one of the following UK laws would a DDoS attack violate?
The Freedom of Information Act
The Computer Misuse Act
The Data Protection Act
The Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act
Which of the following are types of malware (malicious software)? Tick all that apply.
Trojans
Worms
Anti-virus
Firewall
Ransomware
What is the definition of a computer virus?
Malicious software that self-replicates
Malicious software that disguises itself as something else
Malicious software that uses network bandwidth to deliberately disrupt the speed of the network
Malicious software that monitors every keystroke the user makes
Which of the following is a method of verifying that a login attempt has been made by the account owner?
CAPTCHA
Two-factor authentication
Installing a firewall
Setting user permissions
Software that checks incoming and outgoing traffic on a network to check for malicious code is known as what?
Anti-virus
Anti-malware
Firewall
Two-factor authentication
