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Data Security

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You have received an email from Royal Mail, but you have not ordered anything. What do you do?

a)

Click the link on the email

b)

Reply to them email

c)

Report the email

d)

Delete the email

2.

How are viruses usually spread? Select 2

a)

Via email or text messages

b)

By sneezing into the air

c)

Through external storage devices

d)

through labs in the computer

3.

Spyware is software that gathers information about a person or organisation without their knowledge?

a)

True

b)

False

4.
What is software?
a)
Viruses on your computer
b)
Programs used by a computer
c)
Documents used to type information on
d)
Harmful information
5.

Which are ways that an operating system can increase system security?

a)

Offering the use of password protection

b)

Different levels of user access

c)

Keeping software updated

d)

Disk Defragmentation

e)

The use of virtual memory

6.

Is this a phishing scam?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.
What is suspicious about this email?
a)
Generic greeting 
b)
URL does not match
c)
all the above
8.

What is Malware?

a)

Bad computer equipment

b)

Pop up adverts on your computer

c)

Software designed to do harm to a computer

d)

Fake web sites

9.
Why is it important to update software?
a)
To save money
b)
For the computer to work
c)
To have the latest protection
d)
To avoid having to back up
10.
Data should be backed up.....
a)
Never
b)
When you remember
c)
Regularly
d)
After an attack
11.

Which one of the following is a strong password?

a)

Sian1234

b)

Rover!

c)

Da1syTh3C0w!

d)

4576nine

12.

A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data

a)

Saboteur

b)

Hacker

c)

Fraudster

d)

Criminal

13.

Regularly updating software and systems is an important practice in maintaining cybersecurity?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Why is cyber security crucial to have?

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15.

What is the primary purpose of a firewall in cybersecurity?

a)

To speed up internet connection

b)

To block unauthorized access

c)

To store data

d)

To enhance graphics

16.

What are the different types of cyber attacks?

a)

Malware

b)

Phishing

c)

Password attacks

17.

How will you prevent these attacks from happening? - give two reasons

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