WorksheetsData Classification and Types Practice Questions
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A hospital administrator discovers that patient health records have been stored in an unsecured folder on a public server. Which regulation has likely been violated?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
HIPAA
GDPR
DMCA
A company is developing a new soft drink and protects the recipe by limiting access to only a few trusted employees. What type of data protection is being used?
Patent protection
Trade secret management
Intellectual property registration
Public data sharing
A software developer shares the source code for an open-source project on a public website. What classification does this data fall under?
Public Data
Confidential Data
Sensitive Data
Restricted Data
A company’s emergency response plan is accidentally emailed to the entire staff, including interns and contractors. What classification should this data have to prevent such errors?
Public Data
Confidential Data
Sensitive Data
Restricted Data
An IT manager at a financial firm generates quarterly income statements for internal review by executives. What type of data is this?
Public Data
Private Data
Confidential Data
Regulated Data
A lawyer drafts a contract for a major merger, and it’s stored on a secure server. If this document were leaked, what type of data would it most likely be classified as?
Public Data
Legal Information
Restricted Data
Sensitive Data
A financial analyst emails a file containing client account numbers and transaction histories to an external auditor. What regulation could govern the protection of this data?
HIPAA
GDPR
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
DMCA
During a cyberattack, a database of customer credit card numbers is stolen. This database was encrypted. How would you classify this stolen data?
Human-readable data
Non-human-readable data
Public data
Financial data
A company is sued after its logo is copied and used by a competitor. What data type is being protected?
Intellectual Property
Trade secret
Legal Information
Financial Information
A manager uses encrypted communication to discuss upcoming layoffs with HR. What classification applies to this data?
Public Data
Sensitive Data
Confidential Data
Restricted Data
