Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Cybersecurity Awareness Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A cyberattack on an electricity grid could lead to:

a)

Flooding

b)

Power cuts

c)

Data leaks

d)

Train collisions

2.

If internet service providers are hacked, what might happen?

a)

No one can make phone or video calls

b)

Petrol prices rise

c)

Airplanes fly faster

d)

Food spoils

3.

The WannaCry ransomware attack (2017) badly affected:

a)

Twitter

b)

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS)

c)

Tesla

d)

NASA

4.

A hacker changes chemical levels in a water treatment plant. What could happen?

a)

Contaminated drinking water

b)

Faster water flow

c)

Train signal failures

d)

Gas explosions

5.

The 2021 ransomware attack on JBS Foods disrupted which global product?

a)

Steel

b)

Meat

c)

Oil

d)

Cars

6.

If hackers shut down banking systems, what might stop working?

a)

ATMs and online transfers

b)

Ambulances

c)

Street lights

d)

Water treatment

7.

“Eavesdropping” in cybersecurity means:

a)

Listening secretly to digital communications

b)

Sending spam emails

c)

Copying websites

d)

Breaking into bank vaults

8.

The Colonial Pipeline attack (2021) caused what major problem?

a)

Gas shortages

b)

Flooding

c)

Airplane crashes

d)

Phone signal loss

9.

A cyberattack that delays food deliveries or factory shipments mainly affects which sector?

a)

Finance

b)

Supply Chain

c)

Defence

d)

Transport

10.

If a cyberattack hits an airport’s IT system, what could happen?

a)

Flight cancellations

b)

Water shortages

c)

Forest fires

d)

Price drops

11.

The SolarWinds cyberattack (2020) targeted which country’s government?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

United States

d)

Brazil

12.

A hospital hit by ransomware may lose access to:

a)

Patient medical records

b)

Gas pipelines

c)

Road signs

d)

Farming equipment

13.

Which of the following could result from a supply chain cyberattack?

a)

Power surges

b)

Food shortages in shops

c)

Flooding

d)

Internet slowdown

14.

A cyberattack on defence systems could lead to:

a)

Contaminated water

b)

Leaked military information

c)

Slower banking

d)

Hospital blackouts

15.

What could happen if government servers are hacked?

a)

Flooding

b)

Policy delays or loss of communication

c)

Train crashes

d)

Faster payments

16.

Cyberattacks on transport systems can cause:

a)

Train collisions or signal failures

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Faster networks

d)

New roads

17.

The Stuxnet virus targeted which facility?

a)

Hospitals in Europe

b)

Nuclear program in Iran

c)

Banking systems

d)

Water treatment plants

18.

Energy utilities are important because:

a)

They protect military bases

b)

They power all other critical systems

c)

They collect taxes

d)

They clean water

19.

The 2016 Bangladesh Bank cyberattack involved theft via:

a)

Fake SWIFT transfers

b)

ATMs

c)

Hacked phones

d)

Email scams

20.

A DDoS attack usually causes:

a)

Servers to crash from overload

b)

Data leaks

c)

Gas explosions

d)

Road accidents

21.

In 2021, hackers tried to poison water by attacking which U.S. plant?

a)

Oldsmar Water Treatment Plant

b)

Colonial Pipeline

c)

Hoover Dam

d)

CDC Labs

22.

A financial cyberattack can lead to:

a)

Payment system failure

b)

Broken pipelines

c)

Contaminated water

d)

Military leaks

23.

Why are hospitals high-risk targets for cyberattacks?

a)

They depend on technology and store private data

b)

They build software

c)

They run power grids

d)

They manage airports

24.

A government cybersecurity breach can:

a)

Delay policy decisions and emergency response

b)

Make food cheaper

c)

Stop trains physically

d)

Create power surges

25.

A cyberattack on logistics or port systems might cause:

a)

Goods and raw materials to stop moving

b)

Flooding

c)

Phone outages

d)

Train collisions

26.

A cyberattack on ambulance or police dispatch systems can slow down (a)   response times.

27.

A cyberattack on a country’s logistics or transport management systems can disrupt the ______ _____ of food and raw materials.

(a)  

28.

Cyberattacks on water treatment facilities can stop the flow of (a)   water to homes.

29.

When government communication networks are hacked, it can interrupt the (a)   of national policies and emergency information.

30.

A cyber breach in defence systems can weaken a country’s (a)   and military readiness.