Cyber Security Practice Quiz

#1. ._________ is a term used to describe a phishing attack that is specifically aimed at wealthy, powerful, or prominent individuals. Generally CEO’s and important celebrities

web phishing

Whale phishing

Smear phishing

Smsing

#2. Which of the following malware is self-replicate?

Worm

Phishing Attack

Virus

Spam

#3. What type of attack is a phishing fraud?

Sending someone an email with a harmful link disguised as an email from someone they know

Sending a text message to someone that contains a malicious link disguised as a notification that they have won a contest

All of the above

o trick consumers into entering their login information, create a fake website that seems remarkably identical to a real website.

#4. Which of the following is the first boot sector virus?

Brain virus

Ransomeware

Trozan

Creeper

#5. Which of the following will not protect data at rest on your computer?

Anti Virus

A VPN

Full Disk Encryption

#6. _____ is a trojan that targets Microsoft Windows to steal banking information by keystroke logging?

Zade

Zeus

Zulu

None of the above

#7. What is the best method of protecting a website against cyber attacks?

Ensure regular code reviews take place

Conduct regular and ongoing penetration testing

Place the website behind a web application firewall

Ensure that there is next generation AV protecting the operating system

All of the above

#8. What is the full form of TLS?

Transport Label Security

Transfer Layer Security

Transport Layer Security

Transit Layer Security

#9. What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPs?

The site is only accessible to certain clients that have purchased HTTPs licence.

All of the above

HTTPs is more vulnerable to cyber attack

That information exchanged between the client and server is in encrypted format.

#10. What is the full form of TKIP?

Temparary Key Integrity Protocol

Temporary Kind Integrated Protocol

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

Temporal Kind Integrated Protocol

#11. In cyber security, the principle of least privilege means?

Administrators should change their passwords regularly to prevent hackers from getting them

Users should not be allowed to use their own devices on the corporate network

All software should be tested regularly to prevent bugs from interfering with performance

User accounts should be restricted to access and change data and systems which are essential to their role

#12. What is the most cost effective way of delivering a distributed LAN that is secure and has a high fault tolerance?

SD WAN

Dark fibre

None of the above

MPLS

#13. Which of the following options are best suitable for router security?

Change the default username and password

None of the above

disable telnet and SSH

Keep the enable and privilage password same

#14. Which of the following is the first computer virus?

Trozan

Brain virus

Creeper

Logic bomp

#15. What technology/system can you easily deploy in your network to identify a breach without any false positives?

Security information and event management

Next generation firewall

Deception Platform

Next generation endpoint protection

#16. A website displaying a padlock with a valid certificate from a known certificate authority means that it is secure?

True

False

#17. Your I.T. department has enabled the use of TLS encryption on the email server, does this mean that all of your emails are guaranteed to be encrypted between third parties?

No

Yes

#18. What is a zero-day attack?

Attack that exploits a previously unknown vulnerability

Testing whether the system is vulnerable to attack

Developer or public becoming aware of the exploited vulnerability

Software vendor releasing a software patch for a recently discovered vulnerability

#19. What statements regarding encryption and hashing are true?

Hashing can turn human readable data into an unreadable format

Both can turn human readable data into an unreadable format, but only encrypted data can be reliably returned

Encryption can turn human readable data into an unreadable format

#20. ________ is a term applied to unwanted applications or files that are not classified as malware, but can worsen the performance of computers and may cause security risks

Adware

Spyware

Greyware

Freeware

My Computer Notes

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Cyber Security Practice Quiz – Set 2

Cyber Security Quiz – Set 2

#1. ._________ is a term used to describe a phishing attack that is specifically aimed at wealthy, powerful, or prominent individuals. Generally CEO’s and important celebrities

#2. Which of the following malware is self-replicate?

#3. What type of attack is a phishing fraud?

#4. Which of the following is the first boot sector virus?

#5. Which of the following will not protect data at rest on your computer?

#6. _____ is a trojan that targets Microsoft Windows to steal banking information by keystroke logging?