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Test Your Cybersecurity Knowledge

Welcome to the Cybersecurity Quiz! This engaging quiz will test your knowledge on fundamental concepts related to information security, password management, antivirus protection, and more. Whether you are a beginner or looking to brush up on your skills, this quiz is designed for everyone.

10 multiple-choice questions
Immediate feedback on your answers
Perfect for learners and professionals alike

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by ProtectingData101

Below are tips for good password management except

Use the samepassword over and over again

Change password periodically

Avoid usings imple adjacentkeyboardcombinationas password

Make passwords difficult toguess

A brute-force consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing correctly

True

False

What is Firewall Used for?

Prevents hackers from the internet

Virus Protection

Control traffic between Internal and Network and the internet

Information Security aims to provid which three key services?

Data Strategy, Integrity and Storage

Data Integrity, Availability and Confidentiality

Data Availability, Storage and Confidentilality

Data Mining, Confidentiality and Storage

The best way to ensure the effectiveness of an antivirus software is to

Run the antivirus every hour

Test the antivirus by infecting your machine with a virus

Install the latest version and update security patches

Use several antivirus softwards

What is the biggest vulnerability (weakest link) to cyber or information security

Instant Messaging

Spam and phishing attacks

Ransomware

The End User

What is your best defense against virus infection

Don't download files from the Internet

Don't open e-mail attachments you're not expecting

Dont surf the internet

Don't use disks to transfer data

What is ransomware?

A type of threat that holds onto your computer until you pay your fines

A type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system and demands that money is paid before files are decrypted

A software that is made to track your movements

What is Social Engineering?

Manipulation of people into giving away confidential Information

Mining for peoples lost passwords

Type of engineering where viruses are researche

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