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Contact center services grade 8 4th Quarter - Computer Security Measures

Quiz by Cecilia Dumas

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  • Q1
    What is a common means of hard disk corruption and hardware damage?
    Fraud or embezzlement
    Industrial espionage
    Power surges and/or outages
    Terrorism
    30s
  • Q2
    What is the purpose of effective computer security?
    To publicly share confidential data
    To safeguard computing resources, ensure data integrity, limit access to authorized users, and maintain data confidentiality
    To promote cybersecurity risks
    To make computing resources accessible to anyone
    30s
  • Q3
    What is a common threat to the security and integrity of computing resources?
    Expanding user access
    Hardware upgrades
    Successful backups
    Malware
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the importance of user authentication in effective computer security?
    To prevent users from accessing any data
    To make it easier for all users to access all data
    To encrypt all data for added security
    To ensure only authorized users have access to sensitive data
    30s
  • Q5
    What is the purpose of developing a resilient back-up strategy?
    To give hackers easy access to sensitive data
    To maximize the risk and implications of error, failure or loss
    To minimize the risk and implications of error, failure or loss
    To limit user access to authorized personnel only
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the purpose of encryption of sensitive files in computer security?
    To maintain data confidentiality
    To completely remove sensitive files from the system
    To deter hackers from attempting to access sensitive data
    To make sensitive files easier to access
    30s
  • Q7
    What is a type of virus that can threaten computer security?
    Secureware
    Firewall
    Malware
    Adware
    30s
  • Q8
    What is a common guideline for creating a secure password?
    It should be a simple four-digit code for easy memorization.
    It should be shared with friends and family members for emergency purposes.
    It should be at least six and preferably eight or more characters in length, a mixed case of alphanumeric, changed regularly, known only to the user, not obviously related to the user, different for each application used, not based on publicly listed data, and not written down.
    It should be the user's favorite place listed publicly on social media.
    It should be the user's birthdate for easy recall.
    30s
  • Q9
    What are the two types of threats to computer security?
    Biological and chemical
    Physical and data
    Solar and lunar
    Verbal and nonverbal
    30s
  • Q10
    What is the main purpose of a firewall?
    To speed up the network connection
    To prevent unauthorized access to a network
    To allow unlimited access to a network
    To monitor network activity
    30s
  • Q11
    What is a common example of a phishing attack?
    A virus that spreads through email attachments
    A physical break-in to steal computer equipment
    An email that appears to be from a legitimate company, asking for personal information
    A hacker gaining access to a network through a weak password
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the term for a software program that appears to be legitimate but actually performs malicious actions?
    A firewall
    A Trojan horse
    A virus
    A worm
    30s
  • Q13
    What is the term for a type of attack where the attacker sends a flood of traffic to overwhelm and disable a network or server?
    A man-in-the-middle attack
    A phishing attack
    An SQL injection attack
    A DDoS attack
    30s
  • Q14
    What is the term for a technique used by attackers to trick victims into clicking a malicious link or opening a malicious attachment?
    Social engineering
    Packet sniffing
    Brute force
    ARP poisoning
    30s
  • Q15
    What is the term for the practice of encoding information to make it unreadable without the correct key or password?
    Decryption
    Phishing
    Encryption
    Hacking
    30s

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