Multiple Choice Questions-societal Impact
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- 1.Which of the following is not a type of cyber crime?
- A.
Data theft
- B.
Forgery
- C.
Damage to data and systems
- D.
Installing antivirus for protection
- 2.Which of the following is not a typical characteristic of an ethical hacker?
- A.
Excellent knowledge of Windows
- B.
Understands the process of exploiting network vulnerabilities
- C.
Patience, persistence and perseverance
- D.
Has the highest level of security for the organization
- 3.What is the most important activity in system hacking?
- A.
Information gathering
- B.
Cracking passwords
- C.
Escalating privileges
- D.
Covering tracks
- 4.Which of the following is not done by cyber criminals?
- A.
Unauthorized account access
- B.
Mass attack using Trojans as botnets
- C.
Email spoofing and spamming
- D.
Report vulnerability in any system
- 5.What is the name of the IT law that India is having in the Indian legislature?
- A.
India’s Technology (IT) Act, 2000
- B.
India’s Digital Information Technology (DIT) Act, 2000
- C.
India’s Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000
- D.
The Technology Act, 2008
- 6.What is the full form of ITA-2000?
- A.
Information Tech Act -2000
- B.
Indian Technology Act -2000
- C.
International Technology Act -2000
- D.
Information Technology Act -2000
- 7.All of the following are examples of real security and privacy threats except:
- A.
Hackers
- B.
Virus
- C.
Spam
- D.
Worm
- 8.It is stealing ideas or creations of others.
- A.
Plagiarism
- B.
Intellectual Property Rights
- C.
Piracy
- D.
All of the above
- 9.Passwords are used to improve the ……….. of a network
- A.
Performance
- B.
Reliability
- C.
Security
- D.
Longevity
- 10.By encryption of a text we mean
- A.
Compressing it
- B.
Expanding it
- C.
Scrambling it to preserve its security
- D.
Hashing it
- 11.A digital signature is
- A.
A bit string giving identity of a correspondent
- B.
A unique identification
- C.
An authentication of an electronic record by trying it uniquely to a key only a sender knows
- D.
An encrypted signature of a sender
- 12.Hackers who help in finding bugs and vulnerabilities in a system & don’t intend to crack a system are termed as ________
- A.
Black Hat hackers
- B.
White Hat Hackers
- C.
Grey Hat Hackers
- D.
Red Hat Hackers
- 13.Which is the legal form of hacking based on which jobs are provided in IT industries and firms?
- A.
Cracking
- B.
Non ethical Hacking
- C.
Ethical hacking
- D.
Hactivism
- 14.They are nefarious hackers, and their main motive is to gain financial profit by doing cyber crimes. Who are “they” referred to here?
- A.
Gray Hat Hackers
- B.
White Hat Hackers
- C.
Hactivists
- D.
Black Hat Hackers
- 15.The full form of Malware is ________
- A.
Malfunctioned Software
- B.
Multipurpose Software
- C.
Malicious Software
- D.
Malfunctioning of Security
- 16.An attempt to harm, damage or cause threat to a system or network is broadly termed as ______
- A.
Cyber-crime
- B.
Cyber Attack
- C.
System hijacking
- D.
Digital crime
- 17.________ is any action that might compromise cyber-security.
- A.
Threat
- B.
Vulnerability
- C.
Exploit
- D.
Attack
- 18.An/A ________ is an act that violates cyber-security.
- A.
Threat
- B.
Vulnerability
- C.
Exploit
- D.
Attack
- 19.____________ is an attempt to steal, spy, damage or destroy computer systems, networks or their associated information.
- A.
Cyber-security
- B.
Cyber attack
- C.
Digital hacking
- D.
Computer security
- 20.A computer ________ is a malicious code which self-replicates by copying itself to other programs.
- A.
Program
- B.
Virus
- C.
Application
- D.
Worm
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