Test Your Computer Security Knowledge! Quiz
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- 1.What is the process of encoding information in a way so that only someone with a key can decode it?
- A.
Compression
- B.
Systemic variation
- C.
Encryption
- 2.In computer terms, what is a hash?
- A.
A delicious way to cook potatoes
- B.
An encrypted value
- C.
A decryption key
- 3.What does SSL stand for?
- A.
Secure Sockets Layer
- B.
Secret Service Logarithm
- C.
Systematic Security Level
- 4.What is a firewall?
- A.
An antivirus software
- B.
Software that logs Internet activity
- C.
A filter for an Internet connection
- 5.What is a proxy server?
- A.
A server that retrieves data from host servers before sending it to a computer
- B.
A virtual server that can behave like a mail server, Web server or FTP server
- C.
A waiter who never seems to be in the restaurant when your water glass is empty
- 6.What is another term for a zombie computer army?
- A.
Phishing farm
- B.
Botnet
- C.
Revenge of the Nodes
- 7.What does DDoS stand for?
- A.
Dangerous dynamic open security
- B.
Digital Default of Servers
- C.
Distributed Denial of Service
- 8.
- A.
Worm
- B.
Trojan horse
- C.
Computer virus
- 9.What is phishing?
- A.
A decryption method that uses complex algorithms
- B.
A method of online identity theft
- C.
A way to send spam mail to millions of people at once
- 10.What's another name for crackers -- malicious hackers who infiltrate secure systems in order to steal information or cause damage?
- A.
Black hats
- B.
Pirates
- C.
Digital rogues
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