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What is the goal of the “Cyber Terrorist”?

Stable world markets
Adoption of Bitcoin as a primary national currency
Peace through understanding
Intimidation through disruption and damage

Attacking systems by exploiting unknown and unpatched vulnerabilities is also known as:

Zero-day exploits
Phishing
Secret sauce
First-day exploits

What is a common technique used by bad actors to steal credentials or to compromise computers?

Goading
Bypassing firewalls that have been misconfigured or poorly implemented
Telephone scams
Phishing

In the context of cybersecurity, which definition best describes social engineering?

A cooperative method used to develop and improve code
A group of engineers who come together to talk code
A movement by which engineers are coerced into writing code a specific way
An exploitation of a relationship or interaction to trick a person into divulging sensitive or personal information

Which definition best describes personally identifiable information (PII)?

A means of identifying the author of information
A government-issued number that is used to identify a citizen, mostly for tax purposes
Any information that someone can use to identify you
Personal preferences, such as favourite settings in applications

Identify three examples of personally identifiable information (PII). (Choose three.)

Full name
Biometrics, such as a fingerprint
Credit card
Your network login credentials
A one-time passcode sent to your device

Which rule is best to follow for securing passwords?

Use something that you would never forget, like the name of your family pet.
Use a combination of seemingly random upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters that is easy to remember but difficult to guess.
Never leave your password on a sticky note stuck to your monitor. Instead, hide it under your keyboard.
Use a predictable pattern of numbers or letters.

Which two characteristics are examples of poor passwords? (Choose two.)

A combination of random letters, numbers, and special characters meaningful only to you
A predictable sequence of numbers or words
A memorable passphrase written as a random sequence of keyboard keys
A commonly used word or unchanged default password

Complete the sentence. A social engineering attack that compromises public charging stations and installs malware when a portable device plugs in, is known as

Spearphishing
Juice Jacking
Phishing
Ransomware

Which three activities pose a potential security threat to users? (Choose three.)

Connecting your device to a public, wireless hotspot to pay for a rental car
Doing your banking on your laptop from a friend’s secured home network
Connecting as a guest on an organization’s Wi-Fi network
Reading an online journal from a public library computer
Using your own portable charger in a public place

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