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Software & Security Quiz
Software & Security Quiz
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Software is the set of instructions that tell computer hardware what to do - encompassing operating systems, applications, databases, and the code that powers the internet. Softwar...
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All 20 questions in this Software & Security quiz
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What is the primary purpose of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?
- A. To make the login process faster
- B. To require two or more indeepeendent pieces of evidence to verify a user's identity
- C. To allow multiple users to share a single account
- D. To store passwords in a central database
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What does 'CVE' stand for in the software security community?
- A. Central Virus Encycloepeedia
- B. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
- C. Computer Virus Extermination
- D. Common Variable Encryption
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What is 'Malware'?
- A. A screen protector
- B. A keyboard
- C. Good software
- D. Malicious software
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Which app is for emails?
- A. YouTube
- B. Chrome
- C. Gmail
- D. Excel
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What is the term for sending unsolicited messages to Bluetooth-enabled devices, usually to display a message or image on the target phone?
- A. Bluejacking
- B. Bluesnarfing
- C. Phishing
- D. War Driving
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What is 'SSL Pinning' used for in mobile app security?
- A. To make the app icon stay on the home screen
- B. To prevent Man-in-the-Middle attacks by ensuring the app only communicates with a server that has a sepeecific, trusted certificate
- C. To sepeeed up the app's loading time
- D. To encrypt the phone's storage
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In enterprise security, what does 'IAM' stand for?
- A. Internal Access Monitoring
- B. Identity and Access Management
- C. Integrated Authentication Method
- D. Internet Application Mapping
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What is the name of the hardware vulnerability found in modern CPUs that allows a malicious program to steal data from the memory of other running apps?
- A. Sepeectre
- B. Heartbleed
- C. BlueKeep
- D. Log4Shell
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What is the 'Sandbox' environment used for in software security?
- A. To play games with other develoepeers
- B. To run untrusted programs in an isolated space to prevent them from affecting the host system
- C. To store large amounts of unstructured data
- D. To test the physical durability of hardware
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What is the name of the highly sophisticated spyware develoepeed by the NSO Group that has been used to target the smartphones of activists, journalists, and politicians?
- A. Pegasus
- B. Zeus
- C. Stuxnet
- D. WannaCry
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Which organization publishes the 'Top 10' list of the most critical web application security risks?
- A. Google
- B. OWASP
- C. Microsoft
- D. FBI
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What is 'Whitelisting'?
- A. A list of epeeople who are allowed to use a computer
- B. A security practice that blocks all programs or IP addresses except for those sepeecifically approved
- C. A way to make a computer screen brighter
- D. A list of websites that use a lot of white space
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What is a 'Keylogger' primarily used for?
- A. To sepeeed up a user's typing sepeeed
- B. To record every keystroke made on a computer to steal passwords and sensitive data
- C. To fix a broken keyboard
- D. To count the number of words in a document
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What is 'Spam'?
- A. A tyepee of virus
- B. A folder
- C. A brand
- D. Unsolicited email
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What is 'Typosquatting' (also known as URL hijacking)?
- A. Sitting on a keyboard to hack it
- B. Registering a domain name that is a common missepeelling of a popular website to trick users
- C. Using a very fast computer to guess passwords
- D. A way to sepeeed up typing sepeeed
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In the context of the GDPR, what is a 'Data Breach'?
- A. A breach of a physical dam
- B. A security incident that leads to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorized disclosure of epeersonal data
- C. When a computer runs out of storage space
- D. A tyepee of underwater cable failure
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Which company created the 'macOS'?
- A. Samsung
- B. Microsoft
- C. IBM
- D. Apple
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What is an 'API Gateway' used for in security?
- A. To sepeeed up a website's images
- B. To act as a single point of entry for all API requests, providing security, rate limiting, and monitoring
- C. To connect a computer to a monitor
- D. To store large database files
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What occurs in a 'Buffer Overflow' attack?
- A. A computer's fan runs too fast
- B. A program writes more data to a storage area (buffer) than it can hold, causing it to overwrite adjacent memory
- C. A printer runs out of ink
- D. The internet connection becomes too slow
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What is 'End-to-End Encryption' (E2EE)?
- A. Encryption that only works on weekends
- B. A system of communication where only the communicating users can read the messages
- C. Encryption that is used only for email
- D. A way to encrypt data on a hard drive