DOD Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.

DOD Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025
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Peter enters an empty conference room and finds a
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document with a Top Secret coversheet on it. Peter has a
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Secret clearance. What should Peter do? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔A. Immediately notify his security POC and
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not handle the file
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B. Verify that the document contains Top Secret
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information
C. Assume the facility has open storage and leave the
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document for the owner to return for it |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




D. Destroy the document using any means available
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The correct answer is A. Immediately notify his security
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POC and not handle the file.
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Which of the following is an example of two-factor
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authentication? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. Command |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



Access Card (CAC) and security token
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B. Password and fingerprint
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C. Fingerprint and face identification (ID)
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D. Password and Personal Identification Number (PIN)
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,The correct answer is B. Password and fingerprint.
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Which of the following is an example of Protected Health
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Information (PHI)? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. An |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



individual's medical record maintained by a healthcare
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provider
B. An individual's purchase history of over-the-counter
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medications
C. A medical diagnosis for an individual shared by that
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person
D. The location of a first-aid kit at an office.
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The correct answer is A. An individual's medical record
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maintained by a healthcare provider. |\ |\ |\ |\




How should you approach a compressed URL, such as
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Tiny URL? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. Never open a
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compressed URL |\




B. Right-click the link to see where the link leads
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C. Preview where the link leads before opening it
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D. Open the link to see where it goes
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The correct answer is C. Preview where the link leads
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before opening it. |\ |\

, How can you protect your home computer? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔A. Disable the password feature |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




B. Authorize automatic installation of mobile code
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C. Disable automatic security updates
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D. Turn on spyware protection
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The correct answer is D. Turn on spyware protection.
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Evelyn is a system administrator at her agency. As part of
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her duties, she occasionally uses a thumb drive to
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perform necessary system tasks, as outlined in her
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agency's procedures. The thumb drive is provided by the
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Government for this purpose. Is this an appropriate use of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



removable media? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. No.
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Removable media are never permitted for use in the DoD. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




B. Maybe. Evelyn should test the Government thumb
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drive on a non-organizational system before connecting it
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to a Government system.
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C. Yes. Only use removable media when operationally
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necessary, Government-owned, and approved in |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



accordance with policy. |\ |\




D. Yes, and Evelyn may also use personally owned
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removable media for this purpose. |\ |\ |\ |\