SECURITY EXAMINATION TEST PAPER 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Daxton reads the privacy policy of his browser and realizes he is
uncomfortable with the browser's default privacy practices.
What would be a good next step?
Answer: He can switch browsers to a browser that has different
privacy practices
He can change the privacy settings in the browser to a level he is
comfortable with.
◉ Lana visits a news website she's never visited before. She notices
a section called "Recommended for you" with a list of articles that
are related to articles she'd been reading on other news sites.
Which technology was most likely responsible for the recommended
articles?
Answer: Web cookies
◉ A user doesn't want a website to know which of the website's
webpages they visit.
,Which action(s) can the user take to prevent the website from
recording their browsing history along with any form of user
identifier?
Logging out of their account on the site
Disabling cookies in their browser
Restarting the browser for each page visit
Answer: No combination of those actions is completely sufficient.
◉ A search engine collects the following search records for a user:
Board Games
Seafood Recipes
News without ads
Answer: The search engine could show an advertisement next to the
search results for "Terra Mystica", a strategy board game.
If the search results includes news articles, the search engine could
give higher ranking to articles from the news site NPR.
◉ Rolando is using a browser that's owned by a major Internet
company and is concerned about the company having access to his
browsing history.
Which of these next steps would be the least helpful in addressing
his concerns?
Answer: Disabling cookies in the browser's privacy preferences
, ◉ If a website wants to track which pages a user visits on their
website, what is required technically?
Answer: None of the above
◉ A search engine collects the following search records for a user:
Basketball
Kobe Bryant
Video games
Answer: The search engine could show an advertisement next to the
search results for "Pop-a-shot", an electronic basketball game.
When the user searches for any products, the search engine could
prioritize search results from Amazon.
◉ Horacio is new to the Web and is concerned about his privacy
while using a web browser.
Which of these steps would NOT increase his privacy?
Answer: Disabling auto-play of video and audio files in the browser's
settings
◉ Gael visited the website http://toast-lovers.com several times
over the course of a few months. He used a browser with cookies
disabled and did not log in to a user account on the site.
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Daxton reads the privacy policy of his browser and realizes he is
uncomfortable with the browser's default privacy practices.
What would be a good next step?
Answer: He can switch browsers to a browser that has different
privacy practices
He can change the privacy settings in the browser to a level he is
comfortable with.
◉ Lana visits a news website she's never visited before. She notices
a section called "Recommended for you" with a list of articles that
are related to articles she'd been reading on other news sites.
Which technology was most likely responsible for the recommended
articles?
Answer: Web cookies
◉ A user doesn't want a website to know which of the website's
webpages they visit.
,Which action(s) can the user take to prevent the website from
recording their browsing history along with any form of user
identifier?
Logging out of their account on the site
Disabling cookies in their browser
Restarting the browser for each page visit
Answer: No combination of those actions is completely sufficient.
◉ A search engine collects the following search records for a user:
Board Games
Seafood Recipes
News without ads
Answer: The search engine could show an advertisement next to the
search results for "Terra Mystica", a strategy board game.
If the search results includes news articles, the search engine could
give higher ranking to articles from the news site NPR.
◉ Rolando is using a browser that's owned by a major Internet
company and is concerned about the company having access to his
browsing history.
Which of these next steps would be the least helpful in addressing
his concerns?
Answer: Disabling cookies in the browser's privacy preferences
, ◉ If a website wants to track which pages a user visits on their
website, what is required technically?
Answer: None of the above
◉ A search engine collects the following search records for a user:
Basketball
Kobe Bryant
Video games
Answer: The search engine could show an advertisement next to the
search results for "Pop-a-shot", an electronic basketball game.
When the user searches for any products, the search engine could
prioritize search results from Amazon.
◉ Horacio is new to the Web and is concerned about his privacy
while using a web browser.
Which of these steps would NOT increase his privacy?
Answer: Disabling auto-play of video and audio files in the browser's
settings
◉ Gael visited the website http://toast-lovers.com several times
over the course of a few months. He used a browser with cookies
disabled and did not log in to a user account on the site.
