BTEC Unit Guide Exam Questions With Complete Solutions 2024.

Ransomware - Answer A form of malware that prevents you from using your computer until you pay a fine or fee. Denial of Service (DoS) - Answer A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer or network resource unavailable to its intended users by overloading the system with requests causing it to fail. Social engineering - Answer The act of getting users to share sensitive information through false pretence Phishing - Answer A cyber attack that send spam messages to try and trick people to reply with desired information Pharming - Answer Reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites swipe card system - Answer A plastic credit card sized device, scanned to verify a users identity Bio-metrics - Answer the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting two-factor authentication - Answer authentication based on what users know, such as a password and what they have in their possession, such as a secure ID card or key Firewall - Answer a part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication.