Year 9 Cyber security Questions with
Solutions
Which UK law gives you the right to access the data an organization stores on you? -
answer The Data Protection Act
When data has been processed and is meaningful, which of these has it become? -
answer Information
What is the purpose of the Data Protection Act? - answer To require organizations that
store data on people to use it responsibility and keep it safe
What is social engineering? - answer Methods used by cybercriminals to deceive
individuals into handing over information
You receive an email from an unknown sender asking for money. The sender wants you
to respond to the email. There are no hyperlinks in the email, but it includes unusual use
of English and there are a number of spelling mistakes. What type of social engineering
attempt is this? - answer lagging
Which of the following describes a name generator attack? - answer Attackers create an
online quiz to produce a name; the answers to the quiz find out key pieces of
information that can help them to answer the security questions protecting people's
accounts
'Gaining unauthorized access to or control of a computer system' is a definition of which
type of cybercrime? - answer Hacking
What is the term for people who are paid to legally hack into computer systems with the
sole purpose of helping a company identify weaknesses in their system? - answer
Penetration testers (pen testers)
What is the purpose of a DDoS attack? - answer To use multiple computers to flood a
network or server with internet traffic in order to disrupt service
Which of the following passwords would be the best defense against a brute force
attack? - answerP$tertherabb1t
Which one of the following UK laws would a DDoS attack violate? - answer The
Computer Misuse Act
Solutions
Which UK law gives you the right to access the data an organization stores on you? -
answer The Data Protection Act
When data has been processed and is meaningful, which of these has it become? -
answer Information
What is the purpose of the Data Protection Act? - answer To require organizations that
store data on people to use it responsibility and keep it safe
What is social engineering? - answer Methods used by cybercriminals to deceive
individuals into handing over information
You receive an email from an unknown sender asking for money. The sender wants you
to respond to the email. There are no hyperlinks in the email, but it includes unusual use
of English and there are a number of spelling mistakes. What type of social engineering
attempt is this? - answer lagging
Which of the following describes a name generator attack? - answer Attackers create an
online quiz to produce a name; the answers to the quiz find out key pieces of
information that can help them to answer the security questions protecting people's
accounts
'Gaining unauthorized access to or control of a computer system' is a definition of which
type of cybercrime? - answer Hacking
What is the term for people who are paid to legally hack into computer systems with the
sole purpose of helping a company identify weaknesses in their system? - answer
Penetration testers (pen testers)
What is the purpose of a DDoS attack? - answer To use multiple computers to flood a
network or server with internet traffic in order to disrupt service
Which of the following passwords would be the best defense against a brute force
attack? - answerP$tertherabb1t
Which one of the following UK laws would a DDoS attack violate? - answer The
Computer Misuse Act
