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pltw malware and firewall

Authored by Jennifer Dobbins

Computers

9th - 12th Grade

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pltw malware and firewall
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Select the correct definition/s for the term "Malware"

is a software that is designed to gain access to your computer with malicious intent

is a program that is designed to gain access to your computer with intrusive intent

is a umbrella term for a program that is designed to gain access to your computer with hostile intent

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Malware intent to:

Data theft

Disabling hardware

Forced advertising

Sending email spam

Extorting money

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is a malicious program disguised as legitimate software? Users intentionally install these, thinking they are installing valid software

Backdoor

Trojan Horse

Worm

Spyware

Virus

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is a file that contains an official record of activities that occur on a computer?

Log files

Documents

Recycling Bin

Backup files

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a virus?

blocking access until money is paid
A piece of code that can copy itself and attack a computer
Sends information covertly 
when someone steals your computer

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

For a virus can infect a system, even if it was not initiated/executed by a user

False

True

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A payload is

The money a scammer gets from ransomware

Something that will damage your computer hardware

What the malware does when it gets on the computer

What it costs to remove a virus

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