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Understanding Cybercrime Basics

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Understanding Cybercrime Basics

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1.

The term "Cybercrime" refers to:


a) Crimes committed using animals
b) Crimes committed using technology and the internet
c) Crimes committed on the road
d) None of the above

2. Which of the following is an example of cyberstalking?


a) Sending repeated abusive emails
b) Physical harassment
c) Robbery
d) Pickpocketing

3. Cybercrime differs from traditional crime because:


a) It uses weapons
b) It always involves computers and networks
c) It happens offline
d) None of these

4. Who are “Cybercriminals”?


a) People who study computer networks
b) People who commit crimes using computers
c) Police officials
d) None

5. Which of the following is a classification of cybercrime?


a) Financial crimes
b) Cyber terrorism
c) Cyberstalking
d) All of the above

6. The term “Botnet” refers to:


a) Collection of robots
b) Network of infected computers controlled remotely
c) Internet of Things devices
d) None

7. An "attack vector" is:


a) A method used by hackers to gain unauthorized access
b) A programming language
c) A type of network protocol
d) None

8. Which of the following poses challenges to information security?


a) Mobile devices proliferation
b) Wireless networks
c) Public Wi-Fi
d) All of the above

9. A cybercafe can be a hotspot for:


a) Cyberstalking
b) Identity theft
c) Unauthorized transactions
d) All of the above

10. Attacks on mobile phones may include:


a) Malware infections
b) Phishing messages
c) SIM cloning
d) All of the above

11. Which of the following is NOT a type of cybercrime?


a) Online fraud
b) Hacking
c) Traffic rules violation
d) Cyberstalking

12. Cybercrime and information security are related because:


a) Security prevents cybercrime
b) Security increases cybercrime
c) They are unrelated
d) None

13. Which is a network attack?


a) DoS
b) DDoS
c) Man-in-the-middle
d) All of these

14. The proliferation of mobile devices increases:


a) Productivity only
b) Security risks
c) Cost of networks
d) None
15. Which of these is NOT a cybercrime classification?
a) Cyber terrorism
b) Cyber fraud
c) Cyber bullying
d) House burglary

16. Which of the following hides a user's identity?


a) Proxy server
b) Firewall
c) Antivirus
d) Switch

17. Phishing is mainly done through:


a) Emails and fake websites
b) SMS
c) Calls
d) All of the above

18. Password cracking can be achieved by:


a) Brute force attack
b) Dictionary attack
c) Keylogger attack
d) All of the above

19. A Trojan horse is:


a) A type of virus disguised as legitimate software
b) A worm
c) A spyware
d) None

20. Steganography hides data inside:


a) Images or audio
b) Firewalls
c) Encryption algorithms
d) Passwords

21. Which tool captures network traffic?


a) Sniffer
b) Antivirus
c) Proxy
d) None

22. Spoofing refers to:


a) Faking identity
b) Encrypting data
c) Password hiding
d) None

23. Buffer overflow is an attack on:


a) Memory
b) Hard disk
c) CPU
d) None
24. DoS attack stands for:
a) Denial of Service
b) Data over Security
c) Digital online Security
d) None

25. SQL Injection is used against:


a) Databases
b) Operating systems
c) Networks
d) None

26. Which is a spyware?


a) Keylogger
b) Sniffer
c) Trojan
d) All of the above

27. Which of the following is identity theft?


a) Using another person’s credit card details
b) Creating a fake profile
c) SIM cloning
d) All of these

28. Port scanning is used by attackers to:


a) Find open services
b) Encrypt communication
c) Track users
d) None

29. Enumeration refers to:


a) Extracting information about network resources
b) Counting files in a folder
c) Encrypting passwords
d) None

30. Which of these is NOT a malware?


a) Worm
b) Virus
c) Firewall
d) Trojan

31. Session hijacking targets:


a) Active user sessions
b) Offline files
c) Operating system boot
d) None

32. Footprinting is used for:


a) Collecting information about a target system
b) Tracking fingerprints
c) Encrypting files
d) None

33. Keyloggers are dangerous because they:


a) Record keystrokes
b) Protect passwords
c) Encrypt files
d) None

34. DoS and DDoS differ in that DDoS:


a) Uses multiple machines
b) Uses a single machine
c) Does not overload servers
d) None

35. Social engineering attack relies on:


a) Human psychology
b) Firewalls
c) Cryptography
d) None

36. eDiscovery refers to:


a) Electronic discovery of evidence
b) Physical discovery
c) Data encryption
d) None

37. Evidence preservation ensures:


a) Data integrity
b) Data loss
c) Data corruption
d) None

38. Which tool is used for email investigation?


a) E-mail tracker
b) Keylogger
c) Sniffer
d) None
39. Digital evidence includes:
a) Hard disk data
b) Emails
c) Log files
d) All of these

40. Which is NOT a cyber investigation method?


a) IP tracking
b) Evidence recovery
c) House search
d) E-mail recovery

41. Cybercrime investigation tools include:


a) Forensic software
b) eDiscovery tools
c) Tracking tools
d) All of the above

42. Which tracking helps locate attackers?


a) IP tracking
b) File tracking
c) Disk scanning
d) None

43. The first step in cybercrime investigation is:


a) Evidence collection
b) Arrest
c) Conviction
d) None

44. Evidence must be:


a) Admissible in court
b) Properly documented
c) Collected legally
d) All of these

45. Which of the following is not a cybercrime?


A) Denial of Service
B) Man in the Middle
C) Malware
D) AES
46. Which of the following is not an advantage of cyber security?
A) Makes the system slower
B) Minimizes computer freezing and crashe
C) Gives privacy to users
D) Protects system against viruses
47. "Cyberspace" was coined by ___________
A) Richard Stallman
B) William Gibson
C) Andrew Tannenbaum
D) Scott Fahlman
48. IT security in any firm or organization is maintained and handled by
A) Software Security Specialist
B) CEO of the organization
C) Security Auditor
D) IT Security Enginee
49. Cyber-crime can be categorized into____________ types.
A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
D) 6
50. What type of cyber-crime, its laws and punishments does section 66 of the Indian IT Act
holds?
A) Cracking or illegally hack into any system
B) Putting antivirus into the victim
C) Stealing data
D) Stealing hardware components
51. __________is data interception method used by hackers.
A) Phishing
B) DoS
C) Sniffing
D) MITM

52. Which of them is not an objective of sniffing for hackers?


A) Fetching passwords
B) Email text
C) Types of files transferred
D) Geographic location of a user

53. What types of protocols are used in VPNs?


A) Application-level protocols
B) Tunnelling protocols
C) Network protocols
D) Mailing protocols

54. There are_______ major types of passwords.


A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
55. A computer _________is a malicious code which self-replicates by copying itself to
other programs
A) Program
B) Virus
C) Application
D) Worm
56. By gaining access to the Trojaned system the attacker can stage different types of
attack using that_________ program running in the background
A) Trojan
B) Virus
C) Antivirus
D) Anti-malware
57. _______is the anticipation of unauthorized access or break to computers or data by
means of wireless networks.
A) Wireless access
B) Wireless security
C) Wired Security
D) Wired device apps
58. Which of the following is a Wireless traffic Sniffing tool?
A) Maltego
B) BurpSuit
C) Nessus
D) Wireshark
59. Which of the following do not comes under Social Engineering?
A) Tailgating
B) Phishing
C) Pretexting
D) Spamming

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