Computer Knowledge · General Awareness

Information Security

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Information security involves protecting computer systems and data from unauthorized access, cyber threats, and damage. It is a core part of the computer knowledge section in various banking and government exams. Practicing these concepts helps in understanding digital signatures, network security, and access control effectively.

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Information Security Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following accesses is based on the position that user have within the system and on rules stating what access are allowed to users in given positions?

  1. Mandatory access control

  2. Role based access control

  3. Asymmetric key cryptography

  4. Symmetric key cryptography

  5. Identification system
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It controls access based on the positions that users have within the system and on rules stating what accesses are allowed to users in given positions.

Multiple choice

What makes a password strong and secure?

  1. 12 characters long, a mix of numbers, letters and symbols

  2. 6 characters long, only numbers

  3. 8 characters long, mix of numbers and letters

  4. Symbols, symbols, symbols
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A strong password should be long and contain a diverse set of characters, including uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols, to prevent brute-force attacks.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a strong and secure password?

  1. abcdefg123456

  2. AbCdEfG123456
  3. SiTbTiTw2018$$
  4. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Option C is the strongest password because it uses a mix of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special symbols, making it resistant to guessing.

Multiple choice

Where should you keep your eyes when typing?

  1. On the keyboard

  2. On the monitor or screen

  3. On Seth

  4. On your neighbor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

When touch typing, you should keep your eyes on the screen or monitor to maintain flow and accuracy, rather than looking down at the keys.

Multiple choice

How can someone be a good Digital Citizen?

  1. Post mean comments on Edmodo

  2. Be a cyberbully

  3. Don't post mean comments on Edmodo

  4. Share your phone number with strangers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Being a good digital citizen involves treating others with respect online and avoiding harmful behaviors like cyberbullying or harassment.

Multiple choice

What is identity theft?

  1. When someone steals your private information

  2. When someone gives you candy

  3. When someone steals your lunch money

  4. When someone steals your socks
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Identity theft occurs when someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data, typically for financial gain or fraud.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is OK to share with people online?

  1. Your phone number

  2. Your credit card information

  3. Your favorite movie

  4. Your home address
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sharing harmless interests like a favorite movie is generally safe, whereas sharing sensitive data like addresses or financial info is dangerous.

Multiple choice business mathematics and statistics sampling methods population and sampling basic concepts of sampling sampling techniques and statistical inference

A security checkpoint that cheks every vehicle entering into the mall is an example of which of the following?

  1. Census inquiry

  2. Stratified random sampling

  3. Systematic sampling

  4. Simple random sampling
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A census inquiry involves examining every single unit in the population. Checking every vehicle is a census of the vehicles.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence bank 1 - definition, kinds, functions and importance other services and modern trends in banking sector types of banks diversified banking functions

What is OTP in credit card transactions?

  1. Odd Transaction Password

  2. Owner's Trading Passcode

  3. One Time Password

  4. One Time Pincode
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
C.
An OTP or one-time password or one-time pin, is a password that is valid for only one login session or transaction, on a computer system or other digital device. It avoids a number of shortcomings that were associated with traditional password-based authentications.The most important advantage of OTP is that it is not vulnerable to replay attacks. This implies that a intruder who records an OTP that was already used to conduct a transaction will not be able to abuse it, as it will be no longer valid.
Multiple choice organization of commerce and management emerging modes of services e-advertising, e-marketing and e-security structure of business introduction to internet and e-commerce

Essential requirement(s) of e-commerce transactions is/are ________.

  1. confidentiality

  2. integrity

  3. encryption

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

E-commerce stands for electronic commerce where the information or trade between two parties are done through electronic transmission of data which includes text, images etc. 

The biggest disadvantage of e-commerce is lack of confidentiality of the information shared between different business units. Therefore, the essential requirements of e-commerce are confidentiality, integrity and encryption of private information. 

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management emerging modes of services e-advertising, e-marketing and e-security structure of business introduction to internet and e-commerce

______ refers to the art of protecting information by transforming it (encrypting it) into an unreadable format.

  1. Cryptography

  2. Autography

  3. Encryption

  4. Transformation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Cryptography refers to the art of protecting all the confidential information from the competitors by transforming such information into some unreadable form through the way of encrypting them into certain languages.