Security Quiz
General information security concepts: threats, defenses, and the fundamentals every IT professional should know.
This category currently has 148 questions in the SERVBG quiz bank. Below are a few sample questions: the full interactive quiz shuffles through the whole set with instant scoring.
Sample questions
What is a firewall?
- Antivirus software
- VPN service
- Network security device filtering traffic
- Password manager
- Backup system
What does HTTPS provide?
- Better SEO
- Faster loading
- Encrypted web communication
- Video streaming
- More storage
What is two-factor authentication?
- Two passwords
- Dual encryption
- Backup login
- Using two different verification methods
- Double firewall
What is phishing?
- Network scanning
- Password cracking
- Fraudulent attempt to steal information
- System hacking
- Data mining
What is malware?
- Performance tool
- Malicious software
- System update
- Hardware failure
- Network error
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