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?
- Network security device filtering traffic
- Backup system
- Password manager
- VPN service
- Antivirus software
What does HTTPS provide?
- More storage
- Encrypted web communication
- Video streaming
- Faster loading
- Better SEO
What is two-factor authentication?
- Backup login
- Using two different verification methods
- Two passwords
- Double firewall
- Dual encryption
What is phishing?
- Password cracking
- Data mining
- Fraudulent attempt to steal information
- Network scanning
- System hacking
What is malware?
- Performance tool
- Network error
- System update
- Hardware failure
- Malicious software
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