NSE 1 Lesson 5: Personal Security Awareness (Quiz)
Q:1 What should you do if you get an unsolicited email from an otherwise trusted source that says to
click a link? Select one:
A. Click on the link to learn how to make money online.
B. Launch a browser or app manually, then log into their website to investigate the issue
C. Reply to the email message.
D. Immediately reboot your computer.
Q:2 What tool can you use to help “remember” all your passwords? Select one:
A. A rubber bands
B. Vitamin E
C. A password manager
D. Yellow sticky notes
Q:3 When you receive an unsolicited email, what should you do if it has an attachment? Select one:
A. Open the attachment to learn how to make money online
B. Immediately reboot your computer
C. Forward the email to all your friends
D. Don’t open the attachment
Q:4 What percentage of malware is distributed by email? Select one:
A. 10%
B. Over 50%
C. 5%
D. 99%
Q:5 Why is it a security problem if you use the same password for all the systems and websites you
use? Select one:
A. If the bad guys break into one of them, they have your password for all of them
B. It increases the difficulty of brute force password attacks.
C. The bad guys will give up too easily.
D. There will be uneven wear on your keyboard.
Q:6 What action can be taken in advance to help protect your data from corruption from malware?
Select one:
A. Buy a substantial amount of Bitcoin currency
B. Disable all anti-virus software
C. Reboot your computer
D. Set up regular backups
Q:7 If a vendor or website offers two-factor authentication, what is the recommended action? Select
one:
A. Politely decline
B. Wait for everyone else to do it
C. Immediately reboot your computer
D. Enable and use two-factor authentication
Q:8 Why is it risky to keep using an operating system that is no longer supported or updated? Select
one:
A. The hard drive may fail
B. Many cyber-attacks exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in old, unsupported operating systems
C. The latest social media tools may not work on the old operating system
D. The computer may reboot
Q:9 What is the recommendation for passwords on all the systems and websites that you use? Select
one:
A. Never change your passwords
B. Use the same password for each system or website
C. Use “123456” as your password on all systems and websites
D. Use different passwords for each system or website
Q:10 To prevent spammers from learning that you’ve seen one of their emails, what should you do?
Select one:
A. Reply to the sender of the email message
B. Delete the email message
C. Immediately reboot your computer
D. Set your email client to not automatically download the images in email messages
Q:11 Two-factor authentication uses the combination of “something you know” with which other
element? Select one:
A. Something you want
B. Something you have
C. Something you will never know
D. Something you have forgotten
Q:12 How often should you change your passwords? Select one:
A. Never
B. On a regular basis
C. Once in a blue moon
D. Each time there is a total solar eclipse
