FBLA CYBER SECURITY FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS PACKAGE
●● Social Engineering
Answer: Tricking/Deceiving Someone into giving you private
information or data
●● Backdoor
Answer: Attacker gets access by using an exploit to access the system
●● Spyware
Answer: software that obtains information about another computer's
activities without knowledge of the user
●● Spear Phishing Attack
Answer: is an email or electronic communications scam targeted
towards a specific individual, organization or business. Although often
intended to steal data for malicious purposes, cybercriminals may also
intend to install malware on a targeted user's computer.
●● DOS
,Answer: Denial of Service: an attempt to make a machine or network
resource unavailable to its intended users, such as to temporarily or
indefinitely interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the
Internet.
●● DDOS
Answer: Distributed Denial of Service: occurs when multiple systems
flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually one or
more web servers. Such an attack is often the result of multiple
compromised systems (for example, a botnet) flooding the targeted
system with traffic.
●● Botnet
Answer: a network of private computers infected with malicious
software and controlled as a group without the owners' knowledge, used
to send spam messages, ddos attacks, mine for cryptocurrency, and more
●● Dumpster Diving
Answer: looking through trash to obtain sensitive information
●● Ransomware
Answer: malicious software that blocks access to computer until an
amount of money is paid
●● Malware
,Answer: software intended to harm computers, networks, people, or
businesses
●● Drive-by Download
Answer: Downloads installed by just passing through an infected
webpage
●● E-mail flooding
Answer: sending many emails to a target to flood the inbox and take
down the server
●● Trojan Horse
Answer: a virus disguised as real software, to make it appear harmless so
victims download and run it
●● Worm
Answer: a self-replicating virus that does not usually alter files but
resides in active memory and duplicates itself. Worms use parts of an
operating system that are automatic and usually invisible to the user. It is
common for worms to be noticed only when their uncontrolled
replication consumes system resources, slowing or halting other tasks.
●● DNS spoofing
, Answer: also referred to as DNS cache poisoning, is a form of computer
hacking in which corrupt Domain Name System data is introduced into a
DNS resolver's cache, causing the name server to return an incorrect IP
address, which results in diverting traffic to the attacker's computer (or
any other computer).
●● Scareware
Answer: Malware which tricks users into buying fake antivirus
protection
●● White Hat
Answer: A hacker who does good. Tests security systems with consent of
the owners.
●● Black Hat
Answer: A hacker who uses their abilities for malicious purposes such as
breaching and bypassing internet secuirty.
●● Cyberterrorist
Answer: Someone who uses computers to cause severe damage or
widespread fear in society.
●● Hacktivist
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS PACKAGE
●● Social Engineering
Answer: Tricking/Deceiving Someone into giving you private
information or data
●● Backdoor
Answer: Attacker gets access by using an exploit to access the system
●● Spyware
Answer: software that obtains information about another computer's
activities without knowledge of the user
●● Spear Phishing Attack
Answer: is an email or electronic communications scam targeted
towards a specific individual, organization or business. Although often
intended to steal data for malicious purposes, cybercriminals may also
intend to install malware on a targeted user's computer.
●● DOS
,Answer: Denial of Service: an attempt to make a machine or network
resource unavailable to its intended users, such as to temporarily or
indefinitely interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the
Internet.
●● DDOS
Answer: Distributed Denial of Service: occurs when multiple systems
flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually one or
more web servers. Such an attack is often the result of multiple
compromised systems (for example, a botnet) flooding the targeted
system with traffic.
●● Botnet
Answer: a network of private computers infected with malicious
software and controlled as a group without the owners' knowledge, used
to send spam messages, ddos attacks, mine for cryptocurrency, and more
●● Dumpster Diving
Answer: looking through trash to obtain sensitive information
●● Ransomware
Answer: malicious software that blocks access to computer until an
amount of money is paid
●● Malware
,Answer: software intended to harm computers, networks, people, or
businesses
●● Drive-by Download
Answer: Downloads installed by just passing through an infected
webpage
●● E-mail flooding
Answer: sending many emails to a target to flood the inbox and take
down the server
●● Trojan Horse
Answer: a virus disguised as real software, to make it appear harmless so
victims download and run it
●● Worm
Answer: a self-replicating virus that does not usually alter files but
resides in active memory and duplicates itself. Worms use parts of an
operating system that are automatic and usually invisible to the user. It is
common for worms to be noticed only when their uncontrolled
replication consumes system resources, slowing or halting other tasks.
●● DNS spoofing
, Answer: also referred to as DNS cache poisoning, is a form of computer
hacking in which corrupt Domain Name System data is introduced into a
DNS resolver's cache, causing the name server to return an incorrect IP
address, which results in diverting traffic to the attacker's computer (or
any other computer).
●● Scareware
Answer: Malware which tricks users into buying fake antivirus
protection
●● White Hat
Answer: A hacker who does good. Tests security systems with consent of
the owners.
●● Black Hat
Answer: A hacker who uses their abilities for malicious purposes such as
breaching and bypassing internet secuirty.
●● Cyberterrorist
Answer: Someone who uses computers to cause severe damage or
widespread fear in society.
●● Hacktivist
