CYBER AWARENESS EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ACCURATE GRADED A+
⩥ What is a best practice for creating user accounts for your home
computer?
Answer: Create separate accounts for each user and have each user
create their own password.
⩥ Which of the following is a best practice to protect your identity?
Answer: Ask how information will be used before giving it out.
(Correct)
Ref: Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025 / Identity Protection
⩥ John receives an e-mail about a potential shutdown of a major social
service unless a petition receives enough signatures. Which of the
following actions should John NOT take with the e-mail?
Answer: Forward it (Correct)
Ref: Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025 / Phishing
⩥ Which of the following is an appropriate use of government e-mail?
, Answer: Using a digital signature when sending hyperlinks
⩥ Steve occasionally runs errands during virtual meetings. He joins the
meetings using his approved government device. Does this pose a
security concern?
Answer: Yes. Eavesdroppers may be listening to Steve's conversation
⩥ How can you prevent viruses and malicious code?
Answer: Scan all e-mail attachments (Correct)
Ref: Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025 / Protecting Against Malicious
Code
⩥ Matt is a government employee who needs to share a document
containing source selection data with his supervisor. Which of the
following describes the most appropriate way for Matt to do this?
Answer: Encrypt it and send it via digitally signed Government e-mail.
(Correct)
Ref: Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025 / Protecting PII/PHI
⩥ You receive an e-mail with a link to run an anti-virus scan. Your IT
department has not sent links like this in the past. The e-mail is not
digitally signed. What action should you take?
2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ACCURATE GRADED A+
⩥ What is a best practice for creating user accounts for your home
computer?
Answer: Create separate accounts for each user and have each user
create their own password.
⩥ Which of the following is a best practice to protect your identity?
Answer: Ask how information will be used before giving it out.
(Correct)
Ref: Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025 / Identity Protection
⩥ John receives an e-mail about a potential shutdown of a major social
service unless a petition receives enough signatures. Which of the
following actions should John NOT take with the e-mail?
Answer: Forward it (Correct)
Ref: Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025 / Phishing
⩥ Which of the following is an appropriate use of government e-mail?
, Answer: Using a digital signature when sending hyperlinks
⩥ Steve occasionally runs errands during virtual meetings. He joins the
meetings using his approved government device. Does this pose a
security concern?
Answer: Yes. Eavesdroppers may be listening to Steve's conversation
⩥ How can you prevent viruses and malicious code?
Answer: Scan all e-mail attachments (Correct)
Ref: Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025 / Protecting Against Malicious
Code
⩥ Matt is a government employee who needs to share a document
containing source selection data with his supervisor. Which of the
following describes the most appropriate way for Matt to do this?
Answer: Encrypt it and send it via digitally signed Government e-mail.
(Correct)
Ref: Cyber Awareness Challenge 2025 / Protecting PII/PHI
⩥ You receive an e-mail with a link to run an anti-virus scan. Your IT
department has not sent links like this in the past. The e-mail is not
digitally signed. What action should you take?
