Cybersecurity Basics

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1. Which cybersecurity term describes fraudulent messages designed to steal credentials?

   • phishing
   • two-factor authentication
   • encryption
   • ransomware

2. Choose the best answer: which cybersecurity term describes using two independent proofs of identity?

   • encryption
   • two-factor authentication
   • ransomware
   • firewall

3. Which option correctly answers this: which cybersecurity term describes scrambling readable data using a key?

   • ransomware
   • firewall
   • encryption
   • vulnerability

4. Test the association in this item: Which cybersecurity term describes malicious software that demands payment to restore access?

   • firewall
   • vulnerability
   • patching
   • ransomware

5. Identify the correct match. Which cybersecurity term describes a network barrier that filters traffic?

   • firewall
   • vulnerability
   • patching
   • least privilege

6. From the choices given, which cybersecurity term describes a flaw that can be exploited?

   • patching
   • vulnerability
   • least privilege
   • hash

7. Which choice completes this fact accurately? Which cybersecurity term describes applying a vendor fix to software?

   • least privilege
   • hash
   • patching
   • social engineering

8. Consider the historical or technical context. Which cybersecurity term describes granting only the access needed for a task?

   • hash
   • social engineering
   • phishing
   • least privilege

9. Pick the factually correct response: which cybersecurity term describes a stored one-way representation used to verify passwords?

   • hash
   • social engineering
   • phishing
   • two-factor authentication

10. For this final item, which cybersecurity term describes manipulating people rather than systems to obtain access?

    • phishing
    • social engineering
    • two-factor authentication
    • encryption