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Social engineering techniques

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Social engineering techniques”, from the unit “Cyber threats and security” (Year 11 Computing) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. What is a common impact of cybercrime on individuals and businesses?
  2. How can cyberattacks impact public safety?
  3. What motivates some hackers to carry out cybercrime?
  4. What is the term for illegal activities involving computers or networks?
  5. Who uses their computer skills to access systems or networks, sometimes to fix problems and sometimes to cause harm?
  6. Match the impacts to their descriptions:
  7. What does social engineering mainly target?
  8. Why is it important to recognise social engineering techniques?
  9. Match the techniques to their descriptions:
  10. What is the term for watching someone enter their PIN or password to gain unauthorised access?
  11. What is a name generator attack?
  12. Why is social engineering effective?

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