This section contains more frequently asked WEB Security Multiple Choice Questions Answers in the various competitive exams.
1. Where might a spammer get your personal information from?
- MySpace
- All of these
2. Which of the following spam filtering techniques has the highest potential for generating false positives?
- Community Filtering
- Bayesian Filtering
- Challenge-Response Filtering
- Keyword Filtering
3. Why shouldn't a user click unsubscribe links from spam messages?
- clicking the link will prevent
- unsubscribing makes finding the sender difficult
- the click may validate the email address
- None of the above
4. What is an example of a Phishing scam?
- An application that looks useful, but actually Contains spyware to slow down your computer
- An email that appears to be legitimate, but is really being used to obtain personal or important information
- Hacking into a computer and leaving false trails on who did it
- Installing a virus and then asking you to pay to remove it
5. Malware is short for
- Malicious Software
- Malicious Systems
- Maliant Software
- Maliant Systems
6. What is a good method for a website owner to confirm a user is not using an account for a spamming purposes?
- Users must associate a phone to their account and confirm a number sent to them via text
- Requiring users provide valid personal information during sign up
- Users that register must click on a confirmation link to the email they specify in their profile
- All of these
7. A virus is a program that attaches itself to (or replaces the contents of) which of the following file types?
- Text files
- Executables
- Header files
- Source files
8. In order for antivirus programs to be most effective, it is necessary to keep which of the following up to date?
- Web browsers
- File hashes
- Antivirus encryption keys
- Virus definition files
9. Which of the following is not a well known anti-virus program?
- AVAST
- SMAG
- AVG
- McAFee
10. What is a captcha?
- A spam email that attempts to "capture" information and then use that information to cause damage; the second phase is often referred to as the "gotcha" phase.
- An SPAM email written in all caps
- It is a tool websites often use to prevent automated spammer bots from posting or registering on a website by forcing the user to do a task, often entering in letters or numbers based on a picture or audio, which verifies that they are human.
- A group of characters in hidden in an email that often includes code used in malware