Cyber Quiz - 1

1. A computer virus is a program that can "infect" other programs by .............. them ?
a) Annihilating
b) Modifying
c) Deleting
d) Conforming

2. What is the disinfection process?
a) Restoring file or boot record to original code after removing the virus
b) Removing the computer virus
c) Scanning the hard drive for virus
d) Finding the computer virus in the system

3. What does the virus do during the infection phase?
a) The virus spreads itself
b) The virus infects itself
c) The virus destroys the hard disk
d) The virus does nothing

4. What is polymorph?
A type of virus
A source code
A technique used by virus to hide itself
A harmless form of virus

5. What is a bug?
A harmless program
An error in the program
A source code
A bundle of viruses

6. When was ILoveYou virus was first released?
2002
1999
2001
2000

7. What is a Trojan Horse?
A program language that changes computer's language to Greek
A program that lets others access your computer
A source code to draw the picture of a horse
A virus that destroys your boot sector

8. what will you do to an e-mail attachment with .pif extension from any sender?
Open it to see what it contains
Forward it to a friend
save it to the hard disk
Delete the E-mail without opening the attachment

9. Which of the following can a virus not do?
Delete important files in your computer
Erase your Hard Disk beyond recovery
Damages your Processor
Converts your .doc programs to .exe files

10. A computer virus cannot be contracted by?
An E-mail
A Scanner
A Floppy Disk transfer
Internet downloads