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cybersecurity vocabulary

Authored by Justin Tijerina

Computers

5th - 6th Grade

CCSS covered

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cybersecurity vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This cipher uses a key number that indicate how much the letters shift - also a salad!

computer virus

cryptography

caesar

hal

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Designed to protect computer users against deliberate attacks and theft of information.

computer miss-use act

computer virus

cyber crime

encryption

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A small but dangerous piece of programming-code that attacks computer and network systems through 'contaminated' (infected) data files, introduced into a system via disks or internet.

firewall

computer virus

hacking

malware

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The art of Code writing or breaking

cybercrime

trojan

virus

cryptography

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Any illegal activities committed through the use of computers and the internet.

cybercrime

worm

virus

social engineering

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The stealing of secrets stored in digital formats or on computers and IT networks.

spim

spyware

trojan

cyber espionage

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Changing electronic information or signals into a secret code (= system of letters, numbers, or symbols) that people cannot understand or use on normal equipment.

encryption

firewall

analysis

hacking

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