Year 9 quiz on Computer Virus

Which one of the following is not a reason for creating a virus?

• For Fun

• For financial profit

• For fame

• for security

Virus can be spread through the following except

• infected media

• Internet documents

• original software

• pirated software

A virus can cause a software to work abnormally

• True

• False

A virus can steal passwords and data from computer users.

• True

• False

A virus attack cannot format a hard drive

• True

• False

Which of the following virus can attack attack a hard disk and prevent it from booting?

• Boot sector virus

• Program virus

• Polymorphic virus

• Stealth virus

Which of the following virus can infect executable program files?

• Stealth Virus

• Multipartite Virus

• Program Virus

• Macro Virus

Which of the following virus is a combination of boot sector virus and program virus?

• Stealth

• Multipartite

• Macro

• Polymorphic

Which virus hide their appearance and make infected file look uninfected?

• Stealth

• Macro

• Program

• Polymorphic

Which virus is difficult to detect because they encrypt their codes in different ways?

• Program Virus

• Polymorphic Virus

• Stealth

• Boot sector virus