Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cyber Security.

This section includes 20 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Cyber Security knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

______________ are difficult to identify as they keep on changing their type and signature.

A. Non-resident virus
B. Boot Sector Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Multipartite Virus
Answer» D. Multipartite Virus
2.

______________ infects the executables as well as the boot sectors.

A. Non-resident virus
B. Boot Sector Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Multipartite Virus
Answer» E.
3.

Direct Action Virus is also known as ___________

A. Non-resident virus
B. Boot Sector Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Multipartite Virus
Answer» B. Boot Sector Virus
4.

________________ gets installed & stays hidden in your computer’s memory. It stays involved to the specific type of files which it infects.

A. Boot Sector Virus
B. Direct Action Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Multipartite Virus
Answer» C. Polymorphic Virus
5.

In mid-1981, the 1st virus for Apple computers with the name _________ came into existence.

A. Apple I
B. Apple II
C. Apple III
D. Apple Virus
Answer» C. Apple III
6.

DIRECT_ACTION_VIRUS_IS_ALSO_KNOWN_AS____________?$

A. Non-resident virus
B. Boot Sector Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Multipartite Virus
Answer» B. Boot Sector Virus
7.

______________ are difficult to identify as they keep on changing their type and signature.$

A. Non-resident virus
B. Boot Sector Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Multipartite Virus
Answer» D. Multipartite Virus
8.

______________ infects the executables as well as the boot sectors.$

A. Non-resident virus
B. Boot Sector Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Multipartite Virus
Answer» E.
9.

Which of the below-mentioned reasons do not satisfy the reason why people create a computer virus?

A. Research purpose
B. Pranks
C. Identity theft
D. Protection
Answer» E.
10.

_____________ is also known as cavity virus.

A. Non-resident virus
B. Overwrite Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Space-filler Virus
Answer» E.
11.

____________ deletes all the files that it infects.

A. Non-resident virus
B. Overwrite Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Multipartite Virus
Answer» C. Polymorphic Virus
12.

________________ gets installed & stays hidden in your computer’s memory. It stays involved to the specific type of files which it infects?#

A. Boot Sector Virus
B. Direct Action Virus
C. Polymorphic Virus
D. Multipartite Virus
Answer» C. Polymorphic Virus
13.

_______________ infects the master boot record and it is challenging and a complex task to remove this virus.

A. Boot Sector Virus
B. Polymorphic
C. Multipartite
D. Trojans
Answer» B. Polymorphic
14.

The virus hides itself from getting detected by ______ different ways.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer» C. 4
15.

In mid-1981, the 1st virus for Apple computers with the name _________ came into existence.

A. Apple I
B. Apple II
C. Apple III
D. Apple Virus
Answer» C. Apple III
16.

In which year Apple II virus came into existence?

A. 1979
B. 1980
C. 1981
D. 1982
Answer» D. 1982
17.

Which of them is not an ideal way of spreading the virus?

A. Infected website
B. Emails
C. Official Antivirus CDs
D. USBs
Answer» D. USBs
18.

A computer ________ is a malicious code which self-replicates by copying itself to other programs.

A. program
B. virus
C. application
D. worm
Answer» C. application
19.

Which of the following is not a type of virus?

A. Boot sector
B. Polymorphic
C. Multipartite
D. Trojans
Answer» E.
20.

There are _________ types of computer virus.

A. 5
B. 7
C. 10
D. 12
Answer» D. 12