Cybersecurity Awareness Quiz

Questions

1. You receive an email claiming that your company mailbox will be deactivated unless you verify your account immediately. The email contains a link to sign in. What should you do?
2. Why is spear phishing often harder to detect than ordinary phishing?
3. You receive a WhatsApp voice note that sounds like your manager asking you to share confidential company information urgently. What should you do?
4. You receive an unexpected MFA approval request even though you are not trying to sign in. What should you do?
5. You open a document and discover that several files on your computer can no longer be accessed. A message demands payment to restore them. What type of cyberattack does this most likely indicate?
6. A free application promises to improve your productivity. It is not approved by the company's IT team. What should you do?
7. You receive an unexpected email attachment labelled as an important invoice. You were not expecting an invoice from the sender. What should you do?
8. A pop-up appears on your computer warning that a suspicious application is attempting to access company files. What should you do?
9. An employee receives a convincing voice message from someone impersonating a senior executive. Shortly afterwards, they receive an email referencing the same project, with a link to a document requiring company sign-in. The employee enters their credentials on the linked page. What is the most significant immediate security concern?
10. An employee notices that files on their laptop/desktop have become inaccessible, and a ransomware message has appeared. What is the most appropriate immediate response?
11. Which of the following are good password security practices? Select all that apply.
12. An employee uses the same password for their work email and a personal shopping account. The shopping website suffers a data breach, exposing customer passwords. What is the biggest risk to the employee?