AP Cybersecurity Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz | Introduction to Security
Lesson 1 Quiz: Introduction to Security
5 questions — Answer each question, then check your score below.
(A) Correct — email spoofing is a real and common technique used in phishing.
(C) Correct — creating urgency ('Your account will be locked!') is a hallmark of social engineering.
(D) Correct — vishing (voice phishing) over the phone is a standard definition.
I. The sender domain is “secure-paypal-support.net” rather than “paypal.com”
II. The email includes the company’s official logo and color scheme
III. The message states “Your account will be permanently suspended in 24 hours unless you verify immediately”
(B) Incorrect — a matching logo is a tactic attackers use, not evidence of legitimacy.
(D) Incorrect — II alone is not a phishing indicator; it describes what a convincing fake looks like.
(A) A dictionary attack uses a pre-built wordlist, not every possible combination.
(B) Credential stuffing relies on previously breached credentials from other services.
(D) Rainbow tables exploit hash functions with precomputed values, not exhaustive guessing.
I. AI can generate highly personalized phishing emails by analyzing a target’s social media activity.
II. AI-generated deepfake audio can be used to impersonate executives in voice-based fraud.
III. AI-powered attacks require a human operator to approve each individual action before it executes.
(A) Incomplete — Statement II about deepfake audio impersonation is also true.
(D) Incorrect — Statement III is false because AI attacks can execute autonomously.
(A) Incorrect — a DoS attack targets service availability, not the user’s connection.
(C) Incorrect — SQL injection exploits vulnerabilities in web application code on the server side.
(D) Incorrect — ransomware on bank backups is unrelated to the user’s Wi-Fi choice.
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