Virus IQ Test

  1. What is a virus?

    (a) A software program designed to replicate and spread on its own.
    (b) An error in the design or execution of a program that causes it to do something that was not intended.
    (c) An infection that you get by shaking hands with another person.
    (d) A software program that causes unintended results and is infected by viewing images.

  2. How do viruses spread?

    (a) Viruses spread when you run an infected program.
    (b) Viruses spread when start up your computer from a disk that has infected system files.
    (c) Viruses spread when a network application gets infected and is being used by different users.
    (d) All of the above.

  3. Viruses are destroyed when a computer is shut down?

    (a) True
    (b) False

  4. You can you get a virus from:

    (a) An image file.
    (b) A cookie?
    (c) An executable file.
    (d) An audio file.

  5. Can you get a virus from infected data?

    (a) Yes.
    (b) No.

  6. You can get a virus from which of the following:

    (a) GIF
    (b) ZIP
    (c) BMP
    (d) WAV

  7. What does every virus do?

    (a) Damage your computer
    (b) Erase your hard drive
    (c) Replicate
    (d) Self Destruct

  8. If you bought an anti-virus protection software one year ago what can it not do:

    (a) Detect boot-record viruses
    (b) Detect macro viruses
    (c) Detect program file viruses
    (d) Detect new viruses

  9. A Trojan Horse is a virus.

    (a) True
    (b) False

  10. Which of the following is a real virus?

    (a) Good Times Spoof
    (b) Penpal Greetings
    (c) Irina
    (d) Melissa