- 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.
- 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.
- Viruses are destroyed when a computer is shut down?
(a) True
(b) False
- You can you get a virus from:
(a) An image file.
(b) A cookie?
(c) An executable file.
(d) An audio file.
- Can you get a virus from infected data?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
- You can get a virus from which of the following:
(a) GIF
(b) ZIP
(c) BMP
(d) WAV
- What does every virus do?
(a) Damage your computer
(b) Erase your hard drive
(c) Replicate
(d) Self Destruct
- 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
- A Trojan Horse is a virus.
(a) True
(b) False
- Which of the following is a real virus?
(a) Good Times Spoof
(b) Penpal Greetings
(c) Irina
(d) Melissa