Identity Theft Quiz

Example Questions From the Test

• 1Nora stops receiving expected financial statements and then notices an unauthorized address change. What should she do?
  • Contact the institution through a trusted channel and investigate the address change and account activity
  • Send identifying documents to the address shown in an unsolicited email
  • Wait for another billing cycle before checking her account
  • Assume the institution has permanently stopped sending statements
• 2After one online service is breached, someone accesses several of Maya’s other accounts using the same email address and password. Which habit would have most directly limited this chain of access?
  • Changing every password on the same predictable schedule
  • Using a distinct password for each account and enabling multifactor authentication where available
  • Saving the shared password in a document with an ordinary filename
  • Choosing security questions whose answers appear on social media
• 11While reviewing a credit report, which finding is the clearest potential sign of identity misuse?
  • An accurate account showing a recently reported payment
  • A lender displaying a former business name
  • A score that differs from the one shown by another scoring model
  • A credit account you do not recognize and did not authorize