Internet Safety Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What is the main security benefit of multifactor authentication?
It prevents a service from ever experiencing a data breach
It hides your username from everyone who visits the service
It automatically removes malicious software from your device
It requires another form of verification if someone obtains your password
2. Assuming none contains personal information or familiar quotations, which password is generally hardest to guess or crack?
A short password containing one uppercase letter, one number, and one symbol
A long, randomly generated password or unrelated-word passphrase
A family name followed by a birth year and punctuation mark
A common phrase with several letters replaced by numbers
3. A service lets you create your own account-recovery question. Which approach makes the answer harder for others to discover?
Use your birthplace because official facts are easier to remember
Choose a favorite item that you mention frequently on social media
Use the same recovery answer on every account for consistency
Use an unrelated generated answer and store it securely in a password manager
4. An email says your streaming account will be closed today and provides a login link. What is the safest response?
Open the service through its known app or typed address and check the account there
Open the link, but leave immediately if the page looks unusual
Reply to the email and ask the sender to confirm the warning
Forward the message to a friend to see whether the link works for them
5. A trusted breach-notification service reports that a shopping account's password was exposed. You reused that password elsewhere. What should you do?
Change only the shopping account's username
Change the password on that account and every account where it was reused, then enable multifactor authentication where available
Wait to see whether an unauthorized purchase occurs
Delete the notification because breach reports usually resolve themselves
6. Before installing an unfamiliar app, which step provides the strongest initial check?
Get it from the official store or verified developer site, confirm the publisher, and review requested permissions
Choose the download with the largest file size because it is likely complete
Use a link from a recent comment because another person tested it first
Install it temporarily and assess its safety from how quickly it opens
7. You need to check a bank account while using café Wi-Fi. Which choice best reduces exposure?
Use a private browser window so the network cannot see the connection
Use the café network as long as its name includes the café's name
Use the bank's verified app over cellular data or wait for a trusted connection
Log in through the first bank link shown in a search advertisement
8. A basic flashlight app requests access to your contacts and precise location, although those permissions are not needed for its stated function. What is the safest interpretation?
Grant access because app stores require every requested permission
Deny unnecessary permissions and reconsider whether the app should be installed
Grant access once, because permissions disappear automatically when the app closes
Grant location access but replace your contacts with fictional entries
9. Which password practice best limits the damage if one website suffers a data breach?
Using a strong, unique password for every account
Changing one shared password on a regular schedule
Using separate versions of the same short password
Adding the website's name to a password used elsewhere
10. You delete a public social-media post shortly after sharing it. Which statement is most accurate?
Other people or services may already have copied, captured, or archived it
Only your approved contacts could have saved it while it was public
The platform must prevent screenshots once deletion begins
Deletion guarantees that every copy disappears immediately
11. Which backup approach offers the most useful protection if ransomware encrypts files on your computer?
Keeping a second copy in another folder on the same computer
Leaving an external backup drive continuously connected to the computer
Maintaining tested, versioned backups with at least one copy offline or otherwise isolated
Emailing shortcuts to the important files to yourself
12. What does HTTPS in a website address primarily indicate?
The site's information has been independently checked for accuracy
The site is free from scams, malware, and misleading content
The business operating the site has been approved by the government
The connection to that domain is encrypted, though the site could still be untrustworthy
13. You plan to sell a phone that contains personal accounts and photos. What is the best preparation?
Delete the visible photos and leave the accounts signed in for the buyer to remove
Remove the home-screen icons for apps containing personal information
Turn on airplane mode and remove the screen-lock code
Back up needed data, sign out or remove activation locks as directed, remove cards, and use the manufacturer's secure erase or factory-reset process
14. What is a major security advantage of a reputable password manager?
It allows one short password to be entered directly on every website
It guarantees that accounts cannot be breached
It can generate and store different strong passwords, reducing the need to reuse them
It removes the need for multifactor authentication
15. Your phone offers a security update from its built-in settings. What should you generally do?
Wait until websites stop working before installing it
Install it promptly after confirming it is the official update process
Search for an unofficial copy that installs more quickly
Skip it if the phone already has a screen-lock code
16. Your browser displays a certificate warning when you try to open a familiar payment site. What should you do?
Proceed if the site's logo and colors look correct
Disable browser security warnings for that site
Stop and verify the address, connection, and site through a trusted route before trying again
Enter only your username first to test whether the page responds