Computer Science MCQs with Answer by General knowledge Solutions

Computer Science MCQs with Answer   by General knowledge Solutions

1. Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another individual is known as the crime of:

• a. Spooling.
• b. Identity theft.
• c. Spoofing.
• d. Hacking.

2. Malicious software is known as:

• a. Badware.
• b. Malware.
• c. Maliciousware.
• d. Illegalware.
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3. A program that performs a useful task while simultaneously allowing destructive acts is a:

• a. Worm.
• b. Trojan horse.
• c. Virus.
• d. Macro virus.

4. An intentionally disruptive program that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk is known as a:

• a. Trojan horse.
• b. Virus.
• c. Time bomb.
• d. Time-related bomb sequence.

5. In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely publicised:

• a. E-mail virus.
• b. Macro virus.
•  c. Trojan horse.
• d. Time bomb.

6. What type of virus uses computer hosts to reproduce itself?

• a. Time bomb
• b. Worm
•  c. Melissa virus
• d. Macro virus

7. The thing that eventually terminates a worm virus is a lack of:

•  a. Memory or disk space.
• b. Time.
• c. CD drives space.
• d. CD-RW.

8. When a logic bomb is activated by a time-related event, it is known as a:

•  a. Time-related bomb sequence.
•  b. Virus.
• c. Time bomb.
• d. Trojan horse.

9. A logic bomb that was created to erupt on Michelangelo‘s birthday is an example of a:

• a. Time-related bomb sequence.
• b. Virus.
• c. Time bomb.
• d. Trojan horse.

10. What is the name of an application program that gathers user information and sends it to someone through the Internet?

•  a. A virus
• b. Spybot
• c. Logic bomb
• d. Security patch