01. A friend offers to jailbreak your phone so you can install apps from outside the official app store.
What is the main security risk of doing this?
a) It disables the screen lock so anyone holding the phone can open it
b) It lets your mobile carrier monitor the apps you install
c) It removes built-in security protections
d) It leaves your Wi-Fi connection unencrypted on public networks
02. A security article warns about an attack in which someone nearby exploits a phone's Bluetooth connection to make calls, send text messages, and use other phone functions without the owner knowing.
What is this attack called?
a) Bluebugging
b) Smishing
c) Bluesnarfing
d) Bluejacking
03. After browsing a shoe store's website, you notice ads for the same shoes following you onto news and social media sites.
Which browser setting would MOST directly reduce this kind of tracking?
a) Clear your browser's download list and saved form entries
b) Block third-party cookies and clear the cookies already stored by your browser
c) Check that each site uses HTTPS and shows a padlock
d) Turn on the pop-up blocker in your browser settings
04. Which type of malware changes its own code each time it infects a new file or system, so that signature-based antivirus finds it harder to recognize?
a) Rootkit
b) Trojan horse
c) Polymorphic malware
d) Self-replicating worm
05. Which type of malware secretly collects information about a user's activity, such as the websites they visit, and sends it to a third party without consent?
a) Trojan horse
b) Computer worm
c) Ransomware
d) Spyware
06. While playing an online game on your console, another player sends you a message offering free in-game currency. To claim it, you must sign in with your gaming account on a website linked in the message.
What is this MOST likely to be?
a) A phishing scam trying to steal your gaming account login and the items in it
b) A promotional reward that the game's publisher is sending to active players
c) A legitimate trade offer from another player
d) An adware message that displays advertisements in the game
07. You use Bluetooth earbuds with your phone a few times a day and often spend time in busy public places.
Which habit BEST reduces the risk of Bluetooth attacks on your phone?
a) Accept pairing requests from devices whose names look familiar
b) Install a VPN app to encrypt the phone's wireless connections
c) Change the phone's Bluetooth name so it does not show your real name or phone model
d) Keep Bluetooth turned off or set to non-discoverable except when you are pairing or using a device
08. You want a tool on your Android phone that checks the apps you install and warns you if one behaves maliciously.
Which mobile security tool fits this need?
a) An anti-malware app from the official store
b) A password manager app that stores and fills in your logins
c) A VPN app that encrypts traffic on public Wi-Fi
d) A device-finder and remote-wipe app
09. You work from home on a laptop issued by your employer. Your teenager asks to borrow it for an evening to finish a school project because the family computer is slow.
What is the BEST way to respond?
a) Lend it, because the laptop already has antivirus software and a firewall turned on
b) Decline, and keep the work laptop for work use only, locking it whenever you step away from it
c) Let them use it, but sign out of your work email first
d) Lend it after creating a separate guest account for them on the laptop
10. Your web browser suddenly opens to an unfamiliar homepage and sends your searches through a search engine you never chose. You did not change these settings.
What is the MOST likely cause?
a) Your internet provider rerouting traffic during maintenance
b) A routine browser update that reset your preferences
c) A browser hijacker
d) A website you visited changed your cookie settings
The purpose of this Sample Question Set is to provide you with information about the EC-Council Certified Secure Computer User exam. These sample questions will make you very familiar with both the type and the difficulty level of the questions on the 112-12 certification test. To get familiar with real exam environment, we suggest you try our Sample EC-Council CSCU Certification Practice Exam. This sample practice exam gives you the feeling of reality and is a clue to the questions asked in the actual EC-Council Certified Secure Computer User (CSCU) certification exam.
