Internet Safety Quiz
Try out this Internet Safety quiz to test your knowledge. Internet Safety trivia explores the ideas and incidents that shaped how we protect personal information, recognize online threats, and navigate the web more confidently.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
420 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
In SHA-256, what does the "SHA" portion expand to?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
AES works on blocks of what exact size?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
What key length is used by the variant called AES-256?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Spell out the security protocol abbreviated as TLS.?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
What does DNS stand for in internet infrastructure?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which technology was designed to add authentication to DNS data?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
What identifier is used to track a publicly disclosed security vulnerability?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
The initials CVSS stand for what scoring framework?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Which attack works by inserting malicious SQL into database queries?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
What web protocol adds TLS encryption to ordinary HTTP traffic?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
What security tool filters network traffic using configured rules?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
What do you call a group of compromised devices controlled together?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
A SOC analyst works in what kind of center?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Microsoft's headquarters are located in which Washington city?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is based in what city?