Informatics Practices
A worm is ……………
- A slimy pink thing that lives in dirt.
- Pieces of malicious code that make copies of themselves and spread through computers without human interaction.
- An unsolicited email message.
Answer
Pieces of malicious code that make copies of themselves and spread through computers without human interaction.
Reason — A worm is a self-replicating program which eats up the entire disk space or memory. A worm keeps on creating its copies until all the disk space or memory is filled.
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GPL stands for :
- Guided Public License
- General Public License
- Global Public License
- General Public Letter
E-waste is becoming one of the fastest growing environmental hazards in the world today. If it is not properly treated or disposed of it can cause serious health hazards, therefore the …………… has issued a formal set of guidelines for proper handling and disposal of e-waste.
- Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
- Department of Information Technology (DIT)
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE)
- Information Communication Technology (ICT)
If you receive an email claiming to need your username and/or password, what should you do ?
- Report it as phishing/spam through your email provider
- Delete the message
- Reply to the message with your email and password
What should your response be if you receive an email stating that you have won a lottery or received some inheritance from an unknown person ?
- Send them email asking for further procedure
- Ignore it
- Mark it as spam and block it