Cyber security: past paper questions

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• Question 5May/June 2026, paper 12Structured10 marks

  Cyber security threats are a problem when using the internet. Complete the table by writing the missing terms and descriptions about cyber security threats.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured16 marks

  A computer game development company are reviewing their current security solutions. The company wants employees to be aware of how they can identify phishing.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2024, paper 13Structured6 marks

  Complete the table to give the missing term or description for the internet terms.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured4 marks

  Draw and annotate a diagram to demonstrate how a firewall works.

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• Question 7May/June 2026, paper 13Structured5 marks

  Cyber security threats are a concern for any company that stores data using a network. Complete the statements about cyber security threats.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured14 marks

  An online clothing company has a homepage at the uniform resource locator (URL) https://www.cieclothes.com/index.html Write down the three different parts of…

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• Question 9May/June 2024, paper 11Structured20 marks

  A company owner has installed a new network. Data is correct before it is transmitted across the network. The company owner is concerned that data might have errors after transmission.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured3 marks

  Malware can be used to corrupt data stored on a computer. Tick (✓) one box to show which cyber security threat is not a type of malware.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2025, paper 13Structured12 marks

  A cyber security company specialises in security solutions that help prevent hackers being successful. Identify two security solutions that can be provided to help prevent hackers being successful.

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• Question 8May/June 2024, paper 12Structured6 marks

  A company has a website that is suffering a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Draw and annotate a diagram to show the process of the DDoS.

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• Question 8Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured6 marks

  Draw and annotate a diagram that demonstrates the cyber security threat of data interception.

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• Question 9May/June 2025, paper 11Structured10 marks

  Each employee in a finance company has a computer and an electronic account. Each computer has an operating system. One function of the operating system is to manage memory.

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• Question 7May/June 2024, paper 13Structured18 marks

  A company has a network that includes a web server. Data is transmitted across the network using serial half-duplex data transmission. Draw and annotate a diagram to show how the data is transmitted using serial half-duplex data transmission.

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• Question 8May/June 2023, paper 11Structured10 marks

  A manager at a company is concerned about a brute-force attack on its employee user accounts. Describe how a brute-force attack can be used to gain access to the employee user accounts.

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• Question 5May/June 2025, paper 13Structured16 marks

  An online company has a website that allows a user to buy products. The user types in the uniform resource locator (URL) for the website and this is sent to a domain name server (DNS).

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• Question 10May/June 2023, paper 11Structured14 marks

  A student uses the internet for their schoolwork to research what is meant by pharming. State the aim of pharming.

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• Question 7May/June 2023, paper 12Structured10 marks

  A distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) is a cyber security threat. Draw and annotate a diagram to represent the process of a DDoS.

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• Question 6May/June 2023, paper 13Structured9 marks

  A student is writing a help guide about how to recognise and avoid the cyber-security threat of pharming. Give three appropriate solutions he could include.

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• Question 8May/June 2023, paper 13Structured5 marks

  Complete the statements about a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

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