Phishing Quizzes & Trivia

Cybercrime is one of today’s growth industries, and one of its biggest issues is the phenomenon known as phishing. How much do you know about it? Can you recognize when an innocent-looking email is actually a scam which is after your money, or contains malicious code that is designed to hijack your computer or steal your private data… including even your passwords or banking details?

Our quizzes on phishing will test your knowledge, and also help educate you on how to protect yourself against it. You’ll answer questions about every aspect of how criminals are trying to exploit security loopholes in people’s computers and persuade innocent members of the public to give them control without realizing exactly what they are letting themselves in for. 

This quiz measures your comprehension of the video by Common Craft titled "Phishing Scams."

Questions: 6  |  Attempts: 271   |  Last updated: Jan 15, 2013
  • Sample Question
    The key to avoiding a phishing scam is to be aware.

Pleas answer the fowllong question:

Questions: 5  |  Attempts: 126   |  Last updated: Aug 17, 2017
  • Sample Question
    The phishing is form of scams

Do you really know how can you beat Mischievous Phisher?

Questions: 4  |  Attempts: 100   |  Last updated: Apr 6, 2015
  • Sample Question
    What you must avoid publishing on your social network profile?

A test of your knowledge to see if you can identify a real email or a phishing attempt. 

Questions: 5  |  Attempts: 53   |  Last updated: Apr 6, 2015
  • Sample Question
    Is this email a phishing attempt or is it real?

Review the videos on Phishing, Nettiquette and Billerica Web Mail before taking this short multiple choice quiz. You will need a password from the instructor to access this quiz.

Questions: 11  |  Attempts: 36   |  Last updated: Jan 9, 2013
  • Sample Question
    Which of the following choices is a legit email Address?

Phishing Questions & Answers

What is the difference between Phishing and Spam?
The web or cyber threat is one of the most prevalent threats in the world. These threats have been since the invention of the internet, threatening information security. The global information and technology industry spend up to on two-third of the w
What is the most important thing to pay attention to when trying to determine if a website could be trusted as People have different techniques of telling that a website is real?
1. noticing security indicators in the browser-look and feel can be deceiving since it is possible to completely clone a legitimate website.people use tricks to make their urls look as close to the real ones as possible such as changing between l (lo
What does a phishing email usually mean?
An email that asks for personal information, like passwords, credit card numbers...