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Module 2 Graded Quiz: Cybersecurity Skills :Introduction to Cybersecurity Careers (IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate) Answers 2025

1. Question 1

What stores information like user data, transactions, or product records?

  • Database

  • ❌ Program

  • ❌ Cloud

  • ❌ Network


2. Question 2

Skill involving firewalls, IDS, secure network architectures

  • ❌ Hardware

  • ❌ Programming basics

  • Networking

  • ❌ Operating system


3. Question 3

Simulating hacker activities to discover weaknesses

  • ❌ Vulnerability assessment

  • ❌ Authentication

  • ❌ Risk management

  • Threat assessment (expected answer: penetration-like simulation of threats)


4. Question 4

Skill responsible for maintaining security infrastructure + incident response

  • ❌ Threat management

  • ❌ Risk management

  • ❌ Information security & assurance

  • Security operations


5. Question 5

Purpose of information security & assurance

  • ❌ Ensuring compliance

  • ❌ Verifying identity

  • ❌ Maintaining infrastructure

  • ❌ Penetration testing

Correct answer:

  • Ensuring compliance with security policies + protecting information assets

👉 Expected selection: Ensuring compliance with policies


6. Question 6

Soft skill for prioritizing tasks & mitigating breaches

  • ❌ Research

  • ❌ Documentation

  • Time management

  • ❌ Teamwork


7. Question 7

Soft skill for innovative threat-countering strategies

  • ❌ Attention to detail

  • Creative thinking

  • ❌ Problem solving

  • ❌ Critical thinking


8. Question 8

Role of problem-solving in cybersecurity

  • Rapid identification & analysis of incident causes + developing solutions

  • ❌ Thinking from different angles (creative thinking)

  • ❌ Spotting fine details (attention to detail)

  • ❌ Threat landscape analysis (critical thinking)


9. Question 9

Top skill for a Cybercrime analyst

  • ❌ Risk Management

  • ❌ Auditing

  • Digital forensics

  • ❌ Accounting


10. Question 10

Soft skill involving ethics, accountability, respect

  • ❌ Critical thinking

  • ❌ Problem solving

  • Professionalism

  • ❌ Time management


🧾 Summary Table

Q# Correct Answer
1 Database
2 Networking
3 Threat assessment
4 Security operations
5 Ensuring compliance
6 Time management
7 Creative thinking
8 Incident cause analysis & solution
9 Digital forensics
10 Professionalism