These are two sample questions from Bryq’s Cybersecurity assessment, a test for hiring employees who handle data and systems securely, from office staff to IT teams. The full assessment covers two skills: cybersecurity awareness and cybersecurity best practices. Questions combine knowledge of common threats with realistic workplace scenarios, each with four options to choose from.
Cybersecurity Awareness
Question
You receive an email that appears to be from your CEO, urgently asking you to buy gift cards for a client and reply with the codes. The sender’s address is slightly misspelled. What should you do?
Select your answer
Don’t reply. Report the email to IT or security, and verify with the CEO through a channel you know is genuine.
Reply to the email, asking the CEO to confirm the request is genuine.
Call the CEO’s office to check whether the request is genuine, then delete the email.
Don’t reply, and delete the email.
WHY IS THIS THE CORECT ANSWER
Verifying through a trusted channel confirms whether the request is real. Reporting the email lets security warn colleagues who may receive the same message.
Cybersecurity Best Practices
Question
Which approach to passwords gives the strongest protection for work accounts?
Select your answer
A long, unique passphrase for each account, stored in an approved password manager, with multi-factor authentication turned on.
One strong, complex password used across all accounts and changed every month.
A unique password for each account, kept in a protected document on your laptop.
A memorable password with a number added, updated whenever you’re prompted.
