Cybersecurity (Edexcel GCSE Computer Science): Exam Questions

Exam code: 1CP2

10 mins3 questions
16 marks

Anti‑malware protects systems from viruses.

Draw a flowchart in the box provided to show how anti‑malware detects a virus in a file and what it does with the file.

Here are some flowchart symbols:

Flowchart symbols: oval for Terminator, rectangle for Process, diamond for Decision, parallelogram for Input/Output, with labels on the left.

You may not need to use all the flowchart symbols.

22 marks

Computer worms are a type of malware.

Describe one way that a worm can move from machine to machine.

32 marks

Explain one reason why files should be backed up regularly.