Level 1 Open-Source Intelligence Self-Assessment Quiz

The purpose of this exam is for you to assess your fundamental Open-Source Intelligence knowledge.

We will cover basic Open-Source Intelligence terminology, tools and techniques. After you finish the questionnaire, you will see the feedback section with our recommendations for resources that can help you learn about the areas you are not familiar with. You will find all the resources in this link: "Introduction to Open-Source Intelligence"

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* 1. What are examples of Search Engines?

Google and Bing

YouTube, Twitter Advanced Search and the Wayback Machine

Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefoz

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* 2. I am a regular user of Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and other social media Sites.

I use some of those services, but not all of them.

I am a regular user of these services.

No, I don't really use social media.

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* 3. I regularly watch videos on YouTube

No, I don't watch videos on YouTube.

I watch videos on YouTube, but I don't know much about filtering search results.

Yes, I regularly watch videos on YouTube and I know how to filter my search results.

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* 4. I am familiar with how search engines work.

I use Google but I don't really know how it works.

I am very comfortable with how search engines work. I know about spiders, indexing and what portion of the Internet is indexed by search engines.

I use search engines, but I don't know how the advanced search features are accessed or how to use them.

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* 5. I know how to do image searching and reverse image searching.

A little bit, but I could use a refresher.

Yes, I know how to look up images online, and how to do reverse image searching on images in my possession.

I'm not really familiar with looking up images online or searching on images I have in my possession.

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* 6. I am familiar with how domain names are registered and what a WHOIS search is:

Yes, I'm familiar with how domains are registered and what a WHOIS search is.

I'm not really familiar with domain registration and what a WHOIS search is.

I've heard of these terms, but I'm not really sure about what they mean.

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* 7. I am completely comfortable with saving information from online sources, including PDFing web pages, saving images, saving HTML and using a Snipping Tool.

I'm familiar with all of those terms and I am comfortable with those content preservation techniques.

I know about some of those techniques, but not all of them.

I have no idea what any of those terms mean.

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* 8. I am comfortable navigating around Chrome and Firefox, including how to open new tabs, print pages and access websites.

I use browsers but I'm not totally comfortable with performing all of those tasks.

I don't feel comfortable navigating around Chrome and Firefox.

I use browsers every day and i know how to do all of those things.

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* 9. YouTube Search results can be filtered by length of video.

False

True

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* 10. Open-Source Intelligence refers to information gathered from messages exchanged between two people.

False

True

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* 11. I know the difference between the Deep Web and the Clearnet.

I'm not really sure what those terms mean.

Yes, I know the difference between those terms.