Cyber Security Unit 3 – Tools and Methods Used in Cybercrime: AKTU previous year questions
21 AKTU questions from Unit 3 (Tools and Methods Used in Cybercrime) asked in 2024–2026, tagged by marks, year and topic. In short: about 24 marks of every paper come from this unit; the most asked topic is Malware Viruses Worms Trojans (9 times); 19 questions came back in a later year. The latest ones are listed below; on the page you can filter them by 2-mark or long questions, topic and repeats.
Unit 3 previous year questions
- What is a worm in computer? (2 marks, 2026, Malware Viruses Worms Trojans)
- Explain Trojan horses and backdoors with suitable examples. (7 marks, 2026, Malware Viruses Worms Trojans)
- Describe steganography and its applications in cybercrime. (7 marks, 2026, Malware Viruses Worms Trojans)
- Describe buffer overflow attacks and their consequences. (7 marks, 2026, SQL Injection and Buffer Overflow)
- Define anonymizers with an example. (2 marks, 2025, Proxy Servers and Anonymizers)
- Define "phishing" and give a common example. (2 marks, 2025, Phishing and Identity Theft)
- Explain how DoS and DDoS attacks work and their potential consequences. (7 marks, 2025, DoS and DDoS Attacks)
- Analyze Steganography as a tool in cybercrime. How does it differ from cryptography? (7 marks, 2025, Malware Viruses Worms Trojans)
- Describe the process and impact of SQL Injection and Buffer Overflow attacks on web applications. (7 marks, 2025, SQL Injection and Buffer Overflow)
- Describe the methods used to exploit buffer overflows. (7 marks, 2025, SQL Injection and Buffer Overflow)
- Explain the use of proxy servers and anonymizers in cybercrime. (7 marks, 2025, Proxy Servers and Anonymizers)
- What is Identity Theft? How is it related to phishing and what are the preventive measures? (7 marks, 2025, Phishing and Identity Theft)
Most asked Unit 3 topics
- Malware Viruses Worms Trojans – asked 9 times
- Phishing and Identity Theft – asked 4 times
- SQL Injection and Buffer Overflow – asked 4 times
Unit 3 question pattern
- 2-mark questions: 5 asked in 2024–2026
- 7-mark questions: 16 asked in 2024–2026
- About 24 marks from Unit 3 in every paper
- 19 questions were asked again in a later year
Unit 3 questions year by year
- 2026: 4 Unit 3 questions asked (23 marks across that year's papers)
- 2025: 8 Unit 3 questions asked (46 marks across that year's papers)
- 2024: 9 Unit 3 questions asked (53 marks across that year's papers)