You want to create a Scan Safe filter that will block any shopping or Gambling website, what should you add to the filter?

Question

Options

• Aspecific Keywords
• Bspecific domains or URLS
• CSpecific URL Category
• DSpecific File Types

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  84% (27)
• D
  9% (3)

Explanation

URL Categories (C) are pre-built classifications that group thousands of websites by content type - "Shopping" and "Gambling" are standard categories in Scan Safe's content filtering engine. Selecting these categories blocks all sites within those groups automatically, without needing to enumerate individual domains or keywords.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Keywords): Keyword filtering targets specific words in URLs or page content - it's imprecise and would miss sites that don't use those exact words, requiring constant maintenance.
• B (Domains/URLs): Blocking specific domains requires you to manually list every shopping or gambling site, which is impractical given the thousands of sites in those categories and new ones appearing daily.
• D (File Types): File type filtering blocks downloads by extension (e.g., .exe, .mp4) - it has no relationship to website content category.

Memory tip: Think of URL Categories as a "content genre" selector - just like choosing a Netflix genre filters thousands of titles at once, choosing a URL Category blocks an entire class of websites with a single rule. When the question mentions blocking a type of site (gambling, shopping, adult), the answer is always category.

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