TOPIK Practice – TOPIK I 어휘 [어휘] 1–5 (12/2/2025) – at&t data breach settlement

정답: B. 정보

How to solve: The context is about a data breach at a company. The sentence says 'At the AT&T company, customers' ( ) went outside.' The most logical thing to be leaked from a company that belongs to customers is their 'information' (정보).

A — '집' means 'house.' A company does not hold customers' houses.

B — '정보' means 'information.' In a data breach, customer information is leaked, which fits the context perfectly.

C — '음식' means 'food.' It is unrelated to a data breach at a telecommunications company.

D — '학교' means 'school.' A customer's school is not the primary data that would be part of a major breach.

정답: C. 문제

How to solve: The sentence translates to 'Because many people's information was leaked, a big ( ) occurred.' A data leak is a negative event. Among the choices, '문제' (problem) is the only word that describes a negative situation.

A — '선물' means 'gift' or 'present.' A data leak is not a gift.

B — '파티' means 'party.' A data leak does not cause a party.

C — '문제' means 'problem.' A data leak is a serious problem, so this is the correct answer.

D — '숙제' means 'homework.' This word is irrelevant to the context of a data breach.

정답: D. 고객

How to solve: The sentence says 'Therefore, the company decided to give compensation money to the ( ).' In the context of a company's data breach, the people who receive compensation are the 'customers' (고객) whose data was affected.

A — '선생님' means 'teacher.' While a teacher could be a customer, the general term for people affected by a company's breach is 'customer.'

B — '의사' means 'doctor.' This is a specific profession and not the general group affected.

C — '학생' means 'student.' This is also a specific group, not the general term needed here.

D — '고객' means 'customer.' This is the correct general term for the people the company serves and to whom it would pay a settlement.

정답: A. 돈

How to solve: The sentence is 'The compensation money the company gives is ( ).' The term '보상금' (bosang-geum) itself means 'compensation money.' The word '금' (geum) means money or gold. Therefore, the answer is '돈' (money).

A — '돈' means 'money.' '보상금' is a type of money, so this is the correct answer.

B — '편지' means 'letter.' A settlement might involve a letter, but the compensation itself is money.

C — '옷' means 'clothes.' This is unrelated to a financial settlement.

D — '물' means 'water.' This is also unrelated to the context.

정답: C. 지켜야

How to solve: The sentence means 'A company must ( ) customer information well.' A company has a responsibility to protect or guard customer information. The verb that means 'to protect' or 'to guard' is '지키다.' The grammatical form '-아/어야 하다' means 'must do,' so '지켜야 합니다' means 'must protect.'

A — '버려야 합니다' means 'must throw away.' A company should not throw away customer information carelessly.

B — '먹어야 합니다' means 'must eat.' This makes no sense in the context.

C — '지켜야 합니다' means 'must protect.' This is the correct responsibility of a company regarding customer data.

D — '만들어야 합니다' means 'must make.' While a company creates records, its primary duty regarding existing information is to protect it.