Deck 11: What the Future Holds

Question 1

The country with the best known and most discussed censorship is ______.

A) Russia
B) North Korea
C) Syria
D) China

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A technology that detects the current geolocation of a target, which may be anything from a vehicle to an item in a manufacturing plant to a person, is referred to as ______.

A) Real Time Location Services
B) Global Positioning System
C) Wireless Local Area Network
D) Ultrasonic Ranging

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A fraudulent or malicious practice in which communication is sent from an unknown source disguised as a source known to the receiver is referred to as ______.

A) spamming
B) phishing
C) spoofing
D) vishing

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Internet of Things are network-connected devices and sensors such as ______.

A) alarm systems
B) iPads
C) elevators
D) all of these

Question 5

A radio frequency transmitter that blocks the communication between cell phones and text messages is referred to as a ______.

A) GPS jammer
B) spoofer
C) Bluetooth
D) radio beacon

Question 6

In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act made spoofing a(n) ______, but it has been difficult to prosecute spoofers.

A) misdemeanor crime
B) infraction
C) felony crime
D) crime not punishable by law

Question 7

Which of the following was suggested as a way to avoid becoming a money mule?

A) forgoing your research into the company or person offering the job
B) not monitoring transactions
C) utilizing fraud protection companies, such as PayPal
D) not calling the authorities

Question 8

A new prank that is not only draining law enforcement resources but also creating very dangerous situations for citizens is known as ______.

A) spoofing
B) swatting
C) squatting
D) phishing

Question 9

According to the text, censorship is mainly used by ______ governments, which have come into power by dint of monarchy, family dynasty, coup d'état, rigged election, or some combination thereof.

A) democratic
B) totalitarian
C) authoritarian
D) monarchical

Question 10

Which of the following is not a factor that leads to the deployment of SWAT officers?

A) likelihood of surrender by the criminal
B) risk of harm to the public
C) risk of harm to law enforcement officers
D) case requirements

Question 11

Cell phone providers are by law required to enable GPS tracking on at least ______ of devices in their network.

A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 95%

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT identified as a warning sign of money mule schemes?

A) The employer is located outside of the United States.
B) All interactions and transactions occur online.
C) The job promises an unusual high amount of earnings.
D) The position has a specific job description.

Question 13

All of the following countries are on the list of most censored countries in the world except ______.

A) China
B) Iran
C) Cuba
D) Turkey

Question 14

E-mail spoofing is used for which of the following campaigns?

A) vishing and spam
B) spam and phishing
C) scanning and phishing
D) phishing and scanning

Question 15

Europe and the U.S. government also engage in censorship, mainly targeting ______.

A) violence
B) hate speech
C) pornography
D) narcotics

Question 16

According to Moore's law, the growth in the information technology is exponential, such as ______

A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
B) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32
C) 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
D) 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15

Question 17

In ______ scams, criminals intercept e-mails between two businesses or a private person and a business and direct the purchasing party to send the payment for the product to a new bank account.

A) man-in-the-middle
B) man-in-the-cloud
C) man-in-the-app
D) man-in-the-IoT

Question 18

The forgery of an e-mail header pretending to be a legitimate sender like a business or friend scamming the receiver into opening the e-mail and downloading malicious software or responding to a solicitation is an example of ______.

A) e-mail spamming
B) e-mail phishing
C) e-mail spoofing
D) e-mail vishing

Question 19

People who are desperately looking for a job or are looking for a "work from home" job for a variety of reasons are referred to as ______.

A) money mules
B) lazy dogs
C) couch potatoes
D) slackers

Question 20

Which of the following was identified as one of the main tools used by criminals?

A) GPS jammer
B) police scanner
C) Bluetooth
D) radio beacons

Question 21

Google and Twitter are among the biggest data collection agencies.

Question 22

E-mail spoofing is the least common type of spoofing.

Question 23

Explain real-time location services and discuss the risks of using apps that contain location services. Use an app as an example.

Question 24

What is censorship's purpose and why do countries censor information?

Question 25

Criminals can use GPS spoofing as a tool by creating false GPS signals. This is possible because the real GPS signals are very weak because satellites are far away.

Question 26

Which of the following companies have fallen victim to cybercriminals in recent years?

A) Sony
B) Ashley Madison
C) Experian
D) all of these

Question 27

Discuss data mining. Who does data mining benefit? Is it a safe practice for companies to use?

Question 28

Spoofing cannot be used to manipulate the stock market.

Question 29

When location services are turned on, cell phones are constantly sending signals of location and attach so-called "metrotags" to all pictures.

Question 30

Why is it difficult to prosecute individuals who have been charged with spoofing?

Question 31

In the 1970s, Gordon Moore showed how ______ doubled every two years.

A) a graphics card
B) random access memory
C) central processing units
D) a hard drive

Question 32

One such tool used to manipulate data and people is censorship.

Question 33

Authoritarian governments are not the only ones that manipulate the facts and block websites.

Question 34

According to the text, one of the latest trends is data ______.

A) analysis and mining
B) mining and brokerage
C) sales and mining
D) analysis and brokerage

Question 35

______ is known as one of the largest data collectors.

A) Google
B) Instagram
C) Amazon
D) Snapchat

Question 36

With increased digitalization of our personal information, the integrity of our data is at low risk.

Question 37

The human brain thinks of life in a ______.

A) nonlinear fashion
B) linear fashion
C) exponential fashion
D) nonexponential fashion

Question 38

The government of Japan forced Google to reshoot street-level views because the images were enabling viewers to look inside the houses.

Question 39

One of the latest trends is data mining and data brokerage.

Question 40

What does the future hold in terms of cybersecurity?