Deck 11: Computer Crime and Information Security

Question 1

Viruses and security attacks have decreased consistently each year.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Like tangible objects, intellectual property has value and is owned by an individual or organization.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The digitization of many forms of intellectual property, including books, movies, artwork, and music, has transformed intangible products into tangible products.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In 2009, President Obama created a new senior-level position in the White House to oversee cybersecurity across all areas of government and national infrastructure.

Question 5

Very few cyberattacks originate overseas.

Question 6

Many attackers use the Microsoft monthly announcements to reverse-engineer hacking tools that take advantage of the newly found bugs.

Question 7

Recently, the RIAA has changed strategies from having music fans cut off from the Internet, to suing them instead.

Question 8

All hackers are considered unethical.

Question 9

Passwords are considered the weakest form of authentication because they can be used by others to access systems without your knowledge.

Question 10

A scary statistic from a study performed by security firm Sophos showed that 40 percent of Internet users use one common password for all their online accounts.

Question 11

Cameras posted at airport security gates and on city streets can continuously scan for faces of known criminals.

Question 12

Fingerprint scans are becoming a less and less common method of authentication for access to secure areas.

Question 13

Unlike speech recognition, voice recognition is not concerned with determining what words are being spoken, but with who is speaking them.

Question 14

Voice recognition is sometimes classified as behaviormetrics rather than biometrics, since the analysis is based on the study of the manner in which a person speaks, which is a behavior rather than a physical trait.

Question 15

Research shows that over 75% of computer users have a regular backup procedure in place.

Question 16

When a computer is connected to a network, security risks increase a hundredfold.

Question 17

Users do not have the power to set permission settings of the files they own.

Question 18

By default, the personal files and folders on both Windows Vista and Mac OS X computers are available to others on a network.

Question 19

Employers are legally responsible for notifying employees of network usage policies.

Question 20

By default, access points are set to broadcast their presence.

Question 21

Today's virus scanners are programmed to detect hundreds of thousands of different viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other potentially unwanted applications. _________________________

Question 22

Each time you use software, listen to music, read a book or newspaper article, or see a movie, you are enjoying someone else's physical property. _________________________

Question 23

Protection of intellectual property can take many forms, including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents. _________________________

Question 24

The Sarbanes-Oakley Act of 2002 fights corporate corruption by imposing stringent reporting requirements and internal controls on electronic financial records and transactions. _________________________

Question 25

Social-terrorism is a form of terrorism that uses attacks over the Internet to intimidate and harm a population. _________________________

Question 26

Microsoft has, in the past, extended a hand to the hacking community, hoping to get black-hat hackers on its side. _________________________

Question 27

Computer forensics is the process of examining computing equipment to determine if it has been used for illegal, unauthorized, or unusual activities. _________________________

Question 28

ID cards may contain forms of identification in a magnetic strip or in a microchip, as is found in a(n) knowledge card. _________________________

Question 29

Retinal scanning analyzes the pattern of blood vessels at the back of the eye. _________________________

Question 30

Speech recognition, also called speaker authentication, identifies a user by the sound of his or her voice. _________________________

Question 31

The system administrator is responsible for setting the access rights of users and for setting the permissions on system resources. _________________________

Question 32

Most Wi-Fi networks are centered around a device called a(n) portal point. _________________________

Question 33

A social engineer may go junkyard diving; that is, rummaging through trash to steal credit card numbers or other personal information. _________________________

Question 34

In distributed denial-of-service attacks, many computers are used to launch simultaneous repeated requests at a Web server in order to overwhelm it so that it is unable to function. _________________________

Question 35

A(n) firewall is network hardware or software that examines all incoming packets and filters out packets that are potentially dangerous. _________________________

Question 36

The 2008 Computer Security Institute's Computer Crime and Security survey found that ____ percent of businesses experience computer virus infestations.

A) 29
B) 49
C) 69
D) 89

Question 37

The 2008 Computer Security Institute's Computer Crime and Security survey found that ____ percent of businesses suffer targeted attacks from hackers.

A) 7
B) 17
C) 27
D) 37

Question 38

The 2008 Computer Security Institute's Computer Crime and Security survey found that ____ percent of businesses suffer from electronic financial fraud.

A) 2
B) 12
C) 22
D) 32

Question 39

-The accompanying figure illustrates that the ____ level is the most important component of total information security.

A) User
B) Machine
C) Network
D) The Internet

Question 40

-Referring to the accompanying figure, as you move from the machine level to the network level to the Internet level, you face ____ exposure and risks.

A) increasing
B) decreasing
C) it varies between a. and b.
D) neither a. nor b.

Question 41

$264 million were reported lost to Internet fraud in 2008 in ____ alone.

A) Canada
B) the United States
C) France
D) Mexico

Question 42

____ information security refers to securing all components of the global digital information infrastructure-from cell phones to PCs, to business and government networks, to Internet routers and communications satellites.

A) Complete
B) Global
C) Total
D) Comprehensive

Question 43

The concept of information security is built on the assumption that the information you create, store, maintain, and transfer is ____.

A) valuable
B) confidential
C) worth protecting
D) all of the above

Question 44

____ fraud is the most common form of ID theft, making up 20 percent of ID theft cases.

A) Government documents/benefits
B) Credit card
C) Employment fraud
D) Phone or utilities

Question 45

Protection of ____ property can take many forms, including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents.

A) physical
B) intellectual
C) both a. and b.
D) neither a. nor b.

Question 46

A ____ protects the words, music, and other expressions for the life of the holder plus 70 years.

A) copyright
B) trademark
C) trade secret
D) patent

Question 47

A ____ protects a unique symbol or word used by a business to identify a product or service.

A) copyright
B) trademark
C) trade secret
D) patent

Question 48

A ____ protects secrets or proprietary information of individuals and organizations as long as it is adequately protected.

A) copyright
B) trademark
C) trade secret
D) patent

Question 49

A ____ protects an invention by giving the holder a monopoly on the use of the invention for 20 years after the application has been applied.

A) trademark
B) copyright
C) trade secret
D) patent

Question 50

The ____ of 1996 requires those in the health industry to protect the privacy of health information and provides policies and procedures for doing so.

A) HILAA
B) HIMAA
C) HINAA
D) HIPAA

Question 51

The Consumer ____ Privacy Protection Act of 1997 requires data collectors to alert people that their personal information is being shared with other organizations.

A) Online
B) Internet
C) Network
D) Web

Question 52

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) of ____ requires banks and financial institutions to alert customers to their policies and practices in disclosing customer information.

A) 1991
B) 1995
C) 1999
D) 2003

Question 53

The Children's Online ____ Protection Act of 1998 gives parents control over what information is collected from their children online and how such information may be used.

A) Privacy
B) Rights
C) Confidentiality
D) Psychological

Question 54

Security vulnerabilities or security ____ are software bugs that allow violations of information security.

A) rips
B) tears
C) ditches
D) holes

Question 55

Software ____ are corrections to the software bugs that cause security vulnerabilities.

A) covers
B) blankets
C) bandages
D) patches

Question 56

A military commander entering the wrong GPS coordinates for enemy troops into the computer is an example of ____.

A) mishandling of computer output
B) errors in computer programs
C) data-entry errors
D) improper installation and setup of computer systems

Question 57

A medical office sending lab results to the wrong person is an example of ____.

A) mishandling of computer output
B) errors in computer programs
C) data-entry errors
D) improper installation and setup of computer systems

Question 58

A payroll program multiplying a person's pay rate by 2 for overtime instead of 1.5 is an example of ____.

A) mishandling of computer output
B) errors in computer programs
C) data-entry errors
D) improper installation and setup of computer systems

Question 59

A person neglecting to properly set the necessary security settings to secure a home wireless network is an example of ____.

A) mishandling of computer output
B) errors in computer programs
C) data-entry errors
D) improper installation and setup of computer systems

Question 60

The ____ Industry Association of America (RIAA) has sued thousands of individuals involved in illegal MP3 file sharing for significant financial settlements.

A) Record
B) Radio
C) Recording
D) Rock and Roll

Question 61

A ____ is someone who takes advantage of security vulnerabilities to gain unlawful access to private networks for the purpose of private advantage.

A) black-hat hacker
B) white-hat hacker
C) gray-hat hacker
D) script kiddie

Question 62

A ____ is someone who considers it working for the common good to hack into networks in order to call attention to flaws in security so that they can be fixed.

A) black-hat hacker
B) white-hat hacker
C) gray-hat hacker
D) script kiddie

Question 63

A ____ is someone of questionable ethics.

A) red-hat hacker
B) white-hat hacker
C) gray-hat hacker
D) script kiddie

Question 64

A ____ is a person with little technical knowledge who follows the instructions of others to hack networks.

A) black-hat hacker
B) white-hat hacker
C) gray-hat hacker
D) script kiddie

Question 65

-The accompanying figure, showing an "Enter Password" dialog box, is an example of ____ security.

A) something you know
B) something you have
C) something about you
D) someone you know

Question 66

-The accompanying figure, showing someone with their finger over a red light, is an example of ____ security.

A) something you know
B) something you have
C) something about you
D) someone you know

Question 67

-The accompanying figure, showing someone with a white card, is an example of ____ security.

A) something you know
B) something you have
C) something about you
D) someone you know

Question 68

The most popular type of devices used to identify users and provide access to restricted areas and computer systems are ____ that sometimes take the form of a keychain fob.

A) ID cards
B) tokens
C) both a.and b.
D) neither a. nor b.

Question 69

Los Angeles International Airport reported that on average, ____ laptops per week are lost on its premises.

A) 300
B) 600
C) 1,200
D) 2,000

Question 70

The most common cause of data loss, according to engineers at data recovery vendor Ontrack, is ____.

A) hardware failure
B) human error
C) software corruption
D) viruses

Question 71

A(n) ____ disk is created while a system is operational and backs up important operating systems files.

A) help
B) index
C) search
D) rescue

Question 72

Windows PC users who find their system damaged but are still able to start the computer can benefit from the System ____ utility.

A) Reset
B) Restore
C) Save
D) Stability

Question 73

The backup software option of backing up all files is called a ____ backup.

A) full
B) mass
C) global
D) group

Question 74

The backup software option of backing up just those files that have changed since the last backup is called a(n) ____ backup.

A) stopgap
B) incremental
C) half
D) replacement

Question 75

With remote data backups, changes to your hard drive are ____ and transmitted via your Internet connection to remote data centers.

A) collected
B) compressed
C) encrypted
D) all of the above

Question 76

Most software has an update feature that applies patches to ____ discovered in the software after release.

A) worms
B) bugs
C) trojans
D) viruses

Question 77

About ____ percent of data loss is attributed to software corruption.

A) 4
B) 9
C) 14
D) 19

Question 78

____ software referred to as Windows cleaners, or Windows Registry cleaners, such as CleanMyPC and Registry Mechanic, scan the Windows Registry, correcting incorrect or obsolete information

A) AntiVirus
B) Utility
C) Productivity
D) Pop-up Blocker

Question 79

Connecting to the Internet increases risks ____ times that of a stand-alone computer.

A) one thousand
B) ten thousand
C) one hundred thousand
D) one million

Question 80

Microsoft Windows Vista uses three classifications for user accounts that do NOT include ____.

A) Administrator
B) Owner
C) Standard
D) Guest