Deck 12: Computer Crime

Question 1

Hacking can include all of the following except:

A)a bank employee checking credit history of bank customers.
B)using the telephone book to target doctors and searching their credit records.
C)checking TRW records for credit ratings.
D)tapping into local credit bureau records.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

WAREZ sites encourage which of the following activities?

A)Violent acts
B)Contact with terrorist cells
C)Copying of copyrighted programs
D)Buying cheap foreign computers

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The acronym EFT stands for:

A)east fun target.
B)ending fund target.
C)earned from trust.
D)electronic funds transfer.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is unlikely to be classed as a computer crime?

A)Phony tax returns
B)Public intoxication
C)Blowing up toilets
D)Pedophilia

Question 5

Hackers first targeted:

A)the stock exchange.
B)the government.
C)schools.
D)banks.

Question 6

Toll fraud is:

A)avoiding a fee to use a road.
B)avoiding phone charges.
C)avoiding cable television fees.
D)avoiding internet services fees.

Question 7

According to Cressey, embezzlers go through a process that includes all of the following except:

A)opportunity.
B)secret financial problem.
C)remorse.
D)rationalizing.

Question 8

The Masters of Destruction (MOD) corrupted the databases of all of the following companies except:

A)ITT.
B)Sprint.
C)Pacific Bell.
D)Nynex.

Question 9

In 1996 the General Accounting Office said that hackers had targeted the Pentagon __________ times and gained entry 2 of every 3 times.

A)250,000
B)100,000
C)half a million
D)a million

Question 10

Showoffs have which of the following qualities?

A)Goal is to do the most damage
B)Goal is fun, not profit
C)Coasting along looking for doors to open
D)Goal is breaking in

Question 11

According to the text, the broad but somewhat more specific definition of computer crime can be described as:

A)destruction, theft, unauthorized or illegal use, modification or copying of information, programs, services, equipment, or communication networks.
B)a crime that could not be committed without a computer.
C)crimes using a computer to accomplish their ends.
D)a computer or its periphery used as a weapon.

Question 12

The term "hacker" can include all of the following except a(n):

A)norm-violating individual.
B)accidental tourist.
C)curious individual.
D)computer virtuoso.

Question 13

According to the text, all of the following have been invaded to get credit and debit card information except:

A)Western Union.
B)Yahoo.com.
C)America Online.
D)Egghead.com.

Question 14

Malicious hacking, affecting national security, has affected all of the following except:

A)White House computers.
B)Pacific Fleet computers.
C)Congressional committee files.
D)Boeing Corporation.

Question 15

The average bank robbery nets approximately:

A)$1,200.
B)$3,200.
C)$5,400.
D)$2,100.

Question 16

Crackers break which of the following?

A)Government security codes
B)Copy protection codes
C)Password codes
D)Access codes

Question 17

In the 1970s a Los Angeles-based insurance company programmed its computers to do all of the following except:

A)fail to pay legitimate claims.
B)sell fake policies to other companies.
C)issue policies on people who did not exist.
D)use reinsurance to disguise indebtedness.

Question 18

Computer crimes may have begun with the use of the blue box. The blue box involved which instrument?

A)Phones
B)Radios
C)Televisions
D)Stereos

Question 19

Which one of the following crimes could not be classified as a computer crime?

A)Espionage
B)Scams
C)Assault
D)Sabotage

Question 20

An authorized program planted on a computer is known as a(n):

A)Trojan Horse.
B)Achilles Heel.
C)Sword of Damocles.
D)Cyclops Eye.

Question 21

Computer crime has become increasingly globalized.

Question 22

Mafiaboy activities affected all of the following except:

A)eBay.
B)Buy.com.
C)Yahoo.com.
D)Amazon.com.

Question 23

Mafiaboy turned out to be a(n) ____________ Canadian.

A)25-year-old
B)12-year-old
C)15-year-old
D)18-year-old

Question 24

The Nigerian scam involved:

A)contributions to overthrow Communist Nigerian government.
B)a fake charity for Nigerian refugees.
C)a smuggling operation to get dissenters out of Nigeria.
D)a ploy using deceptive emails and stories of sequestered funds

Question 25

International cooperation in regards to stealing software has faltered because of minimal economic impact.

Question 26

Stealth programs:

A)hide from virus protection programs.
B)are triggered at some point in the future.
C)infect the host computer.
D)multiply.

Question 27

Playpen-mentality hackers have the goal of breaking in.

Question 28

Back door programs:

A)allow entry at will.
B)insert advertisements.
C)attack specific programs.
D)look for passwords.

Question 29

The most effective computer crimes are those perpetrated by experts.

Question 30

The broad but somewhat more specific definition of computer crime can be described as destruction, theft, unauthorized or illegal use, modification or copying of information, programs, services, equipment, or communication networks.

Question 31

Computers can be used to commit all of the following kinds of espionage except:

A)social.
B)international.
C)political.
D)industrial.

Question 32

The average computer crime nets $500,000.

Question 33

Trap doors or sleepers allow a technique known as salami slicing to loot accounts. This is taking small amounts from a lot of people.

Question 34

Viruses:

A)infect the host computer.
B)multiply.
C)are triggered at some point in the future.
D)hide from virus protection programs.

Question 35

Reasons for the Nigerian scam include all of the following except:

A)it has a well-educated populace.
B)it is an oil-rich country with a healthy economy.
C)it uses English as a first language.
D)it is a well-populated country.

Question 36

So-called first generation phone "phreaks" used their talents to steal from checking accounts.

Question 37

If you send out 30,000 e-mails and get only one response, but you get $40.00 per response and you send out a half a million e-mails, how much money can you make?

A)$750,000
B)$100,00
C)$1 million
D)$250,000

Question 38

The magnitude of Mafiaboy damage was estimated to exceed at least:

A)$1 billion.
B)$100 million.
C)$10 million.
D)$500 million.

Question 39

Coasting along looking for doors to open is a quality of cookbook hackers.

Question 40

A less formal definition of computer crime would be those crimes using a computer to accomplish its ends.

Question 41

Michael Bloomberg was the subject of a computer crime. He was asked to pay a sum of money in return for being advised as to the perpetrator's methods that were used to invade his system. In street crime terms this would be extortion.

Question 42

Shoulder surfers ________________ access codes at airports.

Question 43

Identify and describe the four phases of computer viruses. Practically speaking, how do these stages work and what are the implications in the context of computer crime?

Question 44

Explain what the "dark figure" of computer crime means.

Question 45

The dark figure of crime is crime that is ________________.

Question 46

The easiest way into a computer is through the ________________ door.

Question 47

A simple but effective form of electronic bank robbery used ________________ slips.

Question 48

Discuss why early computer hackers exhibited few characteristics of secondary deviance as defined by Lemert.

Question 49

The virus that overwrites the system, and whose data files download a password-thieving program, destroys files, and is sent to everyone on the contact list was called ________________ Letter.

Question 50

Describe the three state process defined by Cressey that characterized typical embezzlers.

Question 51

A denial of service ________________ shuts down a Web site.

Question 52

A reason for the Nigerian scam is that it has a well-educated populace.

Question 53

Logic bombs hide from virus protection programs.

Question 54

Worms infect the ________________ computer.

Question 55

The fastest-spreading virus is a variation of the________________ virus.

Question 56

Only the ________________ computer criminals are caught.

Question 57

Mafiaboy got caught because he was traced through emails.

Question 58

The motivation for the Masters of Destruction was money.

Question 59

Sniffer programs look for ________________.

Question 60

Examine both domestic and international computer espionage and give examples of each. Why do you think it is more difficult to determine the extent of international espionage?

Question 61

Evaluate and explain why you think it has become so much easier to commit identity theft.

Question 62

Distinguish between the following: Trojan Horse, sniffer, spyware, trap door, logic bomb, stealth virus, and phishing.