Deck 12: Security and Privacy in an Electronic Age

Question 1

____________ may display unwanted pop-up advertisements on your monitor;it may be related to the sites you search on the Web or even the content of your e-mail.

A)Adware
B)Trackware
C)Spyware
D)Keyware

Answer 1

Adware

Question 2

A _______________ is a program that attaches itself to another program and replicates itself.It may do damage to your hardware or destroy your data.

Answer 2

virus

Question 3

____________involves sending fraudulent messages via email or instant message that purport to be from a legitimate source such as a social network or IT administrator.The user is directed to a fake website and asked to enter information.

Answer 3

Phishing

Question 4

The first federal legislation protecting the privacy of medical records is _______________.

Question 5

The ___________________________ encourages the use of electronic medical records and requires health care facilities to have privacy policies.

A)Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
B)Americans with Disabilities Act
C)USA PATRIOT Act
D)Welfare Reform Act

Question 6

The penalties for damaging computer systems have been severely increased by the USA PATRIOT Act and the ______________ Act.

Question 7

_______________ has many aspects.Among them is the ability to control personal information and the right to keep it from misuse.

Question 8

A ______________ is a program that attaches itself to another program and replicates itself.

A)disease
B)cold
C)spyglass
D)virus

Question 9

____________ theft involves someone using someone's private information to assume his or her identity.

A)Personal
B)Identity
C)Car
D)None of the above

Question 10

The __________________ gives law enforcement agencies greater power to monitor electronic and other communications,with fewer checks.

A)Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
B)Americans with Disabilities Act
C)USA PATRIOT Act
D)Welfare Reform Act

Question 11

A ___________ can connect the user with numbers without the user's knowledge;the dialer may connect the user's computer to an expensive 900 number.

Question 12

_________________ is software that can be installed without the user's knowledge to track their actions on a computer.

A)Adware
B)Trackware
C)Spyware
D)Keyware

Question 13

Privacy includes the right to _____________________.

A)control personal information
B)own a computer
C)own a printer
D)use a computer

Question 14

____________________ is the unauthorized copying of software protected by copyright.

Question 15

The _______________ Act gives lawenforcement agencies greater power to monitor electronic and other communications,with fewer checks.

Question 16

_______________ is the scrambling of data so that it does NOT make sense.

Question 17

The _______________ Act expands and centralizes the data gathering allowed under the USA PATRIOT Act.

Question 18

________________ includes attempts to protect computer systems and the privacy of computerized data.

A)Security
B)SafeComputer
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above

Question 19

Under the __________ part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,the privacy protections of HIPAA are strengthened and expanded significantly to,for example,businesses who work with your health care provider.

A)HITECH Act
B)Americans with Disabilities Act
C)Health Insurance Act
D)None of the above

Question 20

The unauthorized copying of software protected by copyright is a crime called _______________.

A)software stealth
B)software carbon
C)software piracy
D)None of the above

Question 21

The _______________ is composed of 470 insurance companies.Its database contains the health information on 15 million people.

Question 22

_______________ of restricting access to computer systems includes fingerprints,handprints,retina or iris scans,lip prints,and facial thermography.

Question 23

_______________ are small files that a Web site may put on your hard drive when you visit.

Question 24

Electronic blocks (called __________________)can be used to limit access to networks.

Question 25

The _______________ has been interpreted to allow employers access to employees' e-mail.