Deck 18: Tech Guide 5: Protecting your information assets

Question 1

As businesses improve their information security, organized crime is turning its attention to consumers.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Companies that provide proactive protection of your personal information allow customers to lock their credit files.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A single-cut shredder is sufficient to shred your documents at home, whereas a cross-cut (confetti)shredder is necessary at work because your work documents are more sensitive.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

One strategy for controlling spam is to set up multiple free e-mail accounts.

Question 5

Virtual credit cards cannot be used for in-store purchases that require a traditional plastic card.

Question 6

Credit card companies bear the liability for fraudulent charges, provided that they are notified within 60 days of the theft.

Question 7

It is possible for criminals to gain information about many people from social networking sites.

Question 8

You should ask whether your Social Security number is necessary for identification or if any combination of nine numbers and letters will do just as well.

Question 9

Your credit card company bears the liability for fraudulent charges, regardless of when you notify them.

Question 10

Your liability with credit cards is typically _____, whereas your liability with debit cards is _____.

A)The amount in your bank account, your credit limit
B)Your credit limit, the amount in your bank account
C)The amount in your bank account, zero
D)Your credit limit, zero
E)Zero, the amount in your bank account

Question 11

You should update your definitions before scanning your system with anti-malware software.

Question 12

Social engineering attacks are a threat at work but typically not at home.

Question 13

It is best to use a straight-line shredder to protect your unused documents.

Question 14

It is OK to open an e-mail attachment as long as you know and trust the person who sent the e-mail.

Question 15

Using credit cards with your face on them will decrease your information security because clerks will look for your signature.

Question 16

You should use debit cards because they are directly linked to your bank account and, therefore, you cannot overspend.

Question 17

Which of the following statements is not correct?

A)You should use credit cards with your picture on them.
B)You may use virtual credit cards for additional security.
C)You should use debit cards whenever possible for additional security.
D)You cannot use virtual credit cards for in-store purchases.
E)Signatures on credit cards are often impossible to read.

Question 18

You should use a Post Office box for your personal mail.

Question 19

A _____ offers you the option of shopping online with a disposable credit card number.

A)Credit card
B)Debit card
C)Driver's license
D)Virtual credit card
E)Bank card

Question 20

You should keep close track of your credit card billing cycles.

Question 21

A(n)_____ is a computer to which you connect, that in turn connects to the Web site you wish to visit.

A)Proxy server
B)Internet server
C)Intermediate server
D)Backbone server
E)E-mail server

Question 22

_____________ is an example of a behavioral action you can take to protect your information assets.

A)Having your picture on your credit card
B)Opening e-mails only from people you know and trust
C)Running security checks
D)Installing antivirus software

Question 23

Which of the following attacks is most closely associated with downloading and installing patches immediately?

A)Denial-of-service
B)Zero-day attacks
C)Distributed denial-of-service
D)Viruses
E)Worms

Question 24

A _____ cookie either originates on, or is sent to, a different Web site than the one you are currently viewing.

A)Tracking cookie
B)Monitoring cookie
C)Second-party cookie
D)Third-party cookie
E)First-party cookie

Question 25

_____________ is an example of a behavioral action you can take to protect your information assets.

A)Don't download files/software from web sites you don't know or trust
B)Limit your use of debit cards
C)Never post personal information about yourself on social networking sites
D)Update your privacy settings on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Question 26

The first step to recover from identity theft is ____________.

A)call your credit card company
B)change all your credit cards
C)get a lawyer
D)fill out fraud affidavits for creditors

Question 27

Which of the following is not a reason to install proactive intrusion detection and prevention software on your computer?

A)Anti-malware software is reactive.
B)This software reduces your vulnerability to zero-day attacks.
C)Anti-malware software requires you to update malware signatures on a regular basis.
D)This software reduces your vulnerability to distributed denial-of-service attacks.
E)None of these

Question 28

Which of the following statements about companies that provide proactive protection of your information assets is not correct?

A)These companies allow their customers to lock their credit files.
B)These companies ensure that new lines of credit cannot be opened unless their clients unlock their credit files.
C)These companies operate independently of the three major credit reporting agencies.
D)Signing up with these companies means that merchants and banks must have verbal or written permission from their customers before opening new credit in their names.
E)These companies will proactively monitor their clients' credit files at the three credit reporting agencies.

Question 29

Personal firewalls perform all of the following functions except:

A)They should not respond to Internet requests to ports that are not used for common Internet use.
B)They should seek out the origin of malware in an attempt to block it in the future.
C)They should alert you to suspicious behavior.
D)They should block outbound connections that you do not initiate.
E)They should tell you when a program or connection is attempting to do something that you do not want.

Question 30

Your little brother came for a visit and used your laptop.You didn't think anything of it at the time, but now your laptop is running really slow.Which of the following statements is false?

A)It can't be a worm because your anti-malware software would have blocked it.
B)It can't be a Trojan horse because your anti-spam software would have blocked it.
C)It can't be your brother's fault because he only visited Web sites, and he didn't open any files.
D)Your brother admits to opening a joke file on his e-mail, but the file was from a good friend, so it can't be your brother's fault.
E)All of these statements are false.

Question 31

Which of the following is a good password?

A)Your last name
B)Your birth date
C)Your mother's name and her birth date
D)Your driver's license number
E)Your social security number

Question 32

Content-filtering software performs all of the following functions except:

A)Blocking access to undesirable Web sites.
B)Recording all Web sites visited.
C)Proactively monitoring computers to protect against malware attacks.
D)Recording both sides of chat conversations.
E)Enabling users to selectively filter content.

Question 33

If your identity is stolen, what is the first thing you should do?

A)Change all of your credit cards.
B)Get a lawyer.
C)Open a file with all of your paperwork.
D)File a detailed police report.
E)Notify the three major credit-reporting agencies.

Question 34

You got careless and left your laptop in a taxi back from the airport.However, you aren't too worried about your information.Which of the following should not a reason for your attitude?

A)You back up all your files every Monday night.
B)You encrypt all of your personal information.
C)Your operating system requires a password at start-up.
D)You have trace software on your laptop.
E)You named the file that contains your list of passwords BirthdaysToRemember.

Question 35

Methods you should use to protect your portable devices and information include all of the following except:

A)Using two-factor authentication.
B)Making certain not to leave your portable devices in plain view in a car.
C)Keeping your portable devices in an inconspicuous container.
D)Encrypting the hard drive of your laptop.
E)All of these are legitimate protection methods.

Question 36

_____ software logs keystrokes, e-mails, applications, windows, Web sites, Internet connection, passwords, chat conversations, Web cams, and screenshots.

A)Firewall
B)Anti-malware
C)Monitoring
D)Content-filtering
E)Anti-spyware

Question 37

For security in your wireless computing, you should use the _____ encryption standard, rather than the older _____ encryption standard.

A)WPA, WEP
B)WPA2, WPA
C)WEP, WPA
D)WPA2, WEP
E)WEP, WPB

Question 38

A(n)___________ refers to software installed on your computer that controls communications to and from your computer by permitting or denying communications based on your security settings.

A)Proactive monitoring package
B)Anti-spyware package
C)Content-filtering package
D)Anti-malware package
E)Personal firewall

Question 39

_____________ is an example of a computer-based action you can take to protect your information assets.

A)Having your picture on your credit card
B)Limiting your use of debit cards
C)Knowing your credit card billing cycles
D)Installing antivirus software

Question 40

A _____ cookie either originates on, or is sent to, the Web site that you are currently viewing.

A)Tracking
B)Monitoring
C)Second-party
D)Third-party
E)First-party

Question 41

The worst browser to use to protect yourself from malware infections is ________.

A)Chrome
B)Firefox
C)Internet Explorer
D)Opera

Question 42

Which of the following is a computer action you can take to prevent malware infections?

A)Install a security suite on your computer
B)Install a firewall on your computer
C)Install monitoring software on your computer
D)All of the above

Question 43

Using both a token/biometric and your personal password is an example of ________.

A)Two-factor authentication
B)Two-factor authorization
C)Multi-factor authentication
D)Multi-factor authorization

Question 44

________________ is an example of a computer-based action you can take to protect your information assets.

A)Never posting personal information about yourself on social networking sites
B)Frequently getting new credit card numbers
C)Not using your "snail-mail" mailbox at home
D)Shredding your documents