Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Virus scanners are regularly updated with new virus definitions to detect a wide range of malware, including viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

Question 2

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. _________________________

Accepted Answer

intellectual

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents are all legal mechanisms used to protect different types of intellectual property.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Oxley

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Cyberterrorism

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

white

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Computer forensics involves analyzing digital devices to uncover evidence of illegal or unauthorized activities, often for legal proceedings or investigations.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

smart

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Retinal scanning involves capturing an image of the pattern of blood vessels in the retina, which is unique to each individual, for identification purposes.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Voice

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

The system administrator typically manages user access rights and permissions to ensure security and proper resource allocation within a system.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

access

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

dumpster

Question 14

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. _________________________

Accepted Answer

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks involve multiple computers, often part of a botnet, sending a large volume of requests to a target server to exhaust its resources and disrupt its normal operation.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A firewall is designed to monitor and control incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules, filtering out potentially harmful data packets.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of The 2008 Computer Security Institute's Computer Crime...

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The 2008 Computer Security Institute's Computer Crime and Security survey reported that 27 percent of businesses experienced targeted attacks from hackers.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of The 2008 Computer Security Institute's Computer Crime...

Question 19

-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

Accepted Answer

The user level is often considered the most important component of information security because human actions can significantly impact security through behaviors such as password management and susceptibility to social engineering attacks.

Question 20

-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.

Accepted Answer

As you move from the machine level to the network level to the Internet level, the exposure and risks generally increase due to the broader connectivity and potential for more external threats.

Quiz 11: Computer Crime and Information Security