Question 1

What is Cybervandalism?

Accepted Answer

Cybervandalism is the electronic defacing of an existing website.

Question 2

What is a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names?

Accepted Answer

Typosquatting is a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names.

Question 3

What is the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner?

Accepted Answer

Website name stealing is the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner.

Question 4

What is an antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam?

Accepted Answer

Teergrubing is an antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam.

Question 5

Which of the following definitions represents Website name stealing?

Accepted Answer

Website name stealing is the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner.

Question 6

What is a threat?

Accepted Answer

Threat is an act or object that poses a danger to assets.

Question 7

Which of the following refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of downtime.

Question 8

Which of the following definitions represents teergrubing?

Accepted Answer

Teergrubing is an antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam.

Question 9

What occurs when a person chooses to deny permission to incoming emails?

Accepted Answer

Opt out of receiving emails by choosing to deny permission to incoming emails.

Question 10

Which of the following definitions represents opt-in?

Accepted Answer

Opt out of receiving emails by choosing to deny permission to incoming emails.

Question 11

Which of the following is not an example of unplanned downtime?

Accepted Answer

There are many examples of unplanned downtime which include: power outages, tornados, network failures, fire, flood, fraud, strike, terrorism, snowstorm, theft, smoke damage, wind, virus, insects, hail, hacker, and many more. A system upgrade is planned downtime.

Question 12

What is click-fraud?

Accepted Answer

Click-fraud is the abuse of pay-per-click, pay-per-call, and pay-per-conversion revenue models by repeatedly clicking on a link to increase charges or costs for the advertiser.

Question 13

What is government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens?

Accepted Answer

Internet censorship is government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens.

Question 14

Which of the following definitions represents opt-out?

Accepted Answer

Opt out of receiving emails by choosing to deny permission to incoming emails.

Question 15

What is competitive click-fraud?

Accepted Answer

Competitive click-fraud is a computer crime where a competitor or disgruntled employee increases a company's search advertising costs by repeatedly clicking on the advertiser's link.

Question 16

Which of the following is a cost of downtime in addition to lost revenue?

Accepted Answer

The costs of downtime are not only associated with lost revenues, but also with financial performance, damage to reputations, and even travel or legal expenses.

Question 17

A company should be able to calculate the cost of downtime by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

When calculating the cost of downtime, you should know your costs of downtime by per hour, per day, and per week.

Question 18

Which of the following definitions represents Internet censorship?

Accepted Answer

Internet censorship is government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens.

Question 19

Which of the following defines physical security?

Accepted Answer

Physical security is tangible protection such as alarms, guards, fireproof doors, fences, and vaults.

Question 20

Which of the following definitions represents typosquatting?

Accepted Answer

Typosquatting is a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names.

Quiz 4: Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

What is Cybervandalism?

What is a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names?

What is the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner?

What is an antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam?

Which of the following definitions represents Website name stealing?

What is a threat?

Which of the following refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable?

Which of the following definitions represents teergrubing?

What occurs when a person chooses to deny permission to incoming emails?

Which of the following definitions represents opt-in?

Which of the following is not an example of unplanned downtime?

What is click-fraud?

What is government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens?

Which of the following definitions represents opt-out?

What is competitive click-fraud?

Which of the following is a cost of downtime in addition to lost revenue?

A company should be able to calculate the cost of downtime by which of the following?

Which of the following definitions represents Internet censorship?

Which of the following defines physical security?

Which of the following definitions represents typosquatting?