Question 1

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.

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 2

Internet governance 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 3

White-hat hackers break into other people's computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy information.

Accepted Answer

Black-hat hackers break into other people's computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy information.

Question 4

A hacker weapon called a splog (spam blog)is a fake blog created solely to raise the search engine rank of affiliated websites.

Accepted Answer

A hacker weapon called a splog (spam blog)is a fake blog created solely to raise the search engine rank of affiliated websites.

Question 5

Cybervandalism 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 6

The Trojan-horse virus hides inside other software,usually as an attachment or a downloadable file.

Accepted Answer

The Trojan-horse virus hides inside other software,usually as an attachment or a downloadable file.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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.

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 9

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.

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 10

Smoking areas are targeted by hackers as they regularly use smoking entrances to gain building access where they pose as employees to gain access to the company network.

Accepted Answer

Smoking areas are targeted by hackers as they regularly use smoking entrances to gain building access where they pose as employees to gain access to the company network.

Question 11

Workplace MIS monitoring tracks people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes,error rate,and number of transactions processed.

Accepted Answer

Workplace MIS monitoring tracks people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes,error rate,and number of transactions processed.

Question 12

Downtime refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable and unplanned downtime can strike at any time for various reasons.

Accepted Answer

Downtime refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable and unplanned downtime can strike at any time for various reasons.

Question 13

Drive-by hacking is a computer attack where an attacker accesses a wireless computer network,intercepts data,uses network services,and/or sends attack instructions without entering the office or organization that owns the network

Accepted Answer

Drive-by hacking is a computer attack where an attacker accesses a wireless computer network,intercepts data,uses network services,and/or sends attack instructions without entering the office or organization that owns the network

Question 14

Information security is a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of information security.

Question 15

Cybervandalism includes threats,negative remarks,or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website.

Accepted Answer

Cyberbullying includes threats,negative remarks,or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website.

Question 16

Two of the common forms of viruses discussed in the book include the Trojan-horse virus and the acceptance-of-service attack.

Accepted Answer

Among the common forms of viruses discussed in the book are Trojan-horse virus and the denial-of-service attack (DoS)not acceptance-of-service attack.

Question 17

Information security is a high priority for protection of the company's information and it is critical to implement an information security procedure to combat misuse of this information.

Accepted Answer

This is parts of the definition of information security.

Question 18

Spyware is software that,while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that functions,also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user.

Accepted Answer

Adware is software that,while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that functions,also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user.

Question 19

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.

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 20

Cybervandalism is the electronic defacing of an existing website.

Accepted Answer

Cybervandalism is the electronic defacing of an existing website.

Quiz 4: Ethics and Information Security: Mis Business Concerns

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.

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

White-hat hackers break into other people's computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy information.

A hacker weapon called a splog (spam blog)is a fake blog created solely to raise the search engine rank of affiliated websites.

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

The Trojan-horse virus hides inside other software,usually as an attachment or a downloadable file.

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

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.

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.

Smoking areas are targeted by hackers as they regularly use smoking entrances to gain building access where they pose as employees to gain access to the company network.

Workplace MIS monitoring tracks people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes,error rate,and number of transactions processed.

Downtime refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable and unplanned downtime can strike at any time for various reasons.

Drive-by hacking is a computer attack where an attacker accesses a wireless computer network,intercepts data,uses network services,and/or sends attack instructions without entering the office or organization that owns the network

Information security is a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.

Cybervandalism includes threats,negative remarks,or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website.

Two of the common forms of viruses discussed in the book include the Trojan-horse virus and the acceptance-of-service attack.

Information security is a high priority for protection of the company's information and it is critical to implement an information security procedure to combat misuse of this information.

Spyware is software that,while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that functions,also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user.

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.

Cybervandalism is the electronic defacing of an existing website.