Question 1

Which of the following definitions represents physical security?
A)A problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names.
B)Tangible protection such as alarms,guards,fireproof doors,fences,and vaults
C)Government attempts to control Internet traffic,thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens
D)Choosing to deny permission to incoming emails.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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?
A)Typosquatting
B)Website name stealing
C)Internet censorship
D)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 3

What is government attempts to control Internet traffic,thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens?
A)Typosquatting
B)Website name stealing
C)Internet censorship
D)Teergrubing

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Which of the following is a cost of downtime in addition to lost revenue?
A)Legal expenses
B)Loss in financial performance
C)Damage to reputation
D)All of the above

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 5

A company should be able to calculate the cost of downtime by which of the following?
A)Per hour,per day,and per week
B)Per employee,per computer,and per company
C)Per stock,per stockholder,and per investment capital
D)None of the above

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which of the below defines information security?
A)A broad term encompassing the protection of information
B)Protects information from accidental misuse
C)Protects information from intentional misuse
D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

All of the above are included in the definition of information security.

Question 7

Which of the following definitions represents Internet censorship?
A)A problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names.
B)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.
C)Government attempts to control Internet traffic,thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens
D)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

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

Question 8

Which of the following definitions represents opt-out?
A)A problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names.
B)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.
C)Government attempts to control Internet traffic,thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens
D)Choosing to deny permission to incoming emails.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

What occurs when a person chooses to deny permission to incoming emails?
A)Opt out
B)Website name stealing
C)Internet censorship
D)Teergrubing

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Which of the following definitions represents Website name stealing?
A)A problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names.
B)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.
C)Government attempts to control Internet traffic,thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens
D)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

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 11

Which of the following refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable?
A)Downtime
B)MIS down
C)Direct data loss
D)Downtown

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of downtime.

Question 12

Which quadrant in the cost of downtime includes equipment rental,overtime costs,and travel expenses?
A)Fiscal responsibility
B)Damaged reputation
C)Other expenses
D)Regeneration quadrant

Accepted Answer

The Other Expenses quadrant of the cost of downtime figure includes: temporary employees,equipment rental,overtime costs,extra shipping charges,travel expenses,and legal obligations.

Question 13

What are critical questions that managers should ask when determining the cost of downtime?
A)What is the productivity cost associated with each hour of downtime?
B)How many transactions can the company afford to lose without significantly harming business?
C)All of the above
D)None of the above

Accepted Answer

Both A & B are critical questions to ask when determining the cost of downtime.Other questions include: 1)Does the company depend upon one or more mission-critical applications to conduct business? 2)How much revenue will the company lose for every hour a critical application is unavailable? 3)How will collaborative business processes with partners,suppliers,and customers be affected by an unexpected IT outage? and 4)What is the total cost of lost productivity and lost revenue during unplanned downtime?

Question 14

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?
A)Typosquatting
B)Website name stealing
C)Internet censorship
D)Teergrubing

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 15

What are experts in technology who use their knowledge to break into computers and networks,for profit or just as a challenge known as?
A)Elevation of privilege
B)Virus
C)Hacker
D)Worm

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of a hacker.

Question 16

Which of the following definitions represents Typosquatting?
A)A problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names.
B)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.
C)Government attempts to control Internet traffic,thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens
D)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

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

Question 17

Which of the following definitions represents Teergrubing?
A)A problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names.
B)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.
C)Government attempts to control Internet traffic,thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens
D)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 18

Jensen is a senior developer for HackersRUs,a company that helps secure management information systems.Jensen's new task is to break into the computer system of one of HackersRUs' top clients to identify system vulnerabilities and plug the holes.What type of hacker is Jensen?
A)Cracker
B)White-hat hacker
C)Script bunnies
D)Black-hat hacker

Accepted Answer

A white-hat hacker works at the request of the system owners to find system vulnerabilities and plug the holes.

Question 19

Which of the following is not an example of unplanned downtime?
A)Power outages
B)Tornados
C)A system upgrade
D)Network failure

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 20

What is a hacker who breaks into other people's computer systems and may just look around or steal and destroy information?
A)Script kiddies
B)Black-hat hacker
C)White-hat hacker
D)Cracker

Accepted Answer

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

Quiz 4: Ethics and Information Security: Mis Business Concerns

Which of the following definitions represents physical security?

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?

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

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 below defines information security?

Which of the following definitions represents Internet censorship?

Which of the following definitions represents opt-out?

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

Which of the following definitions represents Website name stealing?

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

Which quadrant in the cost of downtime includes equipment rental,overtime costs,and travel expenses?

What are critical questions that managers should ask when determining the cost of downtime?

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 are experts in technology who use their knowledge to break into computers and networks,for profit or just as a challenge known as?

Which of the following definitions represents Typosquatting?

Which of the following definitions represents Teergrubing?

Jensen is a senior developer for HackersRUs,a company that helps secure management information systems.Jensen's new task is to break into the computer system of one of HackersRUs' top clients to identify system vulnerabilities and plug the holes.What type of hacker is Jensen?

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

What is a hacker who breaks into other people's computer systems and may just look around or steal and destroy information?