Deck 11: Computer Security and Safety, Ethics, and Privacy

Question 1

Which of the following is a technique intruders use to make their network or Internet transmission appear legitimate to a victim computer or network?

A) Rebuking
B) Spoofing
C) Transmitting
D) Victimizing

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is someone who uses the Internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons?

A) hacker
B) script kiddie
C) cyberextortionist
D) cyberterrorist

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Many Web sites, like that in the accompanying figure, require a user to enter a private combination of characters associated with a user name that allows access to certain computer resources. What is the term for this combination of characters?

A) PIN
B) password
C) secure key
D) passterm

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is the term for any unwanted signal, usually varying quickly, that is mixed with the normal voltage entering a computer?

A) Undervoltage
B) Noise
C) Overvoltage
D) A spike

Question 5

Which of the following occurs when the incoming electrical power increases significantly above the normal 120 volts?

A) overvoltage
B) undervoltage
C) spike
D) unstable flow

Question 6

To read encrypted data, the recipient must decipher it into a readable form. What is the term for this process?

A) re-securing
B) decryption
C) assessment
D) digitization

Question 7

Which of the following software automatically analyzes all network traffic, assesses system vulnerabilities, identifies any unauthorized access (intrusions), and notifies a network administrator of suspicious behavior patterns or system breaches?

A) Violation assessment
B) Password authentication
C) Intrusion detection
D) Traffic management

Question 8

What is the term for the prolonged malfunction of a computer?

A) dynamic collapse
B) online hash
C) processor spike
D) system failure

Question 9

Which of the following kinds of certificate is a notice that guarantees a user or Web site is legitimate?

A) assigned
B) secure
C) protected
D) digital

Question 10

Which of the following occurs when the electrical supply drops?

A) overvoltage
B) undervoltage
C) spike
D) unstable flow

Question 11

Which of the following is an authorized person or company that issues and verifies digital certificates?

A) certificate authority
B) certificate agency
C) certificate office
D) certificate bureau

Question 12

Which of the following is a device that contains surge protection circuits and one or more batteries that can provide power during a temporary or permanent loss of power?

A) PGP
B) DoS
C) UPS
D) DDos

Question 13

A particularly devastating type of DoS attack is which kind of DoS attack, in which multiple unsuspecting computers are used to attack multiple computer networks?

A) distributed
B) delayed
C) limited
D) staggered

Question 14

Which of the following is the unit of energy a surge protection device can absorb before it can be damaged?

A) Joule
B) spike
C) hash
D) macro

Question 15

Which of the following has the same intent as a cracker, but does not have the technical skills and knowledge?

A) hacker
B) script kiddie
C) cyberextortionist
D) cyberterrorist

Question 16

As shown in the accompanying figure, which of the following kinds of program protects a computer against viruses by identifying and removing any computer viruses found in memory, on storage media, or on incoming files?

A) hoax
B) secure
C) antivirus
D) antispyware

Question 17

Computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and rootkits are classified as which of the following, or programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter the computer's operations?

A) malware
B) untrusted sources
C) threats
D) cybermals

Question 18

Which of the following is any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware, software, data, information, or processing capability?

A) computer security risk
B) information liability
C) technical terrorism
D) network compromise

Question 19

Which of the following is someone who uses e-mail as a vehicle for extortion?

A) hacker
B) script kiddie
C) cyberextortionist
D) cyberterrorist

Question 20

Which of the following kinds of suppressors uses special electrical components to smooth out minor noise, provide a stable current flow, and keep an overvoltage from reaching a computer and other electronic equipment?

A) Joule
B) spike
C) surge
D) hash

Question 21

Which of the following terms means in a location separate from the computer site?

A) Offscope
B) Offshore
C) Offline
D) Offsite

Question 22

To do this to a file means to make a copy of it. What is the term in question?

A) restore
B) back up
C) concatenate
D) decipher

Question 23

Which of the following refers to the right of individuals and companies to deny or restrict the collection and use of information about them?

A) data rights
B) acceptable use
C) social restrictions
D) information privacy

Question 24

Which of the following copies all of the files in a computer?

A) full backup
B) incremental backup
C) differential backup
D) selective backup

Question 25

Web sites use which of the following to keep track of items in a user's shopping cart?

A) session cookie
B) zombie
C) adware
D) shopping bot

Question 26

Which of the following occurs when a computer consumes someone's entire social life?

A) online craving
B) social consumption
C) computer addiction
D) information railroading

Question 27

Users may have this disorder if they have sore, tired, burning, itching or dry eyes; blurred or double vision; or difficulty focusing on a screen image. What is the name of this disorder?

A) OMS
B) EMV
C) CVS
D) VCS

Question 28

In the case of system failure or the discovery of corrupted files, users do this to the files by copying the backed up files to their original location on a computer. What is the term in question?

A) reset
B) index
C) restore
D) resource

Question 29

Which of the following is a duplicate of a file, program, or disk that can be used if the original is lost, damaged, or destroyed?

A) restored file
B) bot
C) IP file
D) backup

Question 30

Which of the following is a small text file that a Web server stores on a user's computer?

A) worm
B) spike
C) cookie
D) payload

Question 31

With a three-generation backup policy, the grandparent is which of the following?

A) most recent copy of the file
B) second oldest copy of the file
C) oldest copy of the file
D) original file

Question 32

Which of the following category of rights are the rights to which creators are entitled for their work?

A) Community property
B) Intellectual property
C) Creative
D) Ethical

Question 33

Which of the following gives authors and artists the exclusive rights to duplicate, publish, and sell their materials?

A) intellectual property deed
B) content license
C) access right
D) copyright

Question 34

Some perpetrators use a technique in which they attempt to connect to wireless networks via their notebook computers while driving a vehicle through areas they suspect have a wireless network. What is the term this technique?

A) cyberforensics
B) war driving
C) war flying
D) wire cruising

Question 35

Which of the following refers to unique and original works such as ideas, inventions, writings, art, processes, company and product names, and logos?

A) PGP
B) DoS
C) IP
D) TCP

Question 36

Which of the following is an injury or disorder of the muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, and joints?

A) DoS
B) ISP
C) PGP
D) RSI

Question 37

Personal computers, display devices, and printers should comply with guidelines of which of the following programs?

A) ENERGY STAR
B) SECURE ELECTRONICS
C) ACCEPTABLE USE
D) GREEN COMPUTING

Question 38

An IT code of conduct is a written guideline that helps determine whether a specific computer action is which of the following?

A) practical
B) permissible
C) acceptable
D) ethical

Question 39

With which of the following do users choose which folders and files to include in a backup?

A) full backup
B) incremental backup
C) differential backup
D) selective backup

Question 40

Which of the following is an applied science devoted to incorporating comfort, efficiency, and safety into the design of items in the workplace?

A) Ergonomics
B) Eurhythmics
C) Epidemics
D) Econometrics

Question 41

Which of the following 1986 laws provides the same protection that covers mail and telephone communications to electronic communications such as voice mail?

A) Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
B) Fair Credit Reporting Act
C) Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
D) Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act

Question 42

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following terms refers to someone who accesses a computer or network illegally with the intent of malicious action?

A) script kiddie
B) cracker
C) cyberextortionist
D) cyberterrorist

Question 43

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following terms refers to someone who uses the Internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons?

A) script kiddie
B) cracker
C) cyberextortionist
D) cyberterrorist

Question 44

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following best describes the term, cybercrime?

A) online or Internet-based illegal acts
B) any illegal act involving a computer
C) a type of gaming software that simulates criminal acts
D) using the Internet to apprehend and prosecute criminals

Question 45

Which of the following involves the use of computers to observe, record, and review an employee's use of a computer, including communications such as e-mail messages, keyboarding activity, and Web sites visited?

A) manager filtering
B) employee monitoring
C) job spamming
D) employee indexing

Question 46

An alternative to e-mail filtering is to purchase which of the following kinds of program that attempts to remove a message, like the one in the accompanying figure, before it reaches a user's inbox?

A) email
B) sieve
C) filtering
D) anti-spam

Question 47

Many businesses use which of the following to limit employees' Web access?

A) content filtering
B) Web bugs
C) honeypots
D) spyware

Question 48

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Define the term, payload, as it pertains to computer crime.

A) the money a criminal receives from extortion or other computer crimes
B) the amount of data loss to a company or individual who is a victim of a computer crime
C) the destructive event or prank the program is intended to deliver
D) the financial burden computer crime places on its victims

Question 49

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following terms is used to describe a program that copies itself repeatedly, using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network?

A) a virus
B) a worm
C) a Trojan horse
D) a rootkit

Question 50

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is the general term for programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter the computer's operations?

A) malware
B) cybersoft
C) evilapp
D) viralware

Question 51

Which of the following 1988 laws regulates the use of government data to determine the eligibility of individuals for federal benefits?

A) Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
B) Fair Credit Reporting Act
C) Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
D) Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act

Question 52

One type of spyware is hidden on Web pages or in e-mail messages in the form of graphical images. What is the term for this type of spyware?

A) Web bug
B) forensic element
C) content filter
D) integrated bot

Question 53

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following statements is not true about Internet and network attacks?

A) The CERT/CC is a federally funded Internet security research and development center.
B) It is usually the responsibility of the network administrators to take measures to protect a network from security risks.
C) Information kept on an organization's premises has a higher security risk than information transmitted over networks.
D) An online security service is a Web site that evaluates your computer to check for Internet and e-mail vulnerabilities.

Question 54

Which of the following is the process of restricting access to certain material on the Web?

A) text remastering
B) content filtering
C) indexing
D) material masking

Question 55

Internet advertising firms often use which of the following to collect information about users Web browsing habits?

A) comware
B) postware
C) spyware
D) billware

Question 56

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which term is used to describe software used by cybercriminals?

A) cyberware
B) conware
C) criminalware
D) crimeware

Question 57

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following terms is used to describe a program that hides in a computer and allows someone from a remote location to take full control of the computer?

A) a virus
B) a worm
C) a Trojan horse
D) a rootkit

Question 58

As shown in the accompanying figure, which of the following is an unsolicited e-mail message or newsgroup posting sent to many recipients or newsgroups at once?

A) Hash
B) Spam
C) Worm
D) Spike

Question 59

Which of the following is a scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking e-mail that attempts to obtain a user's personal and financial information?

A) Spam
B) Spit
C) Phishing
D) Spyware

Question 60

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Antivirus programs look for a specific pattern of virus code. What is this pattern called?

A) virus map
B) virus signature
C) virus index
D) virus identifier

Question 61

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT The term, PIN, is an acronym for which of the following?

A) personal identification number
B) private Internet notification
C) possessed information number
D) personal information network

Question 62

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is an EULA intended to do?

A) license software for individual use
B) outline computer activities for which the computer and network may or may not be used
C) contract with an outside organization to provide security and recovery services for a network
D) establish a network of computers, such as a homegroup

Question 63

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What term is used to describe the discovery, collection, and analysis of evidence found on computers and networks?

A) cybersleuthing
B) digital forensics
C) system analysis
D) data mining

Question 64

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is an AUP intended to do?

A) license software for individual use
B) outline computer activities for which the computer and network may or may not be used
C) contract with an outside organization to provide security and recovery services for a network
D) establish a network of computers, such as a homegroup

Question 65

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following refers to a technique intruders use to make their network or Internet transmission appear legitimate to a victim computer or network?

A) spoofing
B) phishing
C) veiling
D) costuming

Question 66

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Define the term CAPTCHA.

A) a private combination of words associated with a user name that allows access to computer resources
B) the average time it takes a computer to discover a password based on the number of characters
C) a digital image used to help decipher a faded or blurry word in digitized news archives
D) a series of distorted characters that a user is required to enter correctly to continue using a Web site

Question 67

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What happens during a DDoS attack?

A) An unsuspecting computer is used to sent an influx of confusing data messages or useless network traffic.
B) Antivirus software disables a virus and protects the computer or network from unauthorized access.
C) The police use a virus and other measures to take down a network of computer criminals.
D) A zombie army is used to attack computers or computer networks.

Question 68

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following terms is used to describe a file a computer creates that records successful and unsuccessful access attempts?

A) an access control
B) an attempt log
C) an attack index
D) an audit trail

Question 69

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following term is used to describe a vulnerable computer that is set up to entice an intruder to break into it?

A) a honeypot
B) a magnet
C) a mole
D) flypaper

Question 70

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Define the term, botnet.

A) a program that performs a repetitive task on a network
B) spam sent via e-mail to spread viruses or commit a distributed denial of service attack
C) a group of compromised computers connected to a network that attacks other networks
D) a computer whose owner is unaware that the computer is being controlled remotely by an outsider

Question 71

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Define the term back door, as it refers to computer crime.

A) the area of memory where information about a virus or attempted attack is sent by the antivirus software in order to prevent similar attacks in the future
B) a program or set of instructions that allows users to bypass security controls when accessing a program, computer, or network
C) the vulnerabilities of a computer criminal or criminal network that enable them to be tracked and caught
D) a weakness in a computer or network's security system that enables criminals to gain unauthorized access

Question 72

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Define the term firewall.

A) the access point a hacker uses to intrude on a computer or network
B) a program that searches for cybercriminals by looking for patterns in attacks
C) hardware and/or software that protect's a network's resources from intrusion
D) a virus that prevents the computer or network from accessing outside resources

Question 73

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Define the term, zombie.

A) a program that performs a repetitive task on a network
B) spam sent via e-mail to spread viruses or commit a distributed denial of service attack
C) a group of compromised computers connected to a network that attacks other networks
D) a computer whose owner is unaware that the computer is being controlled remotely by an outsider

Question 74

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following statements is not true about biometric devices?

A) Personal characteristics are unique and cannot be forgotten or misplaced.
B) Biometric devices are an unreliable method of identification and notification.
C) Examples include fingerprint readers and hand geometry systems.
D) Biometric devices translate a personal characteristic into a digital code.

Question 75

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following statements is not true about protecting yourself against computer viruses?

A) If a trusted source sends you an e-mail with an attachment you are not expecting, it is safe to open it because you know the sender.
B) When you purchase a new computer, it often includes anti-virus software.
C) A trusted source is an organization or person you believe will not send a virus infected file knowingly.
D) Some viruses are hidden in macros, which are instructions saved in software such as a word processing program.

Question 76

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following terms is used to describe a set of steps that can convert readable plaintext into unreadable ciphertext?

A) a decipher module
B) a translation tool
C) an encryption algorithm
D) a decryption key

Question 77

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following statements is not true about software theft?

A) A keygen distributes usernames and passwords to those who register their legally purchased copies of a software program.
B) Software piracy is the unauthorized and illegal duplication of copyrighted software.
C) With a single-user license agreement, users are permitted to make one copy of the software as a backup.
D) Software theft includes disabling or removing programs from company computers.

Question 78

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following statements is not true about user names and passwords?

A) Passwords typically range from 6 to 16 characters.
B) Most systems require that users select their own passwords.
C) Pass phrases are less secure because they contain words.
D) Hackers often use computer automated tools to assist them with guessing passwords.

Question 79

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following statements is not true about hardware theft and vandalism?

A) Hardware theft is the act of stealing computer equipment.
B) The size and weight of notebook computers makes them easy to steal.
C) Home desktop computer users are especially vulnerable to hardware theft and vandalism.
D) Cutting computer cables or smashing computers in a school lab are examples of hardware vandalism.

Question 80

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is the purpose of an RTLS?

A) to prevent unauthorized access on a stolen mobile device
B) to lock computers using cables to prevent equipment theft
C) to detect criminal activity on a network
D) to track and identify the location of high-risk or high-value items