Deck 9: Privacy, Security, and Ethics

Question 1

People that collect and sell personal data are called _______.

A) direct marketers
B) fund-raisers
C) information resellers
D) government agencies

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to which law is it illegal for an owner of a program to make backup copies for their personal use and resell or give them away?

A) Digital Millennium Copyright Act
B) Computer Abuse Amendments Act
C) The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
D) Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The use of the Internet, cell phones, or other devices to send or post content intended to hurt or embarrass another person.

A) Identity theft
B) Auction fraud
C) Cyberbullying
D) Snoopware

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Most browsers offer this, which ensures that your browsing activity is not recorded on your hard disk.

A) Illusion of anonymity
B) Browser cache
C) History files
D) Privacy mode

Question 5

Programs used to secretly record an individual's activities on the Internet are called _______.

A) spyware
B) cookies
C) sniffer programs
D) keystroke loggers

Question 6

A program that replicates itself and clogs computers and networks.

A) Virus
B) Worm
C) Denial-of-service attack
D) Trojan horse

Question 7

This type of computer criminal creates and distributes malicious programs.

A) Employee
B) Hacker
C) Cracker
D) Keystroke logger

Question 8

Which of the following is not malware?

A) Trojan horses
B) Viruses
C) Worms
D) Ad-Aware

Question 9

The process of coding information to make it unreadable except to those who have a special piece of information known as a key.

A) Restriction
B) Security
C) Protection
D) Encryption

Question 10

These programs record virtually everything you do on your computer and are used by employers to search employee email and computer files.

A) Spyware
B) Freeware
C) Employee-monitoring software
D) Cookies

Question 11

Free computer games and free screen saver programs are typical carriers of _______.

A) DoS
B) worms
C) viruses
D) Trojan horses

Question 12

Corporations often use this to prevent copyright violations.

A) Digital Millennium Copyright Act
B) Website encryption
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
D) Keystroke loggers

Question 13

Which among the following is a fraudulent or deceptive act designed to trick individuals on the Internet into spending time or money for little or no return?

A) Malicious program
B) Internet scam
C) Theft
D) Data manipulation

Question 14

The most significant concerns for implementation of computer technology involve _______, security, and ethics.

A) accuracy
B) property
C) privacy
D) access

Question 15

Which type of program would likely be used by investigators to record a potential suspects' Internet activities?

A) Cookie
B) Global positioning system
C) Keystroke logger
D) Web bug

Question 16

Which among the following is a way to shut down an ISP or website?

A) Denial of service attack
B) Viruses
C) Trojan horses
D) Worms

Question 17

These are used by advertisers to keep track of your web activity as you move from one site to the next.

A) Web bugs
B) History files
C) First-party cookies
D) Third-party cookies

Question 18

This uses software to try thousands of common words sequentially in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to a user's account.

A) Encryption
B) Firewall
C) Password
D) Dictionary attack

Question 19

This type of Wi-Fi hotspot operates close to a legitimate Wi-Fi hotspot and steals information such as usernames and passwords.

A) Worm
B) Fake
C) Virus
D) Rogue

Question 20

Small data files that are deposited on a user's hard disk when they visit a website are called _______.

A) cookies
B) codes
C) cache
D) proxies

Question 21

Identity theft and mistaken identity are the same.

Question 22

Information systems consist of people, procedures, software, hardware, data, and the Internet.

Question 23

Privacy concerns the collection and use of data about individuals.

Question 24

Which of the following is the most widely used wireless network encryption for home wireless networks?

A) WEP
B) WPE
C) WPA
D) WPA2

Question 25

Most browsers offer a privacy mode which ensures that your browsing activity is not recorded on your hard disk.

Question 26

Posting personal information such as your birth date, family member names, and home address, does not increase your risk of identity theft.

Question 27

Computer security focuses on protecting information, hardware, and software from unauthorized use as well as preventing or limiting the damage from intrusions, sabotage, and natural disasters.

Question 28

It is against the law for keystroke loggers to be deposited on your hard drive by the company you work for.

Question 29

Which of the following is not a measure to protect computer security?

A) Restricting access
B) Encrypting data
C) Copying data and storing it at a remote location
D) Keeping the same password on all systems consistently

Question 30

Spy removal programs are designed to detect and remove various types of privacy threats.

Question 31

Computer criminals that create and spread viruses are punished under this law.

A) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
B) Freedom of Information Act
C) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
D) Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Question 32

This law gives you the right to look at your personal records held by government agencies.

A) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
B) Freedom of Information Act
C) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
D) Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Question 33

A(n) _______ acts as a security buffer between a corporation's private network and all external networks.

A) firewall
B) password
C) disaster recovery plan
D) virus checker

Question 34

This is a legal concept that gives content creators the right to control use and distribution of their work.

A) Piracy
B) Ethics
C) Copyright
D) Privacy

Question 35

_______ is concerned with protecting software and data from unauthorized tampering or damage.

A) Data backup
B) Physical security
C) Disaster recovery plan
D) Data security

Question 36

A tracking cookie is used by an advertising company to keep track of your web activity as you move from one site to the next.

Question 37

It is highly likely that each one of us has an electronic profile created by information resellers.

Question 38

Web bugs are usually hidden within the HTML code for a web page or in an e-mail message as an invisible image.

Question 39

The essential element that controls how computers are used is a law.

Question 40

The archiving and search features of the web make your online identity available indefinitely.

Question 41

_______ is the use of the Internet, cell phones, or other devices to send or post content intended to hurt or embarrass another person.

Question 42

A rogue attack uses software to try thousands of common words in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to a user's account.

Question 43

A deceptive act, using the Internet, to trick people into spending their money and time for no gain is called an Internet _______.

Question 44

A(n) _______ attack attempts to slow down or stop a computer system or network by sending repetitive requests for information.

Question 45

_______ is the illegal assumption of someone's identity for the purposes of economic gain.

Question 46

_______-party cookies store information about the current session, your general preferences, and your activity on the website.

Question 47

_______ are programs that migrate through networks and operating systems and attach themselves to various other programs and databases.

Question 48

A(n) _______ is someone who creates programs to gain unauthorized access to computer systems for malicious purposes.

Question 49

Biometric scanning devices are used to scan employee identification cards.

Question 50

_______-party cookies are used by advertising companies to keep track of your web activity as you move from one site to the next.

Question 51

_______, a privacy issue, relates to the responsibility of controlling who is able to use data.

Question 52

_______ attempts to trick Internet users into thinking a fake but official-looking website or e-mail is legitimate.

Question 53

The most common protocol for website encryption is https (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure).

Question 54

Cutting and pasting material from a website directly into your own report or paper without giving proper credit to the original source is unethical.

Question 55

Computers infected by a virus, worm, or Trojan horse that allows them to be remotely controlled for malicious purposes are called _______.

Question 56

Rogue Wi-Fi hotspots imitate free hotspots and capture information, such as usernames and passwords, sent by users to legitimate sites.

Question 57

Using publically available databases, information resellers create _______ and sell them to direct marketers, fundraisers, and others.

Question 58

If copyright-protected music is uploaded to a website, it is legal to download it.

Question 59

_______ bugs are invisible images or HTML code hidden within a web page or e-mail message and are used to transmit information without your knowledge.

Question 60

Security is concerned with protecting information, hardware, and software from unauthorized use, as well as preventing or limiting the damage from intrusions, sabotage, and natural disasters.

Question 61

_______ is the process of coding information to make it unreadable except to those who have a special piece of information known as a key.

Question 62

_______ scanning devices use fingerprints and iris scanners to identify individuals.

Question 63

Explain cookies and identify the difference between first-party cookies and third-party cookies.

Question 64

A(n) _______ Wi-Fi hotspot imitates a legitimate free Wi-Fi hotspot in order to capture personal information.

Question 65

_______ is representing some other person's work and ideas as your own without giving credit to the original source.

Question 66

What is plagiarism, and why is it a particular concern today?

Question 67

Discuss copyright issues as they relate to the Internet, including software piracy and digital rights management, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Question 68

Describe how information about individuals is collected and compiled.

Question 69

Explain how a web bug works.

Question 70

_______ security is concerned with protecting software and data from unauthorized tampering or damage.

Question 71

_______ are malicious programs that come into a computer system disguised as something else such as a free computer game or screen saver.

Question 72

A(n) _______ attack uses software to try thousands of common words sequentially in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to a user's account.

Question 73

Describe spyware and computer monitoring software.

Question 74

Describe the three most common types of malware, including viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

Question 75

As a security buffer, all electronic communications coming into and leaving a corporation must be evaluated by the _______.

Question 76

How do firewalls work?

Question 77

_______ private networks encrypt connections between company networks and remote users, such as workers connecting from home, creating a secure virtual connection to a company LAN across the Internet.

Question 78

What are computer ethics?