Deck 5: Crime

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of biometrics:

A) DNA
B) Fingerprints
C) Voice prints
D) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

In the early days of computing (1960's to the early 1970's), a "hacker" was:

A) An incompetent programmer who wrote programs that did not work properly
B) A busy programmer who reused code to save time
C) A creative programmer who wrote very elegant or clever programs
D) A new programmer who wrote simple programs

Answer 2

A creative programmer who wrote very elegant or clever programs

Question 3

Hacktivism is:

A) A political activist group promoting tougher anti-hacking laws
B) The counter-hacking techniques used by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies
C) The use of hacking to promote a political cause
D) A newsletter for hackers

Answer 3

The use of hacking to promote a political cause

Question 4

Web sites that look attractive to hackers, but are closely monitored so that everything the hacker does at the site is recorded and studied are known as:

A) Honey pots
B) Digital surveillance
C) Computer entrapment
D) Hacker crackdown

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a program used by hackers to gain access to your computer:

A) Keyloggers
B) Trojans
C) Rootkits
D) Honey pots

Question 6

In 2000, a French court ordered Yahoo! to block access by French people to

A) Web sites containing pornography
B) an Al Qaeda training manual
C) online auction sites containing Nazi materials
D) a Web site containing instructions for making bombs

Question 7

Give two ways to identify an email as a phishing attempt

Question 8

How did the USA PATRIOT Act expand the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?

Question 9

What are two significant issues raised by the Stuxnet worm, which damaged equipment in a uranium enrichment plant in Iran?

Question 10

Why is "harmless hacking"
not harmless?

Question 11

Give arguments for and against hiring former hackers to enhance security.

Question 12

The government cannot monitor online activity of suspected hackers without a court order.

Question 13

Computer forensics specialists cannot recover deleted files from an erased disk.

Question 14

a. Briefly define identity theft.
b. Describe two techniques criminals can use to gather the information they need to steal an identity.
c. Describe two ways a person can protect their identity.
d. Describe two ways a business can protect its customers from identity thieves.

Question 15

In the context of Internet content that some countries prohibit, discuss how the "responsibility to prevent access"
differs from the "authority to prevent entry". Include examples.

Question 16

MATCHING

-denial-of-service (DOS)

A) an attack in which hackers overload a target site with requests for information.
B) hacking to promote a political cause
C) Web sites that are specifically designed to be attractive to hackers
D) sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods
E) planting false Internet addresses in the tables on a Domain Name Server (DNS) so that when someone types a URL, they are re-directed to a bogus site
F) biological characteristics that are unique to an individual
G) written defamation
H) verbal defamation
I) a law which covers unauthorized access to computers over which the federal government has jurisdiction, such as government computers, financial systems, medical
Systems, and activities that involve computers in more than one state

Question 17

MATCHING

-hactivism

A) an attack in which hackers overload a target site with requests for information.
B) hacking to promote a political cause
C) Web sites that are specifically designed to be attractive to hackers
D) sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods
E) planting false Internet addresses in the tables on a Domain Name Server (DNS) so that when someone types a URL, they are re-directed to a bogus site
F) biological characteristics that are unique to an individual
G) written defamation
H) verbal defamation
I) a law which covers unauthorized access to computers over which the federal government has jurisdiction, such as government computers, financial systems, medical
J) systems, and activities that involve computers in more than one state

Question 18

MATCHING

-honey pots

A) an attack in which hackers overload a target site with requests for information.
B) hacking to promote a political cause
C) Web sites that are specifically designed to be attractive to hackers
D) sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods
E) planting false Internet addresses in the tables on a Domain Name Server (DNS) so that when someone types a URL, they are re-directed to a bogus site
F) biological characteristics that are unique to an individual
G) written defamation
H) verbal defamation
I) a law which covers unauthorized access to computers over which the federal government has jurisdiction, such as government computers, financial systems, medical
J) systems, and activities that involve computers in more than one state

Question 19

MATCHING

-phishing

A) an attack in which hackers overload a target site with requests for information.
B) hacking to promote a political cause
C) Web sites that are specifically designed to be attractive to hackers
D) sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods
E) planting false Internet addresses in the tables on a Domain Name Server (DNS) so that when someone types a URL, they are re-directed to a bogus site
F) biological characteristics that are unique to an individual
G) written defamation
H) verbal defamation
I) a law which covers unauthorized access to computers over which the federal government has jurisdiction, such as government computers, financial systems, medical
J) systems, and activities that involve computers in more than one state

Question 20

MATCHING

-pharming

A) an attack in which hackers overload a target site with requests for information.
B) hacking to promote a political cause
C) Web sites that are specifically designed to be attractive to hackers
D) sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods
E) planting false Internet addresses in the tables on a Domain Name Server (DNS) so that when someone types a URL, they are re-directed to a bogus site
F) biological characteristics that are unique to an individual
G) written defamation
H) verbal defamation
I) a law which covers unauthorized access to computers over which the federal government has jurisdiction, such as government computers, financial systems, medical
J) systems, and activities that involve computers in more than one state

Question 21

MATCHING

-biometrics

A) an attack in which hackers overload a target site with requests for information.
B) hacking to promote a political cause
C) Web sites that are specifically designed to be attractive to hackers
D) sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods
E) planting false Internet addresses in the tables on a Domain Name Server (DNS) so that when someone types a URL, they are re-directed to a bogus site
F) biological characteristics that are unique to an individual
G) written defamation
H) verbal defamation
I) a law which covers unauthorized access to computers over which the federal government has jurisdiction, such as government computers, financial systems, medical
J) systems, and activities that involve computers in more than one state

Question 22

MATCHING

-libel

A) an attack in which hackers overload a target site with requests for information.
B) hacking to promote a political cause
C) Web sites that are specifically designed to be attractive to hackers
D) sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods
E) planting false Internet addresses in the tables on a Domain Name Server (DNS) so that when someone types a URL, they are re-directed to a bogus site
F) biological characteristics that are unique to an individual
G) written defamation
H) verbal defamation
I) a law which covers unauthorized access to computers over which the federal government has jurisdiction, such as government computers, financial systems, medical
J) systems, and activities that involve computers in more than one state

Question 23

MATCHING

-slander

A) an attack in which hackers overload a target site with requests for information.
B) hacking to promote a political cause
C) Web sites that are specifically designed to be attractive to hackers
D) sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods
E) planting false Internet addresses in the tables on a Domain Name Server (DNS) so that when someone types a URL, they are re-directed to a bogus site
F) biological characteristics that are unique to an individual
G) written defamation
H) verbal defamation
I) a law which covers unauthorized access to computers over which the federal government has jurisdiction, such as government computers, financial systems, medical
J) systems, and activities that involve computers in more than one state

Question 24

MATCHING

-CFAA

A) an attack in which hackers overload a target site with requests for information.
B) hacking to promote a political cause
C) Web sites that are specifically designed to be attractive to hackers
D) sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods
E) planting false Internet addresses in the tables on a Domain Name Server (DNS) so that when someone types a URL, they are re-directed to a bogus site
F) biological characteristics that are unique to an individual
G) written defamation
H) verbal defamation
I) a law which covers unauthorized access to computers over which the federal government has jurisdiction, such as government computers, financial systems, medical
J) systems, and activities that involve computers in more than one state