Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
Case 12-2
Marissa's monogram business has expanded exponentially since she added an online catalog and ordering to her business. Her database needs to be expanded and changed to meet the needs of the growing business. Her database includes tables for monogram styles, catalog products, orders, billing, customers, and vendors.
-Finally, Marissa wants to secure the database because she does not want all of her new employees to access sensitive customer information such as credit card information. Her assistant suggests she ____ the database which translates the data to a scrambled format and requires a password to access the database.
A)decrypt
B)lock
C)encode
D)encrypt

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Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
Case 12-2
Marissa's monogram business has expanded exponentially since she added an online catalog and ordering to her business.  Her database needs to be expanded and changed to meet the needs of the growing business.  Her database includes tables for monogram styles, catalog products, orders, billing, customers, and vendors.
-Finally, Marissa wants to secure the database because she does not want all of her new employees to access sensitive customer information such as credit card information. Her assistant suggests she ____ the database which translates the data to a scrambled format and requires a password to access the database.
A)decrypt
B)lock
C)encode
D)encrypt

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The best choice is to encrypt the database, which will scramble the data and require a password to access. Decryption would do the opposite and unscramble the data, while locking would simply deny access without additional security measures. Encoding is a form of data transformation, but it does not provide the same level of security as encryption.