Exam 6: Digital Safety and Security: Identifying Threats, Issues, and Defenses

Online shopping sites generally use a session cookie to keep track of items in a user's shopping cart as shown in the accompanying figure.

A(n) ____________________ is a wireless network name, which you should change from the default to something that uniquely identifies your network, like the kind in the accompanying figure, especially if you live in close proximity to other wireless networks.

The PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement the right to monitor people's activities, including web and email habits.

Many Internet security programs include a firewall, antivirus program, and filtering capabilities combined.

Which of the following replaces each character in the plaintext with a different letter by shifting the alphabet a certain number of positions?

Perpetrators of back doors trick their victims into interacting with phony websites.

What is the term for a program that performs a repetitive task on a network?

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

How long can digital certificates be valid?

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

Programmers often build trapdoors into programs during system development.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is an EULA intended to do?

Which of the following terms refers to making a copy of a file?

What is the term for a website that uses encryption techniques to protect its data?

The ECPA protects consumers from disclosure of their personal financial information and requires institutions to alert customers of information disclosure policies.

A(n) ____________________ device authenticates a person's identity by translating a personal characteristic into a digital code that then is compared with a digital code stored in the computer verifying a physical or behavioral characteristic.

Any illegal act involving a computer generally is referred to as a computer crime.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following terms refers to a written list of guidelines that might include rules that prevent employees from using software illegally or using computers to steal?