Exam 8: Safety and Security

The device that sends the signal to connect your wireless devices to the Internet is ____.

Cloud storage systems have ____ at various online locations that provide additional protection.

A password is not a personal identification number.

Areas in a wireless network where you can access the Internet are ____.

Just about every site you visit stores a cookie in your computer's browser.

A ____ protects your system from intruders.

Service packs ensure that your data is scrambled as it travels between you and its Internet destination.

Using personal features to identify a person is biometrics.

Junk email, is also known as ____.

Designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of electronic products in ways friendly to both people and the environment is Energy Star computing.

The crime of hacking into and attacking networks is cybercrime.

____ is malicious software that blocks access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid.

Biometric systems include all but which of the following?

____ secretly collects user data, such as web surfing habits.

____ on the Internet make up "the cloud."

A ____ is a unit of data collected as a package so it can be transmitted in a network path.

A PIN or ____ is used to get into accounts through an ATM.

The effects of a(n) ____ can include physical damage and a general disruption of regular activities.

____ disguise themselves as useful programs or apps but do damage when you run them;

When a hard drive fails, Mac users see the ____.