Exam 11: Computer Crime and Information Security

The U.S. Federal ____________________ Commission breaks down identity theft into several subcategories of fraud based on how the stolen identity is used.

A ____ protects all the ports of a network or PC from intruders and guards against known methods of attack.

Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -Identifies a user to the computer system

The defragmentation utility provided with your operating system or purchased separately can be used to defragment your ____________________, aligning your files in adjacent clusters and improving your computer's performance.

Fingerprint scans are becoming a less and less common method of authentication for access to secure areas.

A(n) firewall is network hardware or software that examines all incoming packets and filters out packets that are potentially dangerous. _________________________

____ driving is the act of driving through neighborhoods with a wireless notebook or handheld computer and looking for unsecured Wi-Fi networks.

The backup software option of backing up all files is called a ____ backup.

In distributed denial-of-service attacks, many computers are used to launch simultaneous repeated requests at a Web server in order to overwhelm it so that it is unable to function. _________________________

Threats from within a private network are often referred to as ____ threats.

Employers are legally responsible for notifying employees of network usage policies.

Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -Information that identifies a file's creator

A ____ is a person with little technical knowledge who follows the instructions of others to hack networks.

The Sarbanes-Oakley Act of 2002 fights corporate corruption by imposing stringent reporting requirements and internal controls on electronic financial records and transactions. _________________________

Computer forensics is the process of examining computing equipment to determine if it has been used for illegal, unauthorized, or unusual activities. _________________________

Recently, the RIAA has changed strategies from having music fans cut off from the Internet, to suing them instead.

Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -Access privileges afforded to each network user

Cameras posted at airport security gates and on city streets can continuously scan for faces of known criminals.

The 2008 Computer Security Institute's Computer Crime and Security survey found that ____ percent of businesses suffer targeted attacks from hackers.

Today's virus scanners are programmed to detect hundreds of thousands of different viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other potentially unwanted applications. _________________________