Question 1

What is ransomware?

Accepted Answer

A) a form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money 
B) a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys 
C) software that allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user 
D) a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission 
A) a form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money 
B) a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys 
C) software that allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user 
D) a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission

Question 2

The Child Online Protection Act was passed to protect minors from accessing inappropriate material on the Internet.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is a program, when installed on a computer, records every keystroke and mouse click?

Accepted Answer

A) key logger software 
B) spyware 
C) cookie 
D) adware 
A) key logger software 
B) spyware 
C) cookie 
D) adware

Question 4

With so much information and moving parts within a company, technology has made it possible for employers to monitor many aspects of employee jobs and duties.What is a system that can track employees' activities by measures such as keystrokes, error rate, and number of transactions processed?

Accepted Answer

A) anti-spam system 
B) information intelligence system 
C) workplace MIS monitoring 
D) company technology monitoring 
A) anti-spam system 
B) information intelligence system 
C) workplace MIS monitoring 
D) company technology monitoring

Question 5

Competitive click-fraud is a computer crime where a competitor or disgruntled employee increases a company's search advertising costs by repeatedly clicking on the advertiser's link.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is the method or system of government for information management or control?

Accepted Answer

A) information management 
B) information compliance 
C) information governance 
D) information secrecy 
A) information management 
B) information compliance 
C) information governance 
D) information secrecy

Question 7

What is software that, while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that function, also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user?

Accepted Answer

A) spyware 
B) hacker 
C) drive-by hacking 
D) adware 
A) spyware 
B) hacker 
C) drive-by hacking 
D) adware

Question 8

Where do organizations typically place firewalls?

Accepted Answer

A) between a personal computer and the server 
B) between a personal computer and a printer 
C) between the server and the content filtering software 
D) between the server and the Internet 
A) between a personal computer and the server 
B) between a personal computer and a printer 
C) between the server and the content filtering software 
D) between the server and the Internet

Question 9

What is the science that studies encryption, which is the hiding of messages so that only the sender and receiver can read them?

Accepted Answer

A) digital certificate 
B) encryption 
C) decrypt 
D) cryptography 
A) digital certificate 
B) encryption 
C) decrypt 
D) cryptography

Question 10

What are biometrics?

Accepted Answer

A) the traditional security process, which requires a user name and password 
B) requires the user to provide two means of authentication, what the user knows (password) and what the user has (security token) 
C) requires more than two means of authentication such as what the user knows (password), what the user has (security token), and what the user is (biometric verification) 
D) the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting 
A) the traditional security process, which requires a user name and password 
B) requires the user to provide two means of authentication, what the user knows (password) and what the user has (security token) 
C) requires more than two means of authentication such as what the user knows (password), what the user has (security token), and what the user is (biometric verification) 
D) the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting

Question 11

Which of the following is a computer attack where an attacker accesses a wireless computer network, intercepts data, uses network services, and/or sends attack instructions without entering the office or organization that owns the network?

Accepted Answer

A) backdoor programs 
B) drive-by hacking 
C) polymorphic viruses and worms 
D) hacker 
A) backdoor programs 
B) drive-by hacking 
C) polymorphic viruses and worms 
D) hacker

Question 12

A voiceprint is a set of measurable characteristics of a human voice that uniquely identifies an individual.These characteristics, which are based on the physical configuration of a speaker's mouth and throat, can be expressed as a mathematical formulA.Unfortunately, biometric authentication such as voiceprints can be costly and intrusive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Spear phishing is a phishing expedition in which the emails are carefully designed to target a particular person or organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following describes workplace MIS monitoring?

Accepted Answer

A) tracking people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes 
B) tracking people's activities by such measures as error rate 
C) tracking people's activities by such measures as number of transactions processed 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) tracking people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes 
B) tracking people's activities by such measures as error rate 
C) tracking people's activities by such measures as number of transactions processed 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 15

Worms are computer viruses that wait for a specific date before executing their instructions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What uses a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack?

Accepted Answer

A) zombie 
B) zombie farm 
C) pharming attack 
D) time bomb 
A) zombie 
B) zombie farm 
C) pharming attack 
D) time bomb

Question 17

What is the process that provides a user with permission including access levels and abilities such as file access, hours of access, and amount of allocated storage space?

Accepted Answer

A) pharming 
B) authentication 
C) authorization 
D) programming 
A) pharming 
B) authentication 
C) authorization 
D) programming

Question 18

Click-fraud is the abuse of pay-per-click, pay-per-call, and pay-per-conversion revenue models by repeatedly clicking on a link to increase charges or costs for the advertiser.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Charles Mott works for a company called VeriSign that acts as a trusted third party to verify information.One of Charles's largest clients is CheckMd, which holds and authenticates customer reviews of doctors and dentists online, and a third party validating the reviews is critical to CheckMd's success.What type of authentication technique is VeriSign providing for CheckMD?

Accepted Answer

A) firewall 
B) certificate authority 
C) online certificate 
D) digital content certificate 
A) firewall 
B) certificate authority 
C) online certificate 
D) digital content certificate

Question 20

What is the forging of the return address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender?

Accepted Answer

A) malicious code 
B) hoaxes 
C) spoofing 
D) sniffer 
A) malicious code 
B) hoaxes 
C) spoofing 
D) sniffer

What is ransomware?

The Child Online Protection Act was passed to protect minors from accessing inappropriate material on the Internet.

What is a program, when installed on a computer, records every keystroke and mouse click?

With so much information and moving parts within a company, technology has made it possible for employers to monitor many aspects of employee jobs and duties.What is a system that can track employees' activities by measures such as keystrokes, error rate, and number of transactions processed?

Competitive click-fraud is a computer crime where a competitor or disgruntled employee increases a company's search advertising costs by repeatedly clicking on the advertiser's link.

What is the method or system of government for information management or control?

What is software that, while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that function, also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user?

Where do organizations typically place firewalls?

What is the science that studies encryption, which is the hiding of messages so that only the sender and receiver can read them?

What are biometrics?

Which of the following is a computer attack where an attacker accesses a wireless computer network, intercepts data, uses network services, and/or sends attack instructions without entering the office or organization that owns the network?

Spear phishing is a phishing expedition in which the emails are carefully designed to target a particular person or organization.

Which of the following describes workplace MIS monitoring?

Worms are computer viruses that wait for a specific date before executing their instructions.

What uses a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack?

What is the process that provides a user with permission including access levels and abilities such as file access, hours of access, and amount of allocated storage space?

Click-fraud is the abuse of pay-per-click, pay-per-call, and pay-per-conversion revenue models by repeatedly clicking on a link to increase charges or costs for the advertiser.

What is the forging of the return address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business: Module 3: Enterprise MIS

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporateresponsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

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Exam 4: Ethics and Information Security: Mis Business Concerns: Module 2: Technical Foundations of MIS

What is ransomware?

The Child Online Protection Act was passed to protect minors from accessing inappropriate material on the Internet.

What is a program, when installed on a computer, records every keystroke and mouse click?

With so much information and moving parts within a company, technology has made it possible for employers to monitor many aspects of employee jobs and duties.What is a system that can track employees' activities by measures such as keystrokes, error rate, and number of transactions processed?

Competitive click-fraud is a computer crime where a competitor or disgruntled employee increases a company's search advertising costs by repeatedly clicking on the advertiser's link.

What is the method or system of government for information management or control?

What is software that, while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that function, also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user?

Where do organizations typically place firewalls?

What is the science that studies encryption, which is the hiding of messages so that only the sender and receiver can read them?

What are biometrics?

Which of the following is a computer attack where an attacker accesses a wireless computer network, intercepts data, uses network services, and/or sends attack instructions without entering the office or organization that owns the network?

Spear phishing is a phishing expedition in which the emails are carefully designed to target a particular person or organization.

Which of the following describes workplace MIS monitoring?

Worms are computer viruses that wait for a specific date before executing their instructions.

What uses a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack?

What is the process that provides a user with permission including access levels and abilities such as file access, hours of access, and amount of allocated storage space?

Click-fraud is the abuse of pay-per-click, pay-per-call, and pay-per-conversion revenue models by repeatedly clicking on a link to increase charges or costs for the advertiser.

What is the forging of the return address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business: Module 3: Enterprise MIS

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporateresponsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Data-Bases-Apply Your Knowledge-Glossary

Filters