Question 1

What is unsolicited email that plagues employees at all levels and clogs email systems?

Accepted Answer

A) spyware 
B) spam 
C) adware 
D) None of these are correct. 
A) spyware 
B) spam 
C) adware 
D) None of these are correct.

Question 2

As the president of a local trade company, Kristin is faced with leadership, ethical, and operational decisions on a daily basis.Kristen's responsibilities include examining the organizational resource of information and regulating its definitions, uses, value, and distribution ensuring it has the types of information required to function and grow effectively.What is Kristin overseeing for the company?

Accepted Answer

A) information codes 
B) information management 
C) information deployment 
D) information security 
A) information codes 
B) information management 
C) information deployment 
D) information security

Question 3

What is the process of monitoring and responding to what is being said about a company, individual, product, or brand?

Accepted Answer

A) social media monitoring 
B) social media manager 
C) social media policy 
D) anti-spam policy 
A) social media monitoring 
B) social media manager 
C) social media policy 
D) anti-spam policy

Question 4

Identity theft is the category of computer security that addresses the protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data source authenticity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Simplelocker is a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following should be included in a company email privacy policy?

Accepted Answer

A) defines legitimate email users and explains what happens to accounts after a person leaves the organization 
B) discourages sending junk email or spam to anyone who doesn't want to receive it 
C) informs users that the organization has no control over email once it has been transmitted outside the organization 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) defines legitimate email users and explains what happens to accounts after a person leaves the organization 
B) discourages sending junk email or spam to anyone who doesn't want to receive it 
C) informs users that the organization has no control over email once it has been transmitted outside the organization 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 7

What is it called when a hacker looks through your trash to find personal information?

Accepted Answer

A) striker bunny 
B) dumpster diving 
C) trash retrieval 
D) approved consent 
A) striker bunny 
B) dumpster diving 
C) trash retrieval 
D) approved consent

Question 8

What includes threats, negative remarks, or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website?

Accepted Answer

A) cyberbullying 
B) information vandalism 
C) cookie 
D) BYOD 
A) cyberbullying 
B) information vandalism 
C) cookie 
D) BYOD

Question 9

Which of the choices below is a common Internet monitoring technology?

Accepted Answer

A) key logger 
B) hardware key logger 
C) cookie 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) key logger 
B) hardware key logger 
C) cookie 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 10

What 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)?

Accepted Answer

A) single-factor authentication 
B) two-factor authentication 
C) multifactor authentication 
D) biometrics 
A) single-factor authentication 
B) two-factor authentication 
C) multifactor authentication 
D) biometrics

Question 11

Imagine you accidently mistype the URL for your bank and you are redirected to a fake website that collects your information.What type of identity theft were you just a victim of?

Accepted Answer

A) pharming 
B) worm holes 
C) phishing 
D) insider hacking 
A) pharming 
B) worm holes 
C) phishing 
D) insider hacking

Question 12

A voiceprint is a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online and is comparable to a digital signature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Backdoor programs change their form as they propagate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following definitions represents website name stealing?

Accepted Answer

A) a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names 
B) the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner 
C) government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens 
D) an anti-spamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam 
A) a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names 
B) the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner 
C) government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens 
D) an anti-spamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam

Question 15

What is drive-by hacking?

Accepted Answer

A) a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission 
B) experts in technology who use their knowledge to break into computers and computer networks, either for profit or just motivated by the challenge 
C) 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 
D) 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 
A) a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission 
B) experts in technology who use their knowledge to break into computers and computer networks, either for profit or just motivated by the challenge 
C) 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 
D) 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

Question 16

Information secrecy is an ethical issue that focuses on who owns information about individuals and how information can be sold and exchangeD.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A DDoS stands for one of the common forms of viruses, that attack multiple computers to flood a website until it slows or crashes.What does DDoS stand for?

Accepted Answer

A) data distribution of systems attack 
B) data denial-of-software attack 
C) distributed data online systems attack 
D) distributed denial-of-service attack 
A) data distribution of systems attack 
B) data denial-of-software attack 
C) distributed data online systems attack 
D) distributed denial-of-service attack

Question 18

Which of the following defines opt in?

Accepted Answer

A) a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names 
B) the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner 
C) choosing to allow permission to incoming emails 
D) choosing to deny permission to incoming emails 
A) a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names 
B) the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner 
C) choosing to allow permission to incoming emails 
D) choosing to deny permission to incoming emails

Question 19

What is a phishing expedition?

Accepted Answer

A) reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites 
B) a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses 
C) a masquerading attack that combines spam with spoofing 
D) a phishing expedition in which the emails are carefully designed to target a particular person or organization 
A) reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites 
B) a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses 
C) a masquerading attack that combines spam with spoofing 
D) a phishing expedition in which the emails are carefully designed to target a particular person or organization

Question 20

Website name stealing is the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is unsolicited email that plagues employees at all levels and clogs email systems?

What is the process of monitoring and responding to what is being said about a company, individual, product, or brand?

Identity theft is the category of computer security that addresses the protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data source authenticity.

Simplelocker is a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys.

Which of the following should be included in a company email privacy policy?

What is it called when a hacker looks through your trash to find personal information?

What includes threats, negative remarks, or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website?

Which of the choices below is a common Internet monitoring technology?

What 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)?

Imagine you accidently mistype the URL for your bank and you are redirected to a fake website that collects your information.What type of identity theft were you just a victim of?

A voiceprint is a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online and is comparable to a digital signature.

Backdoor programs change their form as they propagate.

Which of the following definitions represents website name stealing?

What is drive-by hacking?

Information secrecy is an ethical issue that focuses on who owns information about individuals and how information can be sold and exchangeD.

A DDoS stands for one of the common forms of viruses, that attack multiple computers to flood a website until it slows or crashes.What does DDoS stand for?

Which of the following defines opt in?

What is a phishing expedition?

Website name stealing is the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner.

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

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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 unsolicited email that plagues employees at all levels and clogs email systems?

What is the process of monitoring and responding to what is being said about a company, individual, product, or brand?

Identity theft is the category of computer security that addresses the protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data source authenticity.

Simplelocker is a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys.

Which of the following should be included in a company email privacy policy?

What is it called when a hacker looks through your trash to find personal information?

What includes threats, negative remarks, or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website?

Which of the choices below is a common Internet monitoring technology?

What 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)?

Imagine you accidently mistype the URL for your bank and you are redirected to a fake website that collects your information.What type of identity theft were you just a victim of?

A voiceprint is a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online and is comparable to a digital signature.

Backdoor programs change their form as they propagate.

Which of the following definitions represents website name stealing?

What is drive-by hacking?

Information secrecy is an ethical issue that focuses on who owns information about individuals and how information can be sold and exchangeD.

A DDoS stands for one of the common forms of viruses, that attack multiple computers to flood a website until it slows or crashes.What does DDoS stand for?

Which of the following defines opt in?

What is a phishing expedition?

Website name stealing is the theft of a website's name that occurs when someone, posing as a site's administrator, changes the ownership of the domain name assigned to the website to another website owner.

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

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