Question 1

Which of the following statements is true about data administration?

Accepted Answer

A) It is a line function to the chief information officer. 
B) It merely involves developing data policies. 
C) It applies to individuals and not to the entire organization. 
D) It is involved in establishing data safeguards. 
A) It is a line function to the chief information officer. 
B) It merely involves developing data policies. 
C) It applies to individuals and not to the entire organization. 
D) It is involved in establishing data safeguards.

Question 2

Technical safeguards involve the hardware and software components of an information system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is a sniffing technique?

Accepted Answer

A) IP spoofing 
B) caches 
C) denial of service 
D) adware 
A) IP spoofing 
B) caches 
C) denial of service 
D) adware

Question 4

Sarah was browsing an online shopping site when a program got downloaded onto her system without her knowledge. The next day she found that her search engine had been changed, and she received pop-up advertisements of the shopping site she had visited the previous day. The program on Sarah's system is ________.

Accepted Answer

A) a cookie 
B) adware 
C) a payload 
D) a Trojan horse 
A) a cookie 
B) adware 
C) a payload 
D) a Trojan horse

Question 5

A(n)________ has a microchip in it to hold data.

Accepted Answer

A) ATM card 
B) smart card 
C) cookie 
D) key escrow 
A) ATM card 
B) smart card 
C) cookie 
D) key escrow

Question 6

________ present(s)the largest risk for an organization's infrastructure loss.

Accepted Answer

A) Employees' dissatisfaction 
B) Natural disasters 
C) Hackers 
D) Competitors 
A) Employees' dissatisfaction 
B) Natural disasters 
C) Hackers 
D) Competitors

Question 7

List various personal security safeguards.

Accepted Answer

The various personal security safeguards

Question 8

________ occurs when computer criminals invade a computer system and replace legitimate programs with their own, unauthorized ones that shut down legitimate applications.

Accepted Answer

A) Encryption 
B) Spoofing 
C) Phishing 
D) Usurpation 
A) Encryption 
B) Spoofing 
C) Phishing 
D) Usurpation

Question 9

________ is a technique for intercepting computer communications through a physical connection to a network or without a physical connection in the case of wireless networks.

Accepted Answer

A) Spoofing 
B) Phishing 
C) Sniffing 
D) Pretexting 
A) Spoofing 
B) Phishing 
C) Sniffing 
D) Pretexting

Question 10

Which of the following is most likely to be a result of hacking?

Accepted Answer

A) certain Web sites being censored for hurting sentiments 
B) small amounts of spam in a user's inbox 
C) an unauthorized transaction from a user's credit card 
D) pop-up ads appearing frequently 
A) certain Web sites being censored for hurting sentiments 
B) small amounts of spam in a user's inbox 
C) an unauthorized transaction from a user's credit card 
D) pop-up ads appearing frequently

Question 11

Nonword passwords are vulnerable to a ________ attack in which the password cracker tries every possible combination of characters.

Accepted Answer

A) denial-of-service 
B) sniffing 
C) brute force 
D) phishing 
A) denial-of-service 
B) sniffing 
C) brute force 
D) phishing

Question 12

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)is a protocol that is restricted to asymmetric encryption.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Most spyware programs are benign in that they do not perform malicious acts or steal data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Discuss some human safeguards for employees that can ensure the security of information systems.

Accepted Answer

Human safeguards involve the people and

Question 15

In information security, which of the following is true about managing risk?

Accepted Answer

A) All organizations except financial institutions should invest heavily in security safeguards. 
B) Organizations should implement safeguards that balance the trade-off between risk and cost. 
C) Passwords are classified as technical safeguards. 
D) Physical security is classified as human safeguards. 
A) All organizations except financial institutions should invest heavily in security safeguards. 
B) Organizations should implement safeguards that balance the trade-off between risk and cost. 
C) Passwords are classified as technical safeguards. 
D) Physical security is classified as human safeguards.

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true about losses due to computer security threats?

Accepted Answer

A) Surveys on computer crimes provide accurate results since they use standard parameters to measure and tally computer crime costs. 
B) Surveys suggest that some organizations do not report all their computer crime losses, and some will not report such losses at all. 
C) Losses due to natural disasters can be measured accurately. 
D) Losses due to human error are insignificant. 
A) Surveys on computer crimes provide accurate results since they use standard parameters to measure and tally computer crime costs. 
B) Surveys suggest that some organizations do not report all their computer crime losses, and some will not report such losses at all. 
C) Losses due to natural disasters can be measured accurately. 
D) Losses due to human error are insignificant.

Question 17

Define threat, vulnerability, safeguard, and target.

Accepted Answer

A threat is a person or organization tha

Question 18

Most emails and IMs are protected by encryption.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Sniffing occurs when an intruder uses another site's IP address to masquerade as that other site.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A computer crime is committed if an employee inadvertently installs an old database on top of the current one.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following statements is true about data administration?

Technical safeguards involve the hardware and software components of an information system.

Which of the following is a sniffing technique?

A(n)________ has a microchip in it to hold data.

________ present(s)the largest risk for an organization's infrastructure loss.

List various personal security safeguards.

________ occurs when computer criminals invade a computer system and replace legitimate programs with their own, unauthorized ones that shut down legitimate applications.

________ is a technique for intercepting computer communications through a physical connection to a network or without a physical connection in the case of wireless networks.

Which of the following is most likely to be a result of hacking?

Nonword passwords are vulnerable to a ________ attack in which the password cracker tries every possible combination of characters.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)is a protocol that is restricted to asymmetric encryption.

Most spyware programs are benign in that they do not perform malicious acts or steal data.

Discuss some human safeguards for employees that can ensure the security of information systems.

In information security, which of the following is true about managing risk?

Which of the following statements is true about losses due to computer security threats?

Define threat, vulnerability, safeguard, and target.

Most emails and IMs are protected by encryption.

Sniffing occurs when an intruder uses another site's IP address to masquerade as that other site.

A computer crime is committed if an employee inadvertently installs an old database on top of the current one.

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Exam 10: Information Systems Security

Which of the following statements is true about data administration?

Technical safeguards involve the hardware and software components of an information system.

Which of the following is a sniffing technique?

A(n)________ has a microchip in it to hold data.

________ present(s)the largest risk for an organization's infrastructure loss.

List various personal security safeguards.

________ occurs when computer criminals invade a computer system and replace legitimate programs with their own, unauthorized ones that shut down legitimate applications.

________ is a technique for intercepting computer communications through a physical connection to a network or without a physical connection in the case of wireless networks.

Which of the following is most likely to be a result of hacking?

Nonword passwords are vulnerable to a ________ attack in which the password cracker tries every possible combination of characters.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)is a protocol that is restricted to asymmetric encryption.

Most spyware programs are benign in that they do not perform malicious acts or steal data.

Discuss some human safeguards for employees that can ensure the security of information systems.

In information security, which of the following is true about managing risk?

Which of the following statements is true about losses due to computer security threats?

Define threat, vulnerability, safeguard, and target.

Most emails and IMs are protected by encryption.

Sniffing occurs when an intruder uses another site's IP address to masquerade as that other site.

A computer crime is committed if an employee inadvertently installs an old database on top of the current one.

The Importance of Mis

Collaboration Information Systems

Strategy and Information Systems

Hardware, Software, and Mobile Systems

Database Processing

The Cloud

Processes, Organizations, and Information Systems

Social Media Information Systems

Business Intelligence Systems

Information Systems Management

Information Systems Development

Filters