Question 1

You may find a virus

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A)  on a hard disk. 
B)  on a thumb drive. 
C)  on a CD-ROM. 
D)  in an email attachment. 
E)  All of the above E

Question 2

The Conficker worm is notable because

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A)  it is Cuba's first attempt at cyberwarfare. 
B)  it is the fastest spreading worm of all time. 
C)  it shut down the White House Web site for three days. 
D)  it continues to infect computers many years after it was first discovered. 
E)  All of the above. D

Question 3

What happened when the FBI asked Apple to create a new version of the iOS operating system was would allow the FBI to gain access to the locked iPhone of Syed Rizwan Farook?

Accepted Answer

A)  Apple created the new version of iOS and gave the FBI a copy. 
B)  Apple created the new version of iOS and made it publicly available, so not just the FBI would have a copy. 
C)  Apple created the new version of iOS but required FBI to bring the iPhone to Apple's headquarters in Cupertino to install it on the Farook's iPhone. 
D)  Apple denied the request and chose to fight the FBI in court. 
E)  Apple threatened to move its headquarters to Vancouver, Canada, unless the US government dropped its unreasonable request. D

Question 4

A program with a benign capability that conceals another, sinister purpose is called a

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A)  hack. 
B)  rogue. 
C)  Trojan horse. 
D)  virus. 
E)  worm.

Question 5

A self-contained program that spreads through a computer network by exploiting security holes is called a

Accepted Answer

A)  hack. 
B)  rogue. 
C)  Trojan horse. 
D)  virus. 
E)  worm.

Question 6

Manipulating someone within an organization to gain access to confidential information is called

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A)  diving. 
B)  hacking. 
C)  phreaking. 
D)  social engineering. 
E)  trashing.

Question 7

Anonymous is

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A)  an activist group that promotes the interests of the Recording Industry Association of America. 
B)  a loosely organized group of hacktivists that claimed responsibility for a DDoS attack on Church of Scientology Web sites. 
C)  the name given to the People's Liberation Army group that was responsible for more than 100 intrusions around the world. 
D)  the name of the group that launched the Stuxnet worm. 
E)  All of the above except c.

Question 8

A software program that responds to commands sent by a command-and-control program located on an external computer is called a

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A)  bot. 
B)  spoof. 
C)  vampire. 
D)  virus. 
E)  worm.

Question 9

The Internet worm was released by

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A)  John Barlow. 
B)  Katie Hafner. 
C)  John Markoff. 
D)  Robert Morris, Jr. 
E)  Bruce Sterling.

Question 10

An intentional action designed to prevent legitimate users from making use of a computer service over the Internet is called

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A)  a bombing run. 
B)  a curtain closer. 
C)  a denial-of-service attack. 
D)  an electronic overdose. 
E)  phreaking.

Question 11

The Social Security numbers and other personal information from 22 million Americans were stolen by hackers from computers managed by the Office of Personnel Management, and the prime suspect was a group of hackers located in

Accepted Answer

A)  Afghanistan. 
B)  China. 
C)  Iran. 
D)  North Korea. 
E)  Russia.

Exam 7: Computer and Network Security