Question 1

Logic bombs hide from virus protection programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Evaluate and explain why you think it has become so much easier to commit identity theft.

Accepted Answer

Answers may attribute this to phishing scams, hacking, and spamming. Hackers are exploiting Internet auctions, along with sweepstakes scams, which make it easier to commit identity fraud.

Question 3

Computers can be used to commit all of the following kinds of espionage except:

Accepted Answer

A)  social.
B)  international.
C)  political.
D)  industrial. A

Question 4

The virus that overwrites the system, and whose data files download a password-thieving program, destroys files, and is sent to everyone on the contact list was called ________________ Letter.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The virus that overwrites the system, and...

Question 5

The Masters of Destruction (MOD) corrupted the databases of all of the following companies except:

Accepted Answer

A)  ITT.
B)  Sprint.
C)  Pacific Bell.
D)  Nynex.

Question 6

Computer crimes may have begun with the use of the blue box. The blue box involved which instrument?

Accepted Answer

A)  Phones
B)  Radios
C)  Televisions
D)  Stereos

Question 7

The magnitude of Mafiaboy damage was estimated to exceed at least:

Accepted Answer

A)  $1 billion.
B)  $100 million.
C)  $10 million.
D)  $500 million.

Question 8

Distinguish between the following: Trojan Horse, sniffer, spyware, trap door, logic bomb, stealth virus, and phishing.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Distinguish between the following: Trojan Horse, sniffer,...

Question 9

Trap doors or sleepers allow a technique known as salami slicing to loot accounts. This is taking small amounts from a lot of people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Discuss why early computer hackers exhibited few characteristics of secondary deviance as defined by Lemert.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss why early computer hackers exhibited few...

Question 11

Describe the three state process defined by Cressey that characterized typical embezzlers.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the three state process defined by...

Question 12

Michael Bloomberg was the subject of a computer crime. He was asked to pay a sum of money in return for being advised as to the perpetrator's methods that were used to invade his system. In street crime terms this would be extortion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Back door programs:

Accepted Answer

A)  allow entry at will.
B)  insert advertisements.
C)  attack specific programs.
D)  look for passwords.

Question 14

A less formal definition of computer crime would be those crimes using a computer to accomplish its ends.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The average computer crime nets $500,000.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The most effective computer crimes are those perpetrated by experts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Hackers first targeted:

Accepted Answer

A)  the stock exchange.
B)  the government.
C)  schools.
D)  banks.

Question 18

The dark figure of crime is crime that is ________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The dark figure of crime is crime...

Question 19

A simple but effective form of electronic bank robbery used ________________ slips.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A simple but effective form of electronic...

Question 20

In the 1970s a Los Angeles-based insurance company programmed its computers to do all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  fail to pay legitimate claims.
B)  sell fake policies to other companies.
C)  issue policies on people who did not exist.
D)  use reinsurance to disguise indebtedness.

Exam 12: Computer Crime

Logic bombs hide from virus protection programs.

Evaluate and explain why you think it has become so much easier to commit identity theft.

Computers can be used to commit all of the following kinds of espionage except:

The virus that overwrites the system, and whose data files download a password-thieving program, destroys files, and is sent to everyone on the contact list was called ________________ Letter.

The Masters of Destruction (MOD) corrupted the databases of all of the following companies except:

Computer crimes may have begun with the use of the blue box. The blue box involved which instrument?

The magnitude of Mafiaboy damage was estimated to exceed at least:

Distinguish between the following: Trojan Horse, sniffer, spyware, trap door, logic bomb, stealth virus, and phishing.

Trap doors or sleepers allow a technique known as salami slicing to loot accounts. This is taking small amounts from a lot of people.

Discuss why early computer hackers exhibited few characteristics of secondary deviance as defined by Lemert.

Describe the three state process defined by Cressey that characterized typical embezzlers.

Michael Bloomberg was the subject of a computer crime. He was asked to pay a sum of money in return for being advised as to the perpetrator's methods that were used to invade his system. In street crime terms this would be extortion.

Back door programs:

A less formal definition of computer crime would be those crimes using a computer to accomplish its ends.

The average computer crime nets $500,000.

The most effective computer crimes are those perpetrated by experts.

Hackers first targeted:

The dark figure of crime is crime that is ________________.

A simple but effective form of electronic bank robbery used ________________ slips.

In the 1970s a Los Angeles-based insurance company programmed its computers to do all of the following except: