Question 1

A smart card is a device the size of a credit card that contains embedded technology that stores information and small amounts of software and can act as ________.

Accepted Answer

A) identification instruments 
B) a form of digital cash 
C) a data storage device 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 2

Multifactor authentication is the traditional security process, which requires a user name and passworD.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is the software called that allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user?

Accepted Answer

A) splogs 
B) adware 
C) spygloss 
D) CPU buzzer

Question 4

Pretexting is a form of social engineering in which one individual lies to obtain confidential data about another individual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is a hacker who breaks into other people's computer systems and may just look around or steal and destroy information?

Accepted Answer

A) script kiddies 
B) black-hat hacker 
C) white-hat hacker 
D) cracker

Question 6

Which of the choices below represents the definition of information compliance?

Accepted Answer

A) the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding information 
B) the ability to comply with software 
C) the understanding of technology 
D) the verbalization of information governance in a company's policies and procedures

Question 7

Which of the following examines the organizational resource of information and regulates its definitions, uses, value, and distribution ensuring it has the types of data or information required to function and grow effectively?

Accepted Answer

A) information code 
B) information technology 
C) information management 
D) information governance

Question 8

Biometrics is the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What outlines the corporate guidelines or principles governing employee online communications?

Accepted Answer

A) social media monitoring 
B) social media manager 
C) social media policy 
D) information privacy manager

Question 10

What includes a variety of threats such as viruses, worms, and Trojan horses?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

A zombie farm is a group of computers on which a hacker has planted zombie programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is phishing?

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

Question 13

Which of the following is not considered an epolicy?

Accepted Answer

A) acceptable use policy 
B) internet use policy 
C) ethical computer use policy 
D) anti-hacker use policy

Question 14

A user can opt out of receiving emails by choosing to deny permission to incoming emails.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Drive-by hacking 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) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission?

Accepted Answer

A) sniffer 
B) spyware 
C) spoofware 
D) splog

Question 17

Information security is a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Backdoor programs open a way into the network for future attacks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Multifactor authentication 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) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Ransomware is a form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

A smart card is a device the size of a credit card that contains embedded technology that stores information and small amounts of software and can act as ________.

Multifactor authentication is the traditional security process, which requires a user name and passworD.

What is the software called that allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user?

Pretexting is a form of social engineering in which one individual lies to obtain confidential data about another individual.

What is a hacker who breaks into other people's computer systems and may just look around or steal and destroy information?

Which of the choices below represents the definition of information compliance?

Which of the following examines the organizational resource of information and regulates its definitions, uses, value, and distribution ensuring it has the types of data or information required to function and grow effectively?

Biometrics is the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting.

What outlines the corporate guidelines or principles governing employee online communications?

What includes a variety of threats such as viruses, worms, and Trojan horses?

A zombie farm is a group of computers on which a hacker has planted zombie programs.

What is phishing?

Which of the following is not considered an epolicy?

A user can opt out of receiving emails by choosing to deny permission to incoming emails.

Drive-by hacking 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

What is a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission?

Information security is a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.

Backdoor programs open a way into the network for future attacks.

Multifactor authentication 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).

Ransomware is a form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money.