Question 1

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)  SplogE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

What is the process that provides a user with permission including access levels and abilities such as file access, hours of access, and amount of allocated storage space?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pharming
B)  Authentication
C)  Authorization
D)  ProgrammingE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Which of the following definitions represents typosquatting?

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 antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

Two-factor authentication requires the user to provide two means of authentication, what the user knows (password)and what the user has (security token).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false website?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pharming
B)  Phishing
C)  Phishing expedition
D)  Spear phishingE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Applications allowed to be placed on the corporate network, like IM software, and corporate computer equipment used for personal reason on personal networks are two areas that should be addressed by managers in which of the below company policies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information ethics policy
B)  Information security policies
C)  Information technology plan
D)  All of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

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)  CrackerE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

What is 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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pharming
B)  Phishing
C)  Phishing expedition
D)  Spear phishingE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 9

What is the electronic defacing of an existing website?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information bullying
B)  Cybervandalism
C)  Cookie
D)  BYODE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Which of the following is considered a type of biometrics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Voice
B)  Face
C)  Iris
D)  All of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 11

What is an antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam?

Accepted Answer

A)  Typosquatting
B)  Website name stealing
C)  Internet censorship
D)  TeergrubingE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Script-kiddies have criminal intent when hacking.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the below represents the biggest problem of information security breaches?

Accepted Answer

A)  People misusing organizational information
B)  Technology failures
C)  Customers misusing organizational systems
D)  Company departments missing sales goalsE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Worms are computer viruses that wait for a specific date before executing their instructions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Different organizations and countries have their own terms for fair information practices. Which of the following is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United Kingdom terms it "Data Protection"
B)  The European Union terms it "Data Protection"
C)  The United Kingdom terms it "Personal Data Privacy"
D)  The United States terms it "Personal Data Privacy"E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Which quadrant in the cost of downtime includes equipment rental, overtime costs, and travel expenses?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fiscal responsibility
B)  Damaged reputation
C)  Other expenses
D)  Regeneration quadrantE) B) and D)
F) B) and C) C

Question 17

Cybervandalism is the electronic defacing of an existing website.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following are all common forms of viruses?

Accepted Answer

A)  Packet tampering, worms, cakes, and Trojan viruses
B)  Polymorphic, sniffer, splogs, and Denial-of-service viruses
C)  Backdoor program, worm, Trojan-horse viruses
D)  All of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and B) C

Question 19

What is multifactor authentication?

Accepted Answer

A)  The traditional security process, which requires a user name and password.
B)  Requires the user to provide two means of authentication, what the user knows (password) and what the user has (security token) .
C)  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) .
D)  The identification of a user based on physical characteristic such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice or handwriting.E) None of the above
F) A) and C) C

Question 20

What is adware?

Accepted Answer

A)  A form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money.
B)  A new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the file's decryption keys.
C)  Software that allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user.
D)  A special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Exam 4: Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

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?

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What is the process that provides a user with permission including access levels and abilities such as file access, hours of access, and amount of allocated storage space?

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Which of the following definitions represents typosquatting?

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Two-factor authentication requires the user to provide two means of authentication, what the user knows (password)and what the user has (security token).

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What reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false website?

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Applications allowed to be placed on the corporate network, like IM software, and corporate computer equipment used for personal reason on personal networks are two areas that should be addressed by managers in which of the below company policies?

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

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What is 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?

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What is the electronic defacing of an existing website?

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Which of the following is considered a type of biometrics?

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What is an antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam?

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Script-kiddies have criminal intent when hacking.

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Which of the below represents the biggest problem of information security breaches?

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Worms are computer viruses that wait for a specific date before executing their instructions.

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Different organizations and countries have their own terms for fair information practices. Which of the following is correct?

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Which quadrant in the cost of downtime includes equipment rental, overtime costs, and travel expenses?

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Cybervandalism is the electronic defacing of an existing website.

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Which of the following are all common forms of viruses?

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What is multifactor authentication?

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What is adware?

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