Question 1

What decodes information?

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A)  Digital certificate
B)  Encryption
C)  Decryption
D)  CryptographyE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

The technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, often through fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses is called phishing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Teergrubing 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) True 
 B)False

Question 4

White-hat hackers break into other people's computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online and is comparable to a digital signature?

Accepted Answer

A)  Digital code
B)  Digital sign
C)  Digital certificate
D)  Digital cardE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

The Trojan-horse virus hides inside other software, usually as an attachment or a downloadable file.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Companies do not need a privacy policy for email because an employee's work email is private and cannot be viewed by the company.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is a phishing expedition?

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.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Working at a ski resort in the mountains has its own unique security issues. Kenny is the chief information officer for Sundance Ski Resort, and he is faced with both physical and information security threats every month. Since the resort implemented a new software system, they have been having larger number of threats and breaches of company information. He suspects that this may be the cause of an internal employee. He needs to clarify and establish what type of plan to help reduce further problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  An information security plan
B)  An ethical information policy
C)  An anti-virus plan
D)  None of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Information secrecy is the category of computer security that addresses the protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data source authenticity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is one of the major problems with email?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intellectual property
B)  Nonrepudiation
C)  User's expectation of privacy
D)  None of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

What is two-factor 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) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Which of the below is not one of the six epolicies that a company should implement for information protection as discussed in the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information privacy policy
B)  Workplace monitoring policy
C)  Acceptable use policy
D)  Downtime monitoring policyE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

What are policies and procedures that address information management along with the ethical use of computers and the Internet in the business environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information systems policy
B)  Epolicies
C)  Technology applied policy
D)  EmasteryE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

What is a technological solution that allows publishers to control their digital media to discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distribution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ediscovery
B)  Child Online Protection Act
C)  Digital rights management
D)  Pirated softwareE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

What are biometrics?

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) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is included in the four quadrants of ethical and legal behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Legal behavior and ethical behavior
B)  Illegal behavior and ethical behavior
C)  Legal behavior and unethical behavior
D)  All of the aboveE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

According to the ethical computer use policy, users should be ________ of the rules and, by agreeing to use the system on that basis, ________ to abide by the rules.

Accepted Answer

A)  Informed, collaborate
B)  Consent, informed
C)  Informed, consent
D)  Consent, informationE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following represents the two fundamental building blocks that protect organizational information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Security and sales
B)  Human resources and security
C)  Ethics and security
D)  Ethics and technologyE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Which of the following describes workplace MIS monitoring?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tracking people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes
B)  Tracking people's activities by such measures as error rate
C)  Tracking people's activities by such measures as number of transactions processed
D)  All of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Exam 4: Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

What is two-factor authentication?

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Which of the following represents the two fundamental building blocks that protect organizational information?

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White-hat hackers break into other people's computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy information.

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The Trojan-horse virus hides inside other software, usually as an attachment or a downloadable file.

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What are biometrics?

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What is a technological solution that allows publishers to control their digital media to discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distribution?

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Teergrubing 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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What is a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online and is comparable to a digital signature?

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According to the ethical computer use policy, users should be of the rules and, by agreeing to use the system on that basis, to abide by the rules.

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Information secrecy is the category of computer security that addresses the protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data source authenticity.

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Which of the following describes workplace MIS monitoring?

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What is a phishing expedition?

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Which of the following is included in the four quadrants of ethical and legal behavior?

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The technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, often through fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses is called phishing.

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What decodes information?

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Companies do not need a privacy policy for email because an employee's work email is private and cannot be viewed by the company.

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Which of the below is not one of the six epolicies that a company should implement for information protection as discussed in the text?

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What is one of the major problems with email?

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What are policies and procedures that address information management along with the ethical use of computers and the Internet in the business environment?

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White-hat hackers break into other people's computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy information.

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Teergrubing 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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Information secrecy is the category of computer security that addresses the protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data source authenticity.

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The technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, often through fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses is called phishing.

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