Question 1

What is a threat?

Accepted Answer

A)  The electronic defacing of an existing website.
B)  The abuse of pay-per-click, pay-per-call, and pay-per-conversion revenue models by repeatedly clicking on a link to increase charges or costs for the advertiser.
C)  A computer crime where a competitor or disgruntled employee increases a company's search advertising costs by repeatedly clicking on the advertiser's link.
D)  An act or object that poses a danger to assets.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following key terms represents the principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethics
B)  Intellectual property
C)  Standards of living
D)  SecurityE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 3

What is sock puppet marketing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Any data that could potentially identify a specific individual.
B)  Information transmitted without encryption and includes information collected from public records, phone books, corporate directories, websites, etc.
C)  Information transmitted with encryption and, when disclosed, results in a breach of an individual's privacy and can potentially cause the individual harm.
D)  The use of a false identity to artificially stimulate demand for a product, brand, or service.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Who are those who seek to cause harm to people or to destroy critical systems or information and use the Internet as a weapon of mass destruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  White-hat hacker
B)  Black-hat hacker
C)  Cyberterrorists
D)  Script bunniesE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Which of the below represents the definition of information property?

Accepted Answer

A)  An ethical issue that focuses on who owns information about individuals and how information can be sold and exchanges.
B)  A method or system of government for information management or control.
C)  The category of computer security that addresses the protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data source authenticity.
D)  Examines the organizational resource of information and regulates its definitions, uses, values, and distribution, ensuring that it has the types of data/information required to function and grow effectively.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Simplelocker is a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What refers to the ability of a company to identify, search, gather, seize, or export digital information in responding to a litigation, audit, investigation, or information inquiry?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Through social engineering, hackers use their social skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other valuable information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Organizations address security risks through two lines of defense. The first is people and the second is technology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Tokens are small electronic devices that change user passwords automatically.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following authentication methods is 100 percent accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Smart card
B)  Fingerprint authentication
C)  User ID
D)  None of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

What is ransomware?

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) A) and C)

Question 13

Phishing reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A pharming attack uses of a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Single-factor 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 16

What is sensitive PII?

Accepted Answer

A)   .Any data that could potentially identify a specific individual
B)   Information transmitted without encryption and includes information collected from public records, phone books, corporate directories, websites, etc.
C)   Information transmitted with encryption and, when disclosed, results in a breach of an individual's privacy and can potentially cause the individual harm.
D)   The use of a false identity to artificially stimulate demand for a product, brand, or service.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Digital rights management is a technological solution that allows publishers to control their digital media to discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distribution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is a hacker?

Accepted Answer

A)  A special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission.
B)  Experts in technology who use their knowledge to break into computers and computer networks, either for profit or just motivated by the challenge.
C)  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.
D)  Software that, while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that function, also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

What is software written with malicious intent to cause annoyance or damage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Elevation of privilege
B)  Spoofing
C)  Sniffer
D)  VirusE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Internet governance is government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 4: Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

A pharming attack uses of a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack.

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Organizations address security risks through two lines of defense. The first is people and the second is technology.

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Which of the below represents the definition of information property?

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Tokens are small electronic devices that change user passwords automatically.

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What is sock puppet marketing?

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Single-factor 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).

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Internet governance is government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens.

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Simplelocker is a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys.

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What is sensitive PII?

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Through social engineering, hackers use their social skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other valuable information.

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Which of the following key terms represents the principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people?

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Which of the following authentication methods is 100 percent accurate?

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What is software written with malicious intent to cause annoyance or damage?

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What is ransomware?

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What is a hacker?

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Phishing reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites.

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What refers to the ability of a company to identify, search, gather, seize, or export digital information in responding to a litigation, audit, investigation, or information inquiry?

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Who are those who seek to cause harm to people or to destroy critical systems or information and use the Internet as a weapon of mass destruction?

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What is a threat?

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Digital rights management 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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