Question 1

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 these are correct.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

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 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)  the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding information
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 effectivelyE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident are called insiders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What can encryption technology perform?

Accepted Answer

A)  switch the order of characters
B)  replace characters with other characters
C)  insert or remove characters
D)  All of these are correct.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Cybervandalism includes threats, negative remarks, or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding information
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 effectivelyE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

What is the legal protection afforded an expression of an idea, such as a song, book, or video game?

Accepted Answer

A)  privacy
B)  confidentiality
C)  intellectual property
D)  copyrightE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following systems is designed with full-time monitoring tools that search for patterns in network traffic to identify intruders and to protect against suspicious network traffic that attempts to access files and data?

Accepted Answer

A)  interconnected data software (IDS) 
B)  intrusion detection software (IDS) 
C)  security Information system (SIS) 
D)  internet detection scanner (IDS) E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

A zombie is a program that secretly takes over another computer for the purpose of launching attacks on other computers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is the electronic defacing of an existing website?

Accepted Answer

A)  information bullying
B)  cybervandalism
C)  cookie
D)  BYODE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

What refers to choosing to allow permissions to incoming emails?

Accepted Answer

A)  opt out
B)  opt in
C)  BYOD
D)  nonrepudiationE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

What scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt?

Accepted Answer

A)  digital certificate
B)  encryption
C)  decrypt
D)  cryptographyE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following is the main drawback of biometrics?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is considered illegal.
B)  It is viewed as an invasion of privacy.
C)  It can be costly and intrusive.
D)  It requires constant monitoring and upgrading.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 15

What is the Child Online Protection Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  the unauthorized use, duplication, distribution, or sale of copyrighted software
B)  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
C)  passed to protect minors from accessing inappropriate material on the Internet
D)  a technological solution that allows publishers to control their digital media to discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distributionE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Downtime refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable and unplanned downtime can strike at any time for various reasons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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 assetsE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

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 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)  information ethics policy
B)  information security policies
C)  information technology plan
D)  All of these are correct.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Workplace MIS monitoring tracks people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes, error rate, and number of transactions processeD.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

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

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What scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt?

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

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Downtime refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable and unplanned downtime can strike at any time for various reasons.

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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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Legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident are called insiders.

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What refers to choosing to allow permissions to incoming emails?

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What can encryption technology perform?

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A zombie is a program that secretly takes over another computer for the purpose of launching attacks on other computers.

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What is the electronic defacing of an existing website?

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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 following are all common forms of viruses?

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Workplace MIS monitoring tracks people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes, error rate, and number of transactions processeD.

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Which of the following is the main drawback of biometrics?

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Which of the following systems is designed with full-time monitoring tools that search for patterns in network traffic to identify intruders and to protect against suspicious network traffic that attempts to access files and data?

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What is the legal protection afforded an expression of an idea, such as a song, book, or video game?

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Cybervandalism includes threats, negative remarks, or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website.

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What is the Child Online Protection Act?

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

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What is a threat?

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