Question 1

Identity theft is the forging of someone's identity for the purpose of fraud.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Digital certificate
B)   Encryption
C)   Decrypt
D)   CryptographyE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 3

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 4

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) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following occurs when organizations use software that filters content,such as email,to prevent the accidental or malicious transmission of unauthorized information?

Accepted Answer

A)   Antivirus software
B)   Content filtering
C)   Encryption
D)   FirewallsE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 6

What sends massive amounts of email to a specific person or system that can cause that user's server to stop functioning?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mail bomb
B)   Spam
C)   Intellectual spam
D)   Junk mailE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

What is 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?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

What includes threats,negative remarks,or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cyberbulling
B)   Cybervandalism
C)   Click-fraud
D)   Competitive click-fraudE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 9

What is intangible creative work that is embodied in physical form and includes copyrights,trademarks,and patents?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ethics
B)   Intellectual property
C)   Privacy
D)   ConfidentialityE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Information compliance is the act of conforming,acquiescing,or yielding information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Ransomware 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 12

What is the primary difference between a worm and a virus?

Accepted Answer

A)   A worm must attach to something to spread,where a virus does not need to attach to anything to spread and can tunnel itself into the computer
B)   A virus is copied and spread by a person,where a worm takes a string of tag words and deletes websites
C)   A virus must attach to something to spread,where a worm does not need to attach to anything to spread and can tunnel itself into the computer
D)   All of these choicesE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Information governance is a method or system of government for information management or control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A process of providing a user with permission including access levels and abilities such as file access,hours of access,and amount of allocated storage space is called authentication.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the below is not included as a common stipulation an organization would follow when creating an employee monitoring policy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Be as specific as possible stating when and what will be monitored.
B)   Do not state the consequences of violating the policy.
C)   Always enforce the policy the same for everyone.
D)   Expressly communicate that the company reserves the right to monitor all employees.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

Information management examines the organizational resource of information and regulates its definitions,uses,value,and distribution ensuring it has the types of data/information required to function and grow effectively.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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 organizationE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

What is a device that is around the same size as a credit card,containing embedded technologies that can store information and small amounts of software to perform some limited processing?

Accepted Answer

A)   Token
B)   Password
C)   Smart card
D)   BiometricsE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

What area of information security focuses on preventing identity theft,phishing,and pharming scams?

Accepted Answer

A)   Prevention and resistance
B)   Detection and authorizing
C)   Detection and response
D)   Authentication and authorizationE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 20

What is a computer crime where a competitor or disgruntled employee increases a company's search advertising costs by repeatedly clicking on the advertiser's link?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cyberbulling
B)   Cybervandalism
C)   Click-fraud
D)   Competitive click-fraudE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Exam 4: Ethics Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

What area of information security focuses on preventing identity theft,phishing,and pharming scams?

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Information management examines the organizational resource of information and regulates its definitions,uses,value,and distribution ensuring it has the types of data/information required to function and grow effectively.

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Information compliance is the act of conforming,acquiescing,or yielding information.

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What includes threats,negative remarks,or defamatory comments transmitted via the Internet or posted on the website?

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What is the primary difference between a worm and a virus?

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Which of the below is not included as a common stipulation an organization would follow when creating an employee monitoring policy?

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

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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 sends massive amounts of email to a specific person or system that can cause that user's server to stop functioning?

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What is a computer crime where a competitor or disgruntled employee increases a company's search advertising costs by repeatedly clicking on the advertiser's link?

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Which of the following occurs when organizations use software that filters content,such as email,to prevent the accidental or malicious transmission of unauthorized information?

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Information governance is a method or system of government for information management or control.

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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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A process of providing a user with permission including access levels and abilities such as file access,hours of access,and amount of allocated storage space is called authentication.

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What is a phishing expedition?

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What is 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?

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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 is intangible creative work that is embodied in physical form and includes copyrights,trademarks,and patents?

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Identity theft is the forging of someone's identity for the purpose of fraud.

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What is a device that is around the same size as a credit card,containing embedded technologies that can store information and small amounts of software to perform some limited processing?

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