Exam 9: The Challenges of the Digital Age: Society and Information Technology Today

In 2009 a cracker stole more than 500,000 patient records from a state-run database and demanded ransom for the return of the records.This crime is called ________.

In 1999 the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter was fed data expressed in pounds,the English unit of force,instead of newtons,the metric unit (about 22% of a pound).As a result,the spacecraft flew too close to the surface of Mars and broke apart.This is an example of a human software error.

_______ is a system of safeguards for protecting information technology against disasters,system failures,and unauthorized access.

________ software,a tool for fighting online fraud,allows merchants to creates a "negative file" that states the criteria each online transaction must meet; these criteria include not only not being on a list of stolen credit card numbers but also price limits,matches of the cardholders' billing address and shipping address,and warning if a large quantity of a single item is ordered.

Which of the following is NOT among the errors and accidents that may afflict computer systems?

When malicious software is implanted in your computer that redirects your computer to an impostor web page,it is called ________.

A _________ plan is a method of restoring information processing operations that have been halted by destruction or accident.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)is also called an audit trailer.

Intentionally crashing an entire computer system is a crime of _________.

Programs used to monitor how much time workers spend on the web and to block employee access to gambling and pornography sites are known as employee Internet management (EIM)software.

A disaster-recovery plan is a method of restoring information-processing operations that have been halted by destruction or accident.

Children in the 9-18 age range who use information technologies and the Internet to unleash taunting,nasty rumors,and other put-downs of fellow adolescents are known as ________.

You can always claim ownership of the data that is collected about you.

The Internet is increasingly coming under commercial control.

Improvements in technology are beneficial to all in the short run.

In the United States,the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court makes decisions about government surveillance,including the National Security Agency's (NSA)right to search the phone records of residents.

An audit trail is a record of how a transaction was handled from input through processing and output.

In the Nigerian letter scam,also called an advance-fee fraud,victims are given a chance to receive nonexistent government money as long as they pay a fee to help transfer the money to an overseas account.

Algorithms have been devised to detect changes in uncompressed photo files.

When people at work play online games or do online shopping on their employer's time,this is called theft of information.