Exam 14: The Personal and Social Impact of Computers

A virus can send copies of itself via a network.

Posting information to the Internet using anonymous email accounts or screen names makes it impossible to identify a libeler.

Tracking software sends messages via a wireless network to the specified e-mail address, pinpointing its location and including a picture of the thief (for those computers with an integrated Web cam).

A(n) _____ is a person paid by a company to lie about how much he or she has earned and how easy the plan was to operate.

A(n) _____ is software that runs in the background to protect a user's computer from dangers lurking on the Internet and other possible sources of infected files.

_____ are employees, disgruntled or otherwise, working solo or in concert with outsiders to compromise corporate systems.

Define the term identity theft and briefly describe how identity theft criminals use an individual's personal information.

Briefly describe the purpose of a security dashboard.

_____ is the careful division of the tasks and responsibilities associated with a key process so that they must be performed by more than one person.

_____ is a form of computer scam that attempts to get users to gain access to a customer's private information through a fake Web site.

A party offended by a libel can file what is known as a(n) _____ lawsuit and use the subpoena power it grants to force the Internet service provider (ISP) to provide whatever information it has about the anonymous poster, including Internet Protocol (IP) address, name, and street address.

_____ involves publishing an intentionally false written statement that is damaging to a person's or an organization's reputation.

The Homeland Security Department's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate serves as a focal point for threat assessment of, warning of, investigation of, and response to threats or attacks against the country's critical infrastructure.

_____ is the intimidation of government or civilian population by using information technology to disable critical national infrastructures (e.g., energy, transportation, financial, law enforcement, emergency response) to achieve political, religious, or ideological goals.

The practice of disguising illegally gained funds so that they seem legal is called _____.

The science of designing machines, products, and systems to maximize the safety, comfort, and efficiency of the people who use them is called _____.

_____ is the science of designing machines, products, and systems to maximize the safety, comfort, and efficiency of the people who use them.

The use of e-mail among public officials might violate "open meeting" laws.

Which of the following statements is true of the E-Government Act of 2002?

Which of the following is a computer-related mistake?