Question 1

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 2

A social media manager is a person within the organization who is trusted to monitor, contribute, filter, and guide the social media presence of a company, individual, product, or brand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How do prevention and resistance technologies stop intruders from accessing and reading sensitive information?

Accepted Answer

A) Content filtering, encryption, and firewalls 
B) Calculating, locking, and firewalls 
C) Content prohibiting, and cookies 
D) None of the above 
A) Content filtering, encryption, and firewalls 
B) Calculating, locking, and firewalls 
C) Content prohibiting, and cookies 
D) None of the above

Question 4

What is a bug bounty program?

Accepted Answer

A) A crowdsourcing initiative that rewards individuals for discovering and reporting software bugs. 
B) Software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems. 
C) A type of malware designed to trick victims into giving up personal information to purchase or download useless and potentially dangerous software. 
D) A form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money. 
A) A crowdsourcing initiative that rewards individuals for discovering and reporting software bugs. 
B) Software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems. 
C) A type of malware designed to trick victims into giving up personal information to purchase or download useless and potentially dangerous software. 
D) A form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money.

Question 5

Who is a person within the organization who is trusted to monitor, contribute, filter, and guide the social media presence of a company, individual, product, or brand?

Accepted Answer

A) Social media monitoring 
B) Social media manager 
C) Social media policy 
D) Information privacy manager 
A) Social media monitoring 
B) Social media manager 
C) Social media policy 
D) Information privacy manager

Question 6

What is the process of monitoring and responding to what is being said about a company, individual, product, or brand?

Accepted Answer

A) Social media monitoring 
B) Social media manager 
C) Social media policy 
D) Anti-spam policy 
A) Social media monitoring 
B) Social media manager 
C) Social media policy 
D) Anti-spam policy

Question 7

Which of the following changes its form as it propagates?

Accepted Answer

A) Backdoor programs 
B) Strikers 
C) Polymorphic viruses and worms 
D) Splogs 
A) Backdoor programs 
B) Strikers 
C) Polymorphic viruses and worms 
D) Splogs

Question 8

Pirated software is software that is manufactured to look like the real thing and sold as such.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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 authorization 
A) Prevention and resistance 
B) Detection and authorizing 
C) Detection and response 
D) Authentication and authorization

Question 10

What is the electronic defacing of an existing website?

Accepted Answer

A) Cyberbulling 
B) Cybervandalism 
C) Click-fraud 
D) Competitive click-fraud 
A) Cyberbulling 
B) Cybervandalism 
C) Click-fraud 
D) Competitive click-fraud

Question 11

What is information security?

Accepted Answer

A) A broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization. 
B) A special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission. 
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. 
A) A broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization. 
B) A special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission. 
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.

Question 12

Which of the below would not be found in a typical acceptable use policy?

Accepted Answer

A) Not using the service as part of violating any law 
B) Not posting commercial messages to groups where the employee has received user consent 
C) Not performing any nonrepudiation 
D) Not attempting to break the security of any computer network 
A) Not using the service as part of violating any law 
B) Not posting commercial messages to groups where the employee has received user consent 
C) Not performing any nonrepudiation 
D) Not attempting to break the security of any computer network

Question 13

An ethical computer use policy contains general principles to guide computer user behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is the use of a false identity to artificially stimulate demand for a product, brand, or service?

Accepted Answer

A) Personally identifiable information (PII) 
B) Nonsensitive PII 
C) Sensitive PII 
D) Sock puppet marketing 
A) Personally identifiable information (PII) 
B) Nonsensitive PII 
C) Sensitive PII 
D) Sock puppet marketing

Question 15

Charles Mott works for a company called VeriSign that acts a trusted third party to verify information. One of Charles' largest clients is CheckMd, which holds and authenticates customer reviews of doctors and dentists online and having a third party validating the reviews is critical to CheckMd's success. What type of authentication technique is VeriSign providing for CheckMD?

Accepted Answer

A) Firewall 
B) Certificate authority 
C) Online certificate 
D) Digital content certificate 
A) Firewall 
B) Certificate authority 
C) Online certificate 
D) Digital content certificate

Question 16

What is a set of measurable characteristics of a human voice that uniquely identifies an individual?

Accepted Answer

A) Voiceprint 
B) Face 
C) Iris 
D) All of the above 
A) Voiceprint 
B) Face 
C) Iris 
D) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is not an example of unplanned downtime?

Accepted Answer

A) Power outages 
B) Tornados 
C) A system upgrade 
D) Network failure 
A) Power outages 
B) Tornados 
C) A system upgrade 
D) Network failure

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) Typosquatting 
B) Website name stealing 
C) Internet censorship 
D) Teergrubing 
A) Typosquatting 
B) Website name stealing 
C) Internet censorship 
D) Teergrubing

Question 19

Which of the below represents the definition of information governance?

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 effectively. 
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 effectively.

Question 20

Which of the below represents the definition of information compliance?

Accepted Answer

A) The act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding information 
B) The ability to comply with software 
C) The understanding of technology 
D) The verbalization of information governance in a company's policies and procedures. 
A) The act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding information 
B) The ability to comply with software 
C) The understanding of technology 
D) The verbalization of information governance in a company's policies and procedures.

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

A social media manager is a person within the organization who is trusted to monitor, contribute, filter, and guide the social media presence of a company, individual, product, or brand.

How do prevention and resistance technologies stop intruders from accessing and reading sensitive information?

What is a bug bounty program?

Who is a person within the organization who is trusted to monitor, contribute, filter, and guide the social media presence of a company, individual, product, or brand?

What is the process of monitoring and responding to what is being said about a company, individual, product, or brand?

Which of the following changes its form as it propagates?

Pirated software is software that is manufactured to look like the real thing and sold as such.

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

What is the electronic defacing of an existing website?

What is information security?

Which of the below would not be found in a typical acceptable use policy?

An ethical computer use policy contains general principles to guide computer user behavior.

What is the use of a false identity to artificially stimulate demand for a product, brand, or service?

What is a set of measurable characteristics of a human voice that uniquely identifies an individual?

Which of the following is not an example of unplanned downtime?

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

Which of the below represents the definition of information governance?

Which of the below represents the definition of information compliance?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Emerging Trends and Technologies

Filters

Exam 4: Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

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

A social media manager is a person within the organization who is trusted to monitor, contribute, filter, and guide the social media presence of a company, individual, product, or brand.

How do prevention and resistance technologies stop intruders from accessing and reading sensitive information?

What is a bug bounty program?

Who is a person within the organization who is trusted to monitor, contribute, filter, and guide the social media presence of a company, individual, product, or brand?

What is the process of monitoring and responding to what is being said about a company, individual, product, or brand?

Which of the following changes its form as it propagates?

Pirated software is software that is manufactured to look like the real thing and sold as such.

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

What is the electronic defacing of an existing website?

What is information security?

Which of the below would not be found in a typical acceptable use policy?

An ethical computer use policy contains general principles to guide computer user behavior.

What is the use of a false identity to artificially stimulate demand for a product, brand, or service?

What is a set of measurable characteristics of a human voice that uniquely identifies an individual?

Which of the following is not an example of unplanned downtime?

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

Which of the below represents the definition of information governance?

Which of the below represents the definition of information compliance?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Emerging Trends and Technologies

Filters