Question 1

Ransomware is a form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Where do organizations typically place firewalls?

Accepted Answer

A) Between a personal computer and the server 
B) Between a personal computer and a printer 
C) Between the server and the content filtering software 
D) Between the server and the Internet 
A) Between a personal computer and the server 
B) Between a personal computer and a printer 
C) Between the server and the content filtering software 
D) Between the server and the Internet

Question 3

What is information transmitted with encryption and, when disclosed, results in a breach of an individual's privacy and can potentially cause the individual harm?

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 4

Which of the following definitions represents opt-in?

Accepted Answer

A) A problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names. 
B) 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. 
C) Choosing to allow permission to incoming emails. 
D) Choosing to deny permission to incoming emails. 
A) A problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names. 
B) 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. 
C) Choosing to allow permission to incoming emails. 
D) Choosing to deny permission to incoming emails.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In the information technology world, which of the following are examples of ethical issues that a company may have to manage?

Accepted Answer

A) Employees copying and distributing company owned software 
B) Employees searching other employee's private information without consent 
C) Employees intentionally creating or spreading viruses to confuse IT 
D) All of the above 
A) Employees copying and distributing company owned software 
B) Employees searching other employee's private information without consent 
C) Employees intentionally creating or spreading viruses to confuse IT 
D) All of the above

Question 7

What is pirated software?

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 distribution. 
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 distribution.

Question 8

What must you do with antivirus software to make it protect effectively?

Accepted Answer

A) Must never upgrade or change vendors 
B) Must download a portable button for it to activate 
C) Must frequently update it to protect against viruses 
D) All of the above 
A) Must never upgrade or change vendors 
B) Must download a portable button for it to activate 
C) Must frequently update it to protect against viruses 
D) All of the above

Question 9

What is phishing?

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 organization. 
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 organization.

Question 10

Explain the ethical issues in the use of information technology.

Accepted Answer

Information ethics govern the ethical an

Question 11

Which of the following is the correct list of the six different types of hackers listed in your text?

Accepted Answer

A) Black-hat, cracker, cyberterrorist, hactivist, script kiddies, and white-hat hackers 
B) Black-top, cookie, script kids, environment, Web 3.0, and white-top hackers 
C) Black-hat, script kiddies, script bats, spider crawlers, Ad spiders, and white-hat hackers 
D) None of the above 
A) Black-hat, cracker, cyberterrorist, hactivist, script kiddies, and white-hat hackers 
B) Black-top, cookie, script kids, environment, Web 3.0, and white-top hackers 
C) Black-hat, script kiddies, script bats, spider crawlers, Ad spiders, and white-hat hackers 
D) None of the above

Question 12

Cryptography is the science that studies encryption, which is the hiding of messages so that only the sender and receiver can read them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following governs the ethical and moral issues arising from the development and use of information technologies, and the creation, collection, duplication, distribution, and processing of information?

Accepted Answer

A) Ethical information 
B) Information technology 
C) Information policies 
D) Information ethics 
A) Ethical information 
B) Information technology 
C) Information policies 
D) Information ethics

Question 14

Which of the following is a cost of downtime in addition to lost revenue?

Accepted Answer

A) Legal expenses 
B) Loss in financial performance 
C) Damage to reputation 
D) All of the above 
A) Legal expenses 
B) Loss in financial performance 
C) Damage to reputation 
D) All of the above

Question 15

What is a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys?

Accepted Answer

A) Sniffer 
B) Spyware 
C) Spoofware 
D) Simplelocker 
A) Sniffer 
B) Spyware 
C) Spoofware 
D) Simplelocker

Question 16

What uses of a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack?

Accepted Answer

A) Zombie 
B) Zombie farm 
C) Pharming attack 
D) Time bomb 
A) Zombie 
B) Zombie farm 
C) Pharming attack 
D) Time bomb

Question 17

What is a group of computers on which a hacker has planted zombie programs?

Accepted Answer

A) Zombie 
B) Zombie farm 
C) Pharming attack 
D) Time bomb 
A) Zombie 
B) Zombie farm 
C) Pharming attack 
D) Time bomb

Question 18

The goal of multifactor authentication is to make it difficult for an unauthorized person to gain access to a system because, if one security level is broken, the attacker will still have to break through additional levels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Jensen is a senior developer for HackersRUs, a company that helps secure management information systems. Jensen's new task is to break into the computer system of one of HackersRUs' top clients to identify system vulnerabilities and plug the holes. What type of hacker is Jensen?

Accepted Answer

A) Cracker 
B) White-hat hacker 
C) Script bunnies 
D) Black-hat hacker 
A) Cracker 
B) White-hat hacker 
C) Script bunnies 
D) Black-hat hacker

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Ransomware is a form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money.

Where do organizations typically place firewalls?

What is information transmitted with encryption and, when disclosed, results in a breach of an individual's privacy and can potentially cause the individual harm?

Which of the following definitions represents opt-in?

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

In the information technology world, which of the following are examples of ethical issues that a company may have to manage?

What is pirated software?

What must you do with antivirus software to make it protect effectively?

What is phishing?

Explain the ethical issues in the use of information technology.

Which of the following is the correct list of the six different types of hackers listed in your text?

Cryptography is the science that studies encryption, which is the hiding of messages so that only the sender and receiver can read them.

Which of the following governs the ethical and moral issues arising from the development and use of information technologies, and the creation, collection, duplication, distribution, and processing of information?

Which of the following is a cost of downtime in addition to lost revenue?

What is a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys?

What uses of a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack?

What is a group of computers on which a hacker has planted zombie programs?

The goal of multifactor authentication is to make it difficult for an unauthorized person to gain access to a system because, if one security level is broken, the attacker will still have to break through additional levels.

Jensen is a senior developer for HackersRUs, a company that helps secure management information systems. Jensen's new task is to break into the computer system of one of HackersRUs' top clients to identify system vulnerabilities and plug the holes. What type of hacker is Jensen?

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

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

Ransomware is a form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money.

Where do organizations typically place firewalls?

What is information transmitted with encryption and, when disclosed, results in a breach of an individual's privacy and can potentially cause the individual harm?

Which of the following definitions represents opt-in?

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

In the information technology world, which of the following are examples of ethical issues that a company may have to manage?

What is pirated software?

What must you do with antivirus software to make it protect effectively?

What is phishing?

Explain the ethical issues in the use of information technology.

Which of the following is the correct list of the six different types of hackers listed in your text?

Cryptography is the science that studies encryption, which is the hiding of messages so that only the sender and receiver can read them.

Which of the following governs the ethical and moral issues arising from the development and use of information technologies, and the creation, collection, duplication, distribution, and processing of information?

Which of the following is a cost of downtime in addition to lost revenue?

What is a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files' decryption keys?

What uses of a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack?

What is a group of computers on which a hacker has planted zombie programs?

The goal of multifactor authentication is to make it difficult for an unauthorized person to gain access to a system because, if one security level is broken, the attacker will still have to break through additional levels.

Jensen is a senior developer for HackersRUs, a company that helps secure management information systems. Jensen's new task is to break into the computer system of one of HackersRUs' top clients to identify system vulnerabilities and plug the holes. What type of hacker is Jensen?

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

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