Question 1

Which of the following is an example of acting ethically?

Accepted Answer

A) Individuals copy, use, and distribute software. 
B) Employees search organizational databases for sensitive corporate and personal information. 
C) Individuals hack into computer systems to steal proprietary information. 
D) None of the above offers an example of acting ethically. 
A) Individuals copy, use, and distribute software. 
B) Employees search organizational databases for sensitive corporate and personal information. 
C) Individuals hack into computer systems to steal proprietary information. 
D) None of the above offers an example of acting ethically.

Question 2

Which of the following definitions represents teergrubing?

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) Government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens. 
D) An antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam. 
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) Government attempts to control Internet traffic, thus preventing some material from being viewed by a country's citizens. 
D) An antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer, sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam.

Question 3

Which of the following is the main drawback of biometrics?

Accepted Answer

A) It is considered illegal 
B) It is viewed as an invasion of privacy 
C) It can be costly and intrusive 
D) It requires constant monitoring and upgrading 
A) It is considered illegal 
B) It is viewed as an invasion of privacy 
C) It can be costly and intrusive 
D) It requires constant monitoring and upgrading

Question 4

What is a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names?

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 5

Which of the following is not considered an epolicy?

Accepted Answer

A) Acceptable use policy 
B) Internet use policy 
C) Ethical computer use policy 
D) Anti-hacker use policy 
A) Acceptable use policy 
B) Internet use policy 
C) Ethical computer use policy 
D) Anti-hacker use policy

Question 6

Denial-of-service attack (DoS)floods a website with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes the site.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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) Confidentiality 
A) Ethics 
B) Intellectual property 
C) Privacy 
D) Confidentiality

Question 8

What is a mail bomb?

Accepted Answer

A) Sending a massive amount of email to a specific person or system resulting in filling up the recipient's disk space 
B) A contractual stipulation to ensure that ebusiness participants do not deny their online actions 
C) Sending a few emails to a specific person or system resulting in filling up the recipient's disk space 
D) A contractual stipulation to ensure that ebusiness participants deny their online actions 
A) Sending a massive amount of email to a specific person or system resulting in filling up the recipient's disk space 
B) A contractual stipulation to ensure that ebusiness participants do not deny their online actions 
C) Sending a few emails to a specific person or system resulting in filling up the recipient's disk space 
D) A contractual stipulation to ensure that ebusiness participants deny their online actions

Question 9

What is the forging of the return address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender?

Accepted Answer

A) Malicious code 
B) Hoaxes 
C) Spoofing 
D) Sniffer 
A) Malicious code 
B) Hoaxes 
C) Spoofing 
D) Sniffer

Question 10

What refers to choosing to allow permissions to incoming emails?

Accepted Answer

A) Opt out 
B) Opt in 
C) BYOD 
D) Nonrepudiation 
A) Opt out 
B) Opt in 
C) BYOD 
D) Nonrepudiation

Question 11

Social media monitoring is the process of monitoring and responding to what is being said about a company, individual, product, or brand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following describes confidentiality?

Accepted Answer

A) The assurance that messages and information are available only to those who are authorized to view them 
B) Policies and procedures that address the ethical use of computers and Internet usage in the business environment 
C) The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent 
D) The principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people 
A) The assurance that messages and information are available only to those who are authorized to view them 
B) Policies and procedures that address the ethical use of computers and Internet usage in the business environment 
C) The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent 
D) The principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people

Question 13

What is a crowdsourcing initiative that rewards individuals for discovering and reporting software bugs?

Accepted Answer

A) Bug bounty program. 
B) Malware. 
C) Scareware. 
D) Ransomware. 
A) Bug bounty program. 
B) Malware. 
C) Scareware. 
D) Ransomware.

Question 14

Decrypt information is to decode it and is the opposite of encrypt.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Website name stealing 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) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the below should be included in a company email privacy policy?

Accepted Answer

A) Defines legitimate email users and explains what happens to accounts after a person leaves the organization 
B) Discourages sending junk email or spam to anyone who doesn't want to receive it 
C) Informs users that the organization has no control over email once it has been transmitted outside the organization 
D) All of the above 
A) Defines legitimate email users and explains what happens to accounts after a person leaves the organization 
B) Discourages sending junk email or spam to anyone who doesn't want to receive it 
C) Informs users that the organization has no control over email once it has been transmitted outside the organization 
D) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following policies details the extent to which email messages may be read by others?

Accepted Answer

A) Email privacy policy 
B) Email confidential policy 
C) Anti-spam policy 
D) Spam policy 
A) Email privacy policy 
B) Email confidential policy 
C) Anti-spam policy 
D) Spam policy

Question 18

A voiceprint is a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online and is comparable to a digital signature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is the Child Online Protection Act?

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 20

Workplace MIS monitoring tracks people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes, error rate, and number of transactions processed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is an example of acting ethically?

Which of the following definitions represents teergrubing?

Which of the following is the main drawback of biometrics?

What is a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names?

Which of the following is not considered an epolicy?

Denial-of-service attack (DoS)floods a website with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes the site.

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

What is a mail bomb?

What is the forging of the return address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender?

What refers to choosing to allow permissions to incoming emails?

Social media monitoring is the process of monitoring and responding to what is being said about a company, individual, product, or brand.

Which of the following describes confidentiality?

What is a crowdsourcing initiative that rewards individuals for discovering and reporting software bugs?

Decrypt information is to decode it and is the opposite of encrypt.

Website name stealing 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.

Which of the below should be included in a company email privacy policy?

Which of the following policies details the extent to which email messages may be read by others?

A voiceprint is a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online and is comparable to a digital signature.

What is the Child Online Protection Act?

Workplace MIS monitoring tracks people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes, error rate, and number of transactions processed.

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

Which of the following is an example of acting ethically?

Which of the following definitions represents teergrubing?

Which of the following is the main drawback of biometrics?

What is a problem that occurs when someone registers purposely misspelled variations of well-known domain names?

Which of the following is not considered an epolicy?

Denial-of-service attack (DoS)floods a website with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes the site.

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

What is a mail bomb?

What is the forging of the return address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender?

What refers to choosing to allow permissions to incoming emails?

Social media monitoring is the process of monitoring and responding to what is being said about a company, individual, product, or brand.

Which of the following describes confidentiality?

What is a crowdsourcing initiative that rewards individuals for discovering and reporting software bugs?

Decrypt information is to decode it and is the opposite of encrypt.

Website name stealing 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.

Which of the below should be included in a company email privacy policy?

Which of the following policies details the extent to which email messages may be read by others?

A voiceprint is a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online and is comparable to a digital signature.

What is the Child Online Protection Act?

Workplace MIS monitoring tracks people's activities by such measures as number of keystrokes, error rate, and number of transactions processed.

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