Exam 8: Protecting People and Information

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What is a person called who uses a computer to cause harm to people or destroy critical systems?

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_____ are the principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people.

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What says that you may use copyrighted material in certain situations - for example, in the creation of new work or, within certain limits, for teaching purposes?

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If you were to create a computer game for a homework assignment in programming, what type of law provides you with some protection against people selling your game without your consent?

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Spyware, sneakware, and stealthware are all different versions of cookies.

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DoubleClick follows you around the Web and then sells the information about where you went and for how long.

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Firewalls are used to block access to private information from invalid users.

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What is the name of the new anti-Spam bill passed by the Canadian government in 2003?

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What hardware device captures keystrokes moving from the keyboard to the motherboard?

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_____ is software you do not want hidden inside software you do want.

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Which of the following statistics is not true about employees and their potential to commit crime?

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Script kiddies find hacking code on the Internet and click-and-point their way into systems, to cause damage or spread viruses.

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What type of hardware and/or software should you install to protect your computer from intruders entering into your system from your network connection?

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_____ is a hardware device that captures keystrokes on their journey from the keyboard to the motherboard.

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Which of the following is a characteristic of a firewall?

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A Web log consists of one line of information for every visitor to a Web site and is usually stored on a Web server.

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Cookie is software that comes hidden in free downloadable software and collects information about you and your computer and reports it to someone without your permission.

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About 1 in 3 people will become the victims of identity theft from phishing.

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There are different levels of uncertainty when faced with ethical decisions; each creates a sort of ring around the dilemma. What is true of the outside level or ring?

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When you purchase copyrighted software, what actually are you paying for?

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