Exam 8: Protecting People and Information

Your decisions regarding ethics are influenced by a number of factors. Which is not one of these factors?

_____ is the unauthorized use, duplication, distribution or sale of copyrighted software.

If you were concerned about how a person would feel because of something you did, you would be experiencing what type of influencing circumstance?

Hardware and/or software that protect computers from outsides are called a(n) _____.

Spam can be perfectly blocked by using filters.

Can you make a copy of software that you buy?

What type of computer virus finds your email contacts and sends itself to those accounts?

A cookie is a small file deposited on your hard disk by a Web site containing information about you and your Web activities.

If you were trying to access your campus network but the system was unable to respond to you because it was overwhelmed with a flood of requests coming from some virus, what type of attack would you be experiencing?

_____ use physical characteristics to assess access rights.

If you received repeated bills for a credit card that you didn't own, what would you probably be a victim of?

What is 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?

_____ is intangible creative work that is embodied in physical form.

What type of access authentication system uses your physical characteristics to determine if you should, or should not, have access to a computer system?

Which of the following captures screen images?

Canada has a reputation for being soft on white-collar criminals.

What browser image informs you that you're visiting a legitimate Web site?

A(n) _____ is a type of hacker who is engaged in corporate espionage.

With respect to the circumstances that surround making an ethical decision, your perception of what society thinks of your intended action is called _____.

A clickstream will record information about you during a Web surfing session such as what Web sites you visited, how long you were there, what ads you looked at, and what you bought.