Exam 9: The Personal and Social Impact of Computers

_____ is software installed on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer without knowledge or permission of the user.

IS professionals believe that their field offers few opportunities for unethical behavior.

The final step to prevent computer-related waste is to:

Organizations operating unintegrated information systems,acquiring redundant systems,and wasting information system are examples of _____.

_____ refers to the use of any of several technologies to enforce policies for controlling access to digital media,such as movies,music,and software.

_____ is the intimidation of government or civilian population by using information technology to disable critical national infrastructures (e.g. ,energy,transportation,financial,law enforcement,emergency response)to achieve political,religious,or ideological goals.

Many organizations use _____ software to provide a comprehensive display on a single computer screen of all the vital data related to an organization's security defenses,including threats,exposures,policy compliance,and incident alerts.

_____ refer to errors,failures,and other computer problems that make computer output incorrect or not useful.

Patent laws protect processes,machines,and compositions of matter.

A _____ is a type of Trojan horse that executes when specific conditions occur.

The _____ requires telephone companies to turn over customer information,including numbers called,without a court order,if the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)claims that the records are relevant to a terrorism investigation.

A(n)_____ is a person paid by a company to lie about how much he or she has earned and how easy the plan was to operate.

Many computer crimes go unreported because companies do not want bad publicity or don't think that law enforcement can help.

_____ is a scam that attempts to steal an individual's private information by having them respond to a text message.

The science of designing machines,products,and systems to maximize the safety,comfort,and efficiency of the people who use them is called _____.

Not many small and medium sized organizations are willing to outsource their network security operations.

_____ is software that runs in the background to protect a user's computer from dangers lurking on the Internet and other possible sources of infected files.

A _____ is a set of programs that enables its user to gain administrator level access to a computer or network.

The first step to prevent computer-related waste is to review existing policies and procedures and determine whether they are adequate.

The use of email among public officials might violate "open meeting" laws.