61.
_____ refers to the use of physiological characteristics such as fingerprints,
the blood vessels in the iris of the eye, and the sound of one’s voice to
provide identification.
62.
_____ is a way of protecting messages and files by scrambling the contents
of a file so that one cannot read it without having the right key.
True / False Questions
63.
An ethical dilemma refers to the choice of whether or not to be ethical.
64.
Intellectual property is defined as the principles and standards that guide
our behavior toward other people.
65.
A factor that affects how one makes a decision when faced with an ethical
dilemma is one’s basic ethical structure, which develops as one grows up.
66.
Intellectual property refers to tangible creative work that is embodied in
non-physical form.
67.
Copyright law completely forbids the use of intellectual property.
68.
In the United States, making a copy of copyrighted software for backup
purposes amounts to software piracy.
69.
In order to monitor computer use, screen capture programs can be used to
capture every single screen that a user views.
70.
Log analysis is a monitoring tool that keeps track of logons, deletions, and
so forth.
71.
Identity theft is often for financial gain, and the stolen identity is used to
apply for and use credit cards in the victim’s name or to apply for loans.
72.
Phishing is a technique which delays incoming e-mail messages for a long
period of time to defend one’s computer against viruses and worms.
73.
Key logging refers to the rerouting of a person’s request for a legitimate
Web site to a fake site which then collects information from the person.
74.
Pharming is accomplished by getting access to the giant databases that
Internet providers use to route Web traffic.
75.
A reason that companies monitor employees’ e-mail is that they can be
sued for what their employees send to each other and to people outside the
company.
76.
A hardware key logger cannot capture backspaces and deletions.
77.
A unique cookie is one that started out as a common cookie, but the original
site sold access to it to a third party.
78.
One way to block cookies is to set one’s browser to accept or reject all
cookies.
79.
Spammers can penetrate through spam filters by including nonprinting
characters in their subject lines.
80.
The CAN-Spam Act is an anti-spam law passed by the Federal Government
which bans spamming entirely.
81.
Adware is software to generate ads that installs itself on your computer
when you download some other program from the Web.
82.
Spyware is a kind of software that blocks malicious software from entering
one’s computer.
83.
Without spyware, a Web site cannot tell a lot about its Web visitors.
84.
Anonymous Web browsing (AWB) services help in hiding a person’s identity
from the Web sites one visits.
85.
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 sought to protect investors by improving
86.
Hackers who have a philosophical or political message that they want to
share are called hacktivists.
87.
Black-hat hackers are known as the “good guys” who test the vulnerability
of systems so that protective measures may be taken.
88.
A virus is software that is written with malicious intent to cause annoyance
or damage.
89.
Benign viruses are the worst kinds of viruses as they have the capacity to
damage computers.
90.
Script kiddies work at the request of the owners of computer systems, find
vulnerabilities in systems, and plug the holes.
91.
The objective of a denial-of-service attack is to prevent legitimate
customers from accessing the target site.
92.
A virus has the capacity to hurt the processor of a computer.
93.
A drawback of spam protection is that it may mark something as spam
when it is not.
94.
Anti-phishing software protects a person from identity theft.
95.
A firewall examines each message as it seeks entrance to the network.