Your company uses a fingerprint recognition system instead of an access card. This helps the company prevent unauthorized physical access. Which of the following technologies is used for authentication here?

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Biometrics

Passwords

Smart cards

Access-control software

Question 2

Violating data belonging to banks or other financial institutions is a crime in the United States. Which of the following legislations prohibit such violations?

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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

The Foreign Intelligence   Surveillance Act

The Banking Rights and Privacy Act

The Patriot Act

Question 3

Which of the following is one of the main federal laws in the United States against computer crimes?

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Satellite Act of 1962

United States Information and   Educational Exchange Act

Trade Expansions Act of 1962

Electronic Communications Privacy   Act of 1986

Question 4

Which of the following can typically be filed for a copyright?

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Music

by the Beatles

Google Nexus phone

Amazon’s one-click buying

iPhone

Question 5

An organization takes active countermeasures to protect its systems, such as installing firewalls. This approach is known as risk:

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reduction.

acceptance.

transference.

rescheduling.

Question 6

Which of the following types of plans describes how a business resumes operation after a disaster?

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Emergency operation plan

Business continuity plan

Internal operations plan

Collocation facilities plan

Question 7

Which of the following US laws amended the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to allow investigators access to voice-related communications?

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The Espionage Act

 
The Patriot Act
 

The Non-detention Act

The Video Privacy Protection Act

Question 8

A hacker takes an individual’s Social Security number, credit card number, and other personal information for the purpose of using the victim’s credit rating to run up debts that are never repaid. This practice is called:

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cyberbullying.

bot herding.

cyberstalking.

identity theft.

Question 9

Controls that are used to assess whether anything went wrong, such as unauthorized access attempts, are called __________ controls.

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detective

corrective

adaptive

preventive

Question 10

__________ by terrorists refers to the use of the vast amount of information available on the Internet regarding virtually any topic for planning, recruitment, and numerous other endeavors.

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Information sharing

Data mining

Information dissemination

Location monitoring

Question 11

Albitrex Systems is an Asian software consulting firm which develops solutions for companies in the United States and Europe. The company is heavily dependent on the Internet for transporting data. The company wants to ensure that only authorized users access the data and that the data cannot be intercepted and compromised. Which of the following would be most helpful to the company in achieving this goal?

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Tunneling

Hot backing up

Open transmitting

Spam filtering

Question 12

Employees steal time on company computers to do personal business. This can be considered as an example of:

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cyberstalking.
 

hacking.

unauthorized access.

Web vandalism.

Question 13

An organization builds a fully equipped backup facility, having everything from office chairs to a one-to-one replication of the most current data. This facility is called a:

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botnet.

firewall.

hot backup site.

buying center.

Question 14

Ciscon Telecom is a mobile operator in the European Union. The company provides personalized services to its customers, and its databases contain valuable information about its customers. The loss of customer information that is used to decide services would be extremely harmful to the organization. Which of the following strategies used by Ciscon is an example of risk transference?

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The company insures any possible   data loss for a large sum.

It enforces a strict employee data   policy and prohibits employees from unauthorized access.

The company forms a special team   of top executives to monitor and correct the information policies.

It installs a corporate firewall   to protect unauthorized access to information.

Question 15

Which of the following laws makes it mandatory for organizations to demonstrate that there are controls in place to prevent misuse or fraud, controls to detect any potential problems, and effective measures to correct any problems?

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Trade Expansions Act of 1962
 

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

 
Electronic Communications Privacy   Act of 1986
 

Central Intelligence Agency Act

Question 16

Which of the following can typically be filed for a patent?

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Literature

Software

 
Music
 

Material inventions

Question 17

With __________, employees may be identified by fingerprints, retinal patterns in the eye, facial features, or other bodily characteristics before being granted access to use a computer or to enter a facility.

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passwords

biometrics

CAPTCHAs

access-control software

Question 18

Ronald downloads a movie from the Internet onto his company’s computer. During this process, his system gets affected by a virus. The virus spreads rapidly in the company’s network and causes the server to crash. This type of virus is most likely:

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spam.

adware.

phishing mail.

a worm.

Question 19

A mass cyber attack occurred in a country when it took severe actions against a group of citizens who protested against the country’s religious policies. The attack involved a denial-of-service in which selected sites were bombarded with traffic to force them offline. This is an example of:

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cyberterrorism.

 
cyberbullying.
 

hot backing up.

logic bombing.

Question 20

While adding information to the employee information database, Neil’s computer crashed and the entire database on his computer was erased along with it. Which of the following types of virus would have caused Neil’s computer to crash?

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Worm

Spyware

Adware

Logic bomb