Question 1

Manipulating someone within an organization to gain access to confidential information is called

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A)   diving.
B)   hacking.
C)   phreaking.
D)   social engineering.
E)   trashing.

Question 2

A piece of self-replicating code embedded within another program is called a

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A)   hack.
B)   rogue.
C)   Trojan horse.
D)   virus.
E)   worm.

Question 3

You may find a virus

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A)   on a hard disk.
B)   on a floppy disk.
C)   on a CD-ROM.
D)   in an email attachment.
E)   All of the above

Question 4

Anonymous is

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A)   an activist group that promotes the interests of the Recording Industry Association of America.
B)   a loosely organized group of hacktivists that claimed responsibility for a DDoS attack on Church of Scientology Web sites.
C)   the name given to the People's Liberation Army group that was responsible for more than 100 intrusions around the world.
D)   the name of the group that launched the Stuxnet worm.
E)   All of the above except c.

Question 5

The process of determining that a user has permission to perform a particular action on a computer is called

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A)   accountability.
B)   authentication.
C)   authorization.
D)   debugging.
E)   social engineering. C

Question 6

The Internet worm was released by

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A)   John Barlow.
B)   Katie Hafner.
C)   John Markoff.
D)   Robert Morris, Jr..
E)   Bruce Sterling.

Question 7

A software program that responds to commands sent by a command-and-control program located on an external computer is called a

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A)   bot.
B)   spoof.
C)   vampire.
D)   virus.
E)   worm.

Question 8

The Conficker worm is notable because

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A)   it is Cuba's first attempt at cyberwarfare.
B)   it is the fastest spreading worm of all time.
C)   it shut down the White House Web site for three days.
D)   computer experts have found it particularly difficult to eradicate.
E)   All of the above. D

Question 9

An intentional action designed to prevent legitimate users from making use of a computer service is called

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A)   a bombing run.
B)   a curtain closer.
C)   a denial-of-service attack.
D)   an electronic overdose.
E)   phreaking. C

Question 10

A program with a benign capability that conceals another, sinister purpose is called a

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A)   hack.
B)   rogue.
C)   Trojan horse.
D)   virus.
E)   worm.

Question 11

A self-contained program that spreads through a computer network by exploiting security holes is called a

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A)   hack.
B)   rogue.
C)   Trojan horse.
D)   virus.
E)   worm.

Question 12

Determining that a person is who he or she claims to be on a computer is called

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A)   accountability.
B)   authentication.
C)   authorization.
D)   debugging.
E)   social engineering.

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