If someone pretends to be your banking institution in order to convince you to tell them your password information, this is called

Spoofing

Identity theft

Spooling

Hacking

 

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Question 25 pts

Which of the following can help reduce the frequency of denial-of-service attacks on a computer network?

all of these

a firewall

anti-virus software

a DMZ network

 

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Question 35 pts

TOR is software that allows users to browse the web ________.

anonymously

openly

behind a firewall

with an encrypted password

 

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Question 45 pts

Anti-malware software can protect a user's computer from which of the following?

trojan horses

bootkits

spareware

slugs

 

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Question 55 pts

This uses software to try thousands of common words sequentially in an attempt to guess a user's password.

Firewall

Encryption

War dialer

Dictionary attack

 

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Question 65 pts

Using deception to get individuals to reveal sensetive information is called:

Spamming

Engineered sociology

Social engineering

Identity theft

 

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Question 75 pts

To avoid being hacked, email accounts should have passcodes with:

at least 8 characters with a combination of upper/lowercase letters and symbols

the user's Social Security number

at least 40 characters with the user's first and last name included

no more than 8 characters with only punctuation symbols

 

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Question 85 pts

Which of the following occur when a computer or network is flooded with an overflow of connection requests at once?

denial-of-service attack

HTTP request time out

traceroute

keylogging

 

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Question 95 pts

_____ is a standalone, self-replicating, malicious program designed to spread to other computers

Computer worm

Nagware

Ransomware

Trojan horse

 

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Question 105 pts

In addition to providing a computer with short-term power when the main power source fails, what else can an uninterruptable power supply protect against?

voltage spikes

inharmonic distortion

denial-of-service attack

segmentation faults

 

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Question 115 pts

The name for harassment on the Internet is:

Cyberstealing

Cyberography

Cyberjacking

Cyberstalking

 

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Question 125 pts

Which of the following uses information from the human body to verify identity?

bioinformatic IDs

personal DNA sequencing

biometric IDs

genetic fingerprints

 

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Question 135 pts

If changing profile information on your social network requires both a password and a temporary 3-digit code texted to your mobile device, that system is called:

authentication overkill

a dual-passcode system

multi-factor authentication

signature ID

 

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Question 145 pts

What is the most commonly used tool used to restrict access to a computer system?

passcode identification

biometric identification

signature identification

token identification

 

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Question 155 pts

The majority of computer based thefts are committed by

domestic hackers

teenage computer geniuses

foreign hackers

company employees

 

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Question 165 pts

An intentionally disruptive program that spreads either from program-to-program or from disk-to-disk is known as a(n)

Internet worm

Virus

Trojan horse

Time bomb

 

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Question 175 pts

This software gathers information about a person or organization without their knowledge and may send such information to another entity:

Nagware

Spyware

Ransomware

a Trojan horse

 

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Question 185 pts

An identity token can authenticate a user by using:

a passphrase

a signature

a biometric key

a portable physical object