Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The ____ requires that the computer security for 24 government agencies be rated
annually.
a. | FBI | b. | Department of Justice | c. | Department of
Homeland Security | d. | Federal Information Security Management Act
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The term ____ describes the task of guarding information that is in digital
format.
a. | integrity | c. | information security | b. | confidentiality | d. | availability |
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A(n) ____ is an event or object that may defeat the security measures in place
and result in a loss.
a. | asset | c. | exploit | b. | threat | d. | risk |
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A(n) ____ is a weakness that allows a threat agent to bypass security.
a. | exploit | c. | vulnerability | b. | risk | d. | asset |
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____ involves using someone’s personal information, such as a Social
Security number, to establish bank or credit card accounts that are then left unpaid, leaving the
victim with the debts and a damaged credit rating.
a. | Cyberterrorism | c. | Availability | b. | Confidentiality | d. | Identify theft |
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Under the____, healthcare enterprises must guard protected health information
and implement policies and procedures to safeguard it, whether it be in paper or electronic
format.
a. | Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox) | b. | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
(GLBA) | c. | California Database Security Breach Act | d. | Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act |
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As a reaction to a rash of corporate fraud, the ____ is an attempt to
fight corporate corruption.
a. | Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox) | b. | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
(GLBA) | c. | California Database Security Breach Act | d. | Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act |
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The ____ requires banks and financial institutions to alert customers of their
policies and practices in disclosing customer information.
a. | Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox) | c. | California Database Security Breach
Act | b. | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) | d. | USA Patriot Act |
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The ____ is a state law that covers any state agency, person, or company that
does business in California.
a. | Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox) | b. | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
(GLBA) | c. | California Database Security Breach Act | d. | Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act |
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The ____ is designed to broaden the surveillance of law enforcement agencies so
they can detect and suppress terrorism.
a. | Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act | b. | Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act (GLBA) | c. | California Database Security Breach Act | d. | USA Patriot
Act |
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The ____ requires operators of online services or Web sites designed for
children under the age of 13 to obtain parental consent prior to the collection, use, disclosure, or
display of a child’s personal information.
a. | Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act | b. | Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act (GLBA) | c. | California Database Security Breach Act | d. | USA Patriot
Act |
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The term ____ sometimes refers to a person who violates system security with
malicious intent.
a. | cracker | c. | threat agent | b. | spammer | d. | asset |
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____ do their work by downloading automated hacking software from Web sites and
then using it to break into computers.
a. | Spies | c. | Script kiddies | b. | Threat agents | d. | Spammers |
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A computer ____ is a person who has been hired to break into a computer and
steal information.
a. | spammer | c. | spy | b. | expert | d. | agent |
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____ are sometimes considered the attackers that should be feared the most, for
it is almost impossible to predict when or where an attack may occur.
a. | Cyberterrorists | c. | Crackers | b. | Script kiddies | d. | Spies |
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The latest technique in ____ security is for the network to automatically check
the security settings of each personal computer.
a. | cyber | c. | local | b. | Internet | d. | Web |
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The term “____” is the time between when a zero day attack occurred
and when a software “fix” was made available.
a. | exploit | c. | patch | b. | window of exposure | d. | spam |
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The ____ virus infected CNN, the Associated Press, and the New York Times in
2005.
a. | Zotob.d | c. | Klez | b. | ElKern | d. | Yaha |
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The ____ virus attacked computers in over 40 countries in 2002.
a. | Zotob.d | c. | Klez | b. | ElKern | d. | Yaha |
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With the ____ virus, infections doubled every 8.5 seconds.
a. | SQL Slammer | c. | Klez | b. | ElKern | d. | Yaha |
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