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Which of the following hardware components has proven to be the most lucrative to steal?
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A. Disk drives
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B. Ethercards
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C. Integrated chips
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D. Motherboards
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Which type of site, used to download software illegally, is extremely popular on the Internet?
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A. WareZ
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B. Shareware
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C. Hacker
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D. Network
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Most of the early hackers were motivated by notoriety and infamy. How are contemporary hackers more likely to be motivated?
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A. Revenge
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B. Sexual gratification
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C. Maliciousness
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D. Profit
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What is the most overlooked danger to informational security at a company?
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A. Suppliers or vendors to the IT department
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B. Current and former employees
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C. Company maintenance personnel
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D. A competitor of the company
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What type of attack could be used to disable a large system without necessarily gaining access to it?
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A. A denial of service attack
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B. A virus attack
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C. An attack on the company’s electricity supply
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D. An attack on the system through phone lines
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What program specifically empowered the novice user to create and deploy viruses and worms?
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A. A Trojan Horse program
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B. A Dropper program
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C. A Back Door program
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D. The VBS Worm Generator
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Theft and trafficking of proprietary information is committed mostly by:
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A. government employees.
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B. corporate employees.
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C. hackers.
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D. organized criminals.
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What activity continues to be the most obvious threat to national security and is becoming increasingly sophisticated?
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A. Denial of service attacks
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B. Hardware and software thefts
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C. Interconnectivity of the nation’s systems
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D. Theft of information
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Traditional terrorist acts such as using bombs or hijacking airliners are quickly being replaced by:
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A. sending anthrax through the U.S. Mail.
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B. criminal theft and alteration of hardware components.
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C. cyberterrorist acts.
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D. recruiting hackers from the United States as spies.
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What is the easiest and most popular method for stealing passwords?
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A. Using a password cracking program
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B. Using social engineering techniques
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C. Shoulder surfing
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D. Looking for posted passwords near computers
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Traditional laws found in what federal code are the most applicable to computer criminal activity?
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A. Title 12 of the United States Code
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B. Title 15 of the United States Code
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C. Title 14 of the United States Code
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D. Title 18 of the United States Code
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Her employer has been accessing Jane’s personal Yahoo e-mail account without her permission. For what criminal activity, covered in Title 18 of the United States Code, could Jane’s employer be prosecuted?
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A. Illegal wiretapping
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B. Breaking and entering
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C. Trespassing
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D. Access device fraud
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What computer-specific statute has been the federal government’s main weapon in fighting computer crime?
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A. Child Pornography Protection Act of 1986
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B. Federal Systems Protection Act of 1986
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C. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986
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D. Wire and Crime Control Act of 1986
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Which of the following offenses CANNOT be prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?
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A. Child pornography
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B. Data contamination
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C. Spreading viruses
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D. Unauthorized access of e-mail accounts
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Among the many federally funded government initiatives created to address the emerging issues of cyber-technology, which of the following has been the least controversial and most successful?
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A. Infragard
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B. Innocent Images
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C. The President’s Group on Unlawful Conduct on the Internet
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D. The National Infrastructure Protection Act
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Investigative bulletin boards have been created and used by law enforcement to gather information for prosecuting individuals who share code or load pirated software. One such bulletin board was known as the:
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A. Cable Company.
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B. Carnivore.
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C. Underground Tunnel.
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D. Omnivore.
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Packet-sniffing software is intended to:
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A. be a mechanism for gathering evidence.
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B. monitor illegal activity on the Internet.
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C. be used to filter and sort intelligence.
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D. be used to locate pirated software.
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The most controversial of all packet-sniffing programs is:
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A. Coolminer.
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B. Omnivore.
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C. Carnivore.
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D. Packeteer.
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What country specifically created a reactionary law due to the widely spread Love Bug Virus?
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A. Thailand
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B. Philippines
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C. Australia
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D. United Kingdom
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According to the Select Committee of Experts on Computer-Related Crime of the Council of Europe, all of the following are mandatory offenses which should be criminalized by participating countries EXCEPT:
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A. unauthorized reproduction of a protected computer program.
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B. computer sabotage and computer fraud.
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C. unauthorized use of a protected computer program.
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D. damage to computer data or computer programs.
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