questions with their Correct Answers
_____ is considered to be an observation that may or may not hold true in the coming years. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Moore's law
_____ is the physical devices that make up a computer system. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
hardware
_____ is the transfer rate in bits per second and is influenced by the type of media. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -Bandwidth
_____ is when an individual obtains unauthorized access to a host. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
Hacking
_____ translate the organization's philosophy into specific, measurable outcomes the
organization plans to achieve. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Goals
______ are computers that typically have greater hard disk storage and faster response time and
are used to respond to requests from other computers in a network. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
-Servers
______ can be accessed by anyone at anytime in anyplace. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Cloud
computing
______ contain electronic components that store instructions and data - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔ -Memory slots
,______ encryption uses the same key for performing the encryption and decryption. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Symmetric key
______ is a threat that targets users. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Social engineering
______ is real time data. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -OLDP- online data processing
______ is the term given to "evil" software. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Malware
______ is typically called main memory. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
______ is used to modify an existing table. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Alter
______ it is the "basic" operating system that runs when a computer is first turned on. It runs
tests of memory and the CPU, and initializes hardware components so that the actual Operating
System can be loaded from the hard disk. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Basic Input Output
System (BIOS)
______ stores the program(s) being executed and the data that each program is using. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Memory
______ tells the computer how to execute commands - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Software
______ the earliest piece of legislation that pertains to the collection and usage of personal data,
this act limits actions of the federal government. The act states that: No agency shall disclose any
record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person,
or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with prior written consent of, the
individual to whom the record pertains. The act also states that federal agencies must publicly
,make available the data that they are collecting, the reason for the collection of the data, and the
ability for any individual to consult the data collected on them to ensure its integrity. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Privacy Act of 1974
______ use radio signals that are bounced off of satellites and therefore can be used over very
long distances. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Radio towers
_______ are self-contained programs and do not need other programs to propagate across
computers and computer networks. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Worms
_______ identifies the reason the organization exists, including the people it serves and the
principles and standards of practice that should guide everyday operations. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -Mission
_______ into the storage facility, that is, the transformed data must be stored in the data
warehouse using the appropriate representation format. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Load data
_______ involves e-mails to people to redirect them to a website to perform some operation. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Phishing
_______ is memory that retains its contents indefinitely. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Read
Only Memory (ROM)
_______ is often downloaded unknown to the user when accessing websites. It might spy on
your browsing behavior at a minimum, or report back to a website sensitive information such as
a credit card number that you entered into a web form. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Spyware
_______ is used to delete a table (be careful with this one). - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Drop
, _______ is used to modify the data that already exists in a table within a database - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -Update
_______ is when data cannot be changed/manipulated while it resides on a host or travels across
a network, or if it is changed, manipulated, then the change can be detected. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -Data integrity
_______ may hold adapter cards, video cards, or wireless network cards. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -expansion slots
_______ or commercial, software is purchased from a vendor. Such software may be produced
by a company that commercially markets software (usually referred to as a software house), by a
company that produces its own in-house software, or by a consultant (or consultant company)
hired to produce software. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Proprietary Software
_______ refers to the programs that we run on a computer. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
software
_______ software applies instead to software used by select groups with an organization or to a
specific discipline. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Vertical
_______ software attempts to identify if a file contains a virus or, more generally, some form of
malware. The software can be run on demand, or you can set it up so that all incoming messages
are scanned. Unfortunately, it will not necessarily catch every piece of malware. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -Anti-viral