Questions and Answers
The residual physical representation of data that have been erased - answer The
term data remanence refers to _____.
the provision was overly broad and an unconstitutional infringement on the First
Amendment - answer Virtual child pornography, illegal in Canada and the European
Union, was also declared illegal in the United States under the Child Pornography
Prevention Act (CPPA) of 1996. The Supreme Court ruling in Ashcroft v. Free Speech
Coalition (2002) held that _____.
e-crime - answer Any criminal violation in which a computer or electronic form of
media is used is called cybercrime or _____.
jurisdictional - answer The global reach of the Internet poses _____ issues in
computer crime cases because equipment being employed criminally could be located
in one community and the computer that is illegally entered electronically could be in
another state or country.
firewall - answer Which term best describes a software or hardware protective
measure that blocks ports of access to a computer or network to prevent unauthorized
access and stop malicious programs from entering?
cracker - answer A person who gains unauthorized access to a computer system by
cracking software protection for the sole purpose of committing a crime is known as a
_____.
worm - answer A self-contained program that travels from computer to computer
across network connections, often clogging networks and information systems as it
spreads, is known as a _____.
all 50 - answer In the past decade, _____ states have enacted tough computer crime
control laws by either modifying existing statutes or by adding computer crime chapters
to their criminal codes.
pharming - answer Which type of cybercrime involves hijacking a domain name to
redirect online traffic away from a legitimate website toward a fake site, such as a bogus
bank website?
phishing - answer The use of unsolicited e-mails to deceive Internet users into
providing sensitive information, such as Social Security or credit card numbers, while
pretending to be a legitimate business, is known as _____.