ISTM 209: Exam 2 Questions and
Answers
information ethics - correct answer-✅Governs the ethical and moral issues arising from the
development and use of information technologies, as well as the creation, collection, duplication,
distribution, and processing of information itself (with or without the aid of computer technologies),
privacy - correct answer-✅The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your
own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent.
confidentiality - correct answer-✅The assurance that messages and information are available only to
those who are authorized to view them.
copyright - correct answer-✅The legal protection afforded an expression of an idea, such as a song,
book, or video game.
counterfeit software - correct answer-✅Software that is manufactured to look like the real thing and
sold as such
digital rights management - correct answer-✅A technological solution that allows publishers to control
their digital media to discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distribution.
intellectual property - correct answer-✅Intangible creative works that is embodied in physical form and
includes copyrights, trademarks, and patents.
patent - correct answer-✅An exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention granted by a
government to the inventor.
pirated software - correct answer-✅The unauthorized use, duplication, distribution, or sale of
copyrighted software.
Rule 41 - correct answer-✅The part of the United States Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that covers
the search and seizure of physical and digital evidence.
digital trust - correct answer-✅The measure of consumer, partner, and employee confidence in an
organization's ability to protect and secure data and the privacy of individuals.
Child Online Protection Act (COPA) - correct answer-✅A law that protects minors from accessing
inappropriate material on the Internet.
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) method - correct answer-✅A process improvement
approach that contains 22 process areas.
control objectives for information and related technologies (COBIT) - correct answer-✅A set of best
practices that helps an organization to maximize the benefits of an information system, while at the
same time establishing appropriate controls to ensure minimum errors.
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) - correct answer-✅Key for evaluating controls such as
human resources, logistics, information technology, risk, legal, marketing and sales, operations, financial
functions, procurement, and reporting.
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) - correct answer-✅A set of guidelines and
supporting tools for IT governance that is accepted worldwide and generally used by auditors and
companies as a way to integrate technology to implement controls and meet specific business
objectives.
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) - correct answer-✅A framework provided by the
government of the United Kingdom that offers eight sets of management procedures.
downtime - correct answer-✅Refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable.
cyberattacks - correct answer-✅Malicious attempts to access or damage a computer system.
cybersecurity - correct answer-✅Involves prevention, detection, and response to cyberattacks that can
have wide-ranging effects on the individual, organizations, community, and at the national level.
Answers
information ethics - correct answer-✅Governs the ethical and moral issues arising from the
development and use of information technologies, as well as the creation, collection, duplication,
distribution, and processing of information itself (with or without the aid of computer technologies),
privacy - correct answer-✅The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your
own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent.
confidentiality - correct answer-✅The assurance that messages and information are available only to
those who are authorized to view them.
copyright - correct answer-✅The legal protection afforded an expression of an idea, such as a song,
book, or video game.
counterfeit software - correct answer-✅Software that is manufactured to look like the real thing and
sold as such
digital rights management - correct answer-✅A technological solution that allows publishers to control
their digital media to discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distribution.
intellectual property - correct answer-✅Intangible creative works that is embodied in physical form and
includes copyrights, trademarks, and patents.
patent - correct answer-✅An exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention granted by a
government to the inventor.
pirated software - correct answer-✅The unauthorized use, duplication, distribution, or sale of
copyrighted software.
Rule 41 - correct answer-✅The part of the United States Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that covers
the search and seizure of physical and digital evidence.
digital trust - correct answer-✅The measure of consumer, partner, and employee confidence in an
organization's ability to protect and secure data and the privacy of individuals.
Child Online Protection Act (COPA) - correct answer-✅A law that protects minors from accessing
inappropriate material on the Internet.
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) method - correct answer-✅A process improvement
approach that contains 22 process areas.
control objectives for information and related technologies (COBIT) - correct answer-✅A set of best
practices that helps an organization to maximize the benefits of an information system, while at the
same time establishing appropriate controls to ensure minimum errors.
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) - correct answer-✅Key for evaluating controls such as
human resources, logistics, information technology, risk, legal, marketing and sales, operations, financial
functions, procurement, and reporting.
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) - correct answer-✅A set of guidelines and
supporting tools for IT governance that is accepted worldwide and generally used by auditors and
companies as a way to integrate technology to implement controls and meet specific business
objectives.
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) - correct answer-✅A framework provided by the
government of the United Kingdom that offers eight sets of management procedures.
downtime - correct answer-✅Refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable.
cyberattacks - correct answer-✅Malicious attempts to access or damage a computer system.
cybersecurity - correct answer-✅Involves prevention, detection, and response to cyberattacks that can
have wide-ranging effects on the individual, organizations, community, and at the national level.
