Chapter 6 Computer Fraud and Abuse Techniques

Accounting Information Systems, 12e (Romney/Steinbart)
Chapter 6 Computer Fraud and Abuse Techniques

1) Wally Hewitt maintains an online brokerage account. In early March, Wally received an email from
the firm that explained that there had been a computer error and that provided a phone number so that
Wally could verify his customer information. When he called, a recording asked that he enter the code
from the email, his account number, and his social security number. After he did so, he was told that he
would be connected with a customer service representative, but the connection was terminated. He
contacted the brokerage company and was informed that they had not sent the email. Wally was a victim
of
A) Bluesnarfing.
B) splogging.
C) vishing.
D) typosquatting.
Answer: C
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Objective: Learning Objective 2
Difficulty : Easy
AACSB: Analytic

2) When a computer criminal gains access to a system by searching records or the trash of the target
company, this is referred to as
A) data diddling.
B) dumpster diving.
C) eavesdropping.
D) piggybacking.
Answer: B
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Objective: Learning Objective 2
Difficulty : Easy
AACSB: Analytic

3) Jerry Schneider was able to amass operating manuals and enough technical data to steal $1 million of
electronic equipment by
A) scavenging.
B) skimming.
C) Internet auction fraud.
D) cyber extortion.
Answer: A
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Objective: Learning Objective 2
Difficulty : Easy
AACSB: Analytic




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, 4) A part of a program that remains idle until some date or event occurs and then is activated to cause
havoc in the system is a
A) trap door.
B) data diddle.
C) logic bomb.
D) virus.
Answer: C
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Objective: Learning Objective 3
Difficulty : Easy
AACSB: Analytic

5) The unauthorized copying of company data is known as
A) data leakage.
B) eavesdropping.
C) masquerading.
D) phishing.
Answer: A
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Objective: Learning Objective 1
Difficulty : Easy
AACSB: Analytic

6) Computer fraud perpetrators who use telephone lines to commit fraud and other illegal acts are
typically called
A) hackers.
B) crackers.
C) phreakers.
D) jerks.
Answer: C
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Objective: Learning Objective 1
Difficulty : Easy
AACSB: Analytic

7) What is a denial of service attack?
A) A denial of service attack occurs when the perpetrator sends hundreds of messages from randomly
generated false addresses, overloading an Internet service provider's e-mail server.
B) A denial of service attack occurs when an e-mail message is sent through a re-mailer, who removes
the message headers making the message anonymous, then resends the message to selected addresses.
C) A denial of service attack occurs when a cracker enters a system through an idle modem, captures the
PC attached to the modem, and then gains access to the network to which it is connected.
D) A denial of service attack occurs when the perpetrator e-mails the same message to everyone on one
or more Usenet newsgroups LISTSERV lists.
Answer: A
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Objective: Learning Objective 1
Difficulty : Moderate
AACSB: Analytic

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