Questions and CORRECT Answers
True or False: copyrights are forever - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Which one of these is not an aspect of privacy:
-Right to destroy personal information
-Right to anonymity
-Right to be left alone
-Right against intrusion - CORRECT ANSWER - Right to destroy personal information
Which of these is NOT a way to make passwords more secure:
-Making it something easy to guess
-Avoid real words
-Mix different character types
-Do not include personal info - CORRECT ANSWER - Making it something easy to guess
Which of these is not a type of threat to information security:
-Ransomware
-Hunting
-Walware
-Phising - CORRECT ANSWER - Hunting
Which of these is NOT a step in an incident response plan:
,-Identify the threat
-Determine the cause
-Recover the systems
-Spread the damage - CORRECT ANSWER - Spread the damage
True or False: copyrights can only be enforced if the work has the © symbol & states "Copyright
2014 by so and so" - CORRECT ANSWER - False
True or False: Tattoos can be copyrighted by the artist - CORRECT ANSWER - True
According to the article "Kill the password", which of these is NOT a way that our online
passwords fall:
-Failed from in-person peeking
-Stolen with a keylogger
-Lifted from a password dump
-Cracked by brute force - CORRECT ANSWER - Failed from in-person peeking
According to the article "Kill the password", what is the main reason that overseas syndicates are
looking to steal passwords? - CORRECT ANSWER - Money
According to the article "Kill the password", what is one major trade off that every security
framework needs to make? - CORRECT ANSWER - Convinience
The downside of using surveillance techniques at work is that it pits management against staff. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
Botnets function with the use of ________ - CORRECT ANSWER - Malware
, Which of the following is true of phishing?
-It involves the use of several thousand computers to launch malicious attacks that can cripple
websites.
-It is useful in monitoring web traffic into and out of an unsecured computer network
-It is the process of stealing personal data from a victim by convincing him to disclose
information
-It uses small pieces of code inserted into a browser that track an internet user's activity and
transmit the data to third parties - CORRECT ANSWER - It is the process of stealing
personal data from a victim by convincing him to disclose information
What is the step involved in risk management after vulnerabilities of an organization have been
examined? - CORRECT ANSWER - Evaluation of controls that fill in security gaps
Biometric identifiers refer to something the users know, such as user ID, password, PIN, or to
answer a security question. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Which of the following principles is consistent with the natural laws and rights ethical
framework:
-First, do no harm
-Thou shall not kill
-The greatest good for the greatest number
-The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few - CORRECT ANSWER - Thou
shall not kill
A cognitive obstacle to strong passwords is the limited capacity of human memory. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
Using fake names, nicknames, free email, and public computers ensures that one is perfectly
anonymous on the internet. - CORRECT ANSWER - False