MSIS 2103 END OF COURSE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔digital certificate - ✔✔a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online
and is comparable to a digital signature
✔✔firewall - ✔✔hardware and/or software that guard a private network by analyzing
incoming and outgoing info for the correct markings
✔✔antivirus software - ✔✔scans and searches hard drives to prevent, detect, and
remove known viruses, adware, and spyware
✔✔cyberwar - ✔✔an organized attempt by a country's military to disrupt or destroy info
and communications systems for another country
✔✔cyberterrorism - ✔✔the use of computers and networking tech against persons or
property to intimidate or coerce governments
✔✔Intrusion detection software - ✔✔IDS- features full-time monitoring tools that search
for patterns in network traffic to identify intruders
✔✔intellectual property - ✔✔intangible creative work that is embodied in physical form
and includes copyrights, trademarks, and patents
✔✔information ethics - ✔✔govern the ethical and moral issues arising from the
development and use of information tech as well as the creation, collection, duplication,
distribution, and processing of info itself
✔✔digital rights managment - ✔✔a tech solution that allows publishers to control their
digital media to discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distribution
✔✔ediscovery - ✔✔refers to the ability of a company to identify, search, gather, seize,
or export digital info in responding to a litigation, audit , or info inquiry
✔✔COPA - ✔✔Child Online Protection Act, protects minors from accessing
inappropriate material on the Internet
✔✔information security - ✔✔the category of computer security that addresses the
protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data sources
✔✔information governance - ✔✔a method or system of government for info
management or control
, ✔✔info mngmt - ✔✔examines the original resources of info and regulates its definitions,
uses, values, and distribution, ensuring that it has the types of data/info required to
function and grow effectively
✔✔info compliance - ✔✔the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding info
✔✔info property - ✔✔an ethical issue that focuses on who owns info about individuals
and how info cam be sold and exchanged
✔✔epolicies - ✔✔policies and procedures that address info mngmt along with ethical
use of computers and the Internet in the business environment
✔✔click-fraud - ✔✔the abuse of pay-per click, pay-per call, and pay-per conversation
business models by repeatedly clicking a link to increase charges
✔✔competitive-click-fraud - ✔✔a computer crime in which a competitor or disgruntled
employee increases a company's search advertising costs by repeatedly clicking
advertiser's link
✔✔ethical computer use policy - ✔✔contains general principals to guide computer use
behavior
✔✔info protection policy - ✔✔contains general principals regarding info privacy
✔✔fair info practices - ✔✔a general term for a set of standards governing the collection
and use of personal data and addressing issues of privacy and accuracy
✔✔acceptable use policy - ✔✔AUP-requires a user to agree to follow it to be provided
access to corporate email, info systems, and the Internet
✔✔nonrepudiation - ✔✔a contractual stipulation to insure that ebusiness participants do
not deny their online actions which is typically in an AUP
✔✔Internet use policy - ✔✔general principals to guide use of the Internet
✔✔cybervandalism - ✔✔electronic defacing of an existing website
✔✔typosquatting - ✔✔a problem that occurs when someone purposely misspelled
variations of well-known domain names
✔✔mail bomb - ✔✔sends a massive amount of emails to a specific person that can
cause the users server to stop functioning
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔digital certificate - ✔✔a data file that identifies individuals or organizations online
and is comparable to a digital signature
✔✔firewall - ✔✔hardware and/or software that guard a private network by analyzing
incoming and outgoing info for the correct markings
✔✔antivirus software - ✔✔scans and searches hard drives to prevent, detect, and
remove known viruses, adware, and spyware
✔✔cyberwar - ✔✔an organized attempt by a country's military to disrupt or destroy info
and communications systems for another country
✔✔cyberterrorism - ✔✔the use of computers and networking tech against persons or
property to intimidate or coerce governments
✔✔Intrusion detection software - ✔✔IDS- features full-time monitoring tools that search
for patterns in network traffic to identify intruders
✔✔intellectual property - ✔✔intangible creative work that is embodied in physical form
and includes copyrights, trademarks, and patents
✔✔information ethics - ✔✔govern the ethical and moral issues arising from the
development and use of information tech as well as the creation, collection, duplication,
distribution, and processing of info itself
✔✔digital rights managment - ✔✔a tech solution that allows publishers to control their
digital media to discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distribution
✔✔ediscovery - ✔✔refers to the ability of a company to identify, search, gather, seize,
or export digital info in responding to a litigation, audit , or info inquiry
✔✔COPA - ✔✔Child Online Protection Act, protects minors from accessing
inappropriate material on the Internet
✔✔information security - ✔✔the category of computer security that addresses the
protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data sources
✔✔information governance - ✔✔a method or system of government for info
management or control
, ✔✔info mngmt - ✔✔examines the original resources of info and regulates its definitions,
uses, values, and distribution, ensuring that it has the types of data/info required to
function and grow effectively
✔✔info compliance - ✔✔the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding info
✔✔info property - ✔✔an ethical issue that focuses on who owns info about individuals
and how info cam be sold and exchanged
✔✔epolicies - ✔✔policies and procedures that address info mngmt along with ethical
use of computers and the Internet in the business environment
✔✔click-fraud - ✔✔the abuse of pay-per click, pay-per call, and pay-per conversation
business models by repeatedly clicking a link to increase charges
✔✔competitive-click-fraud - ✔✔a computer crime in which a competitor or disgruntled
employee increases a company's search advertising costs by repeatedly clicking
advertiser's link
✔✔ethical computer use policy - ✔✔contains general principals to guide computer use
behavior
✔✔info protection policy - ✔✔contains general principals regarding info privacy
✔✔fair info practices - ✔✔a general term for a set of standards governing the collection
and use of personal data and addressing issues of privacy and accuracy
✔✔acceptable use policy - ✔✔AUP-requires a user to agree to follow it to be provided
access to corporate email, info systems, and the Internet
✔✔nonrepudiation - ✔✔a contractual stipulation to insure that ebusiness participants do
not deny their online actions which is typically in an AUP
✔✔Internet use policy - ✔✔general principals to guide use of the Internet
✔✔cybervandalism - ✔✔electronic defacing of an existing website
✔✔typosquatting - ✔✔a problem that occurs when someone purposely misspelled
variations of well-known domain names
✔✔mail bomb - ✔✔sends a massive amount of emails to a specific person that can
cause the users server to stop functioning
