IS 3003 Final Exam questions and
answers graded A+ 2025/2026
security - correct answer ✔✔Policies, procedures, and technical measures used to prevent
unauthorized access, alteration, theft, or physical damage to information systems. ; the
protections of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside th
organization.
controls - correct answer ✔✔Methods, policies, and organizational procedures that ensure
safety of organization's assets; accuracy and reliability of its accounting records; and operational
adherence to management standards
Facots Driving the importance of security - correct answer ✔✔1. Evolution for mainframe
environment to today's interconnected, wireless, networked infrastructure; 2. Trend toward
smaller, faster, cheaper, portable computers and storage devices ; 3. increased employee use of
unmanaged devices; 4. The computer skills necessary to be a hacker are decreasing... simplicity
of attack tools; 5. Delays in user patching/user confusion & ignorance...; 6. international
organized crime is taking over cybercrime
Computer Crime / Fraud - correct answer ✔✔any violation of criminal law that involve a
knowledge of computer technology for their perpetration, investigation, or prosecution;
Commission of illegal acts through use of computer or against a computer system - computer
may be the object (target) of the instrument or crime
Identity Theft - correct answer ✔✔a crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of personal
information to impersonate someone else; the forging of someone's identity for the purpose of
fraud.
, Click Fraud - correct answer ✔✔occurs when an individual or computer program fraudulently
clicks on an online ad without any intention of learning more about the advertiser or making a
purchase
Click Farm - correct answer ✔✔a business that pays employees to click on website elements to
artificially boost the status of a client's website/product or negatively affect competitors by
driving up their marketing costs
CAPTCHA - correct answer ✔✔a program that protects websites against bots by generating and
grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot.
Hardware problems - correct answer ✔✔breakdowns, configuration errors, damage from
improper use or crime, theft of devices
Software problems - correct answer ✔✔Programming errors, installation errors, unauthorized
changes
Disasters - correct answer ✔✔power failures, flood, fires, others...
wireless security challenges - correct answer ✔✔radio frequency bands easy to scan - both
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are susceptible to hacking
War Driving - correct answer ✔✔eavesdroppers drive by buildings/areas or park outside and try
to intercept network traffic
WEP - correct answer ✔✔the initial security standard for Wi-Fi is relatively easy to crack...
WPA2 is better but still vulnerable
Malware - correct answer ✔✔malicious SW, written with intent to cause annoyance or damage
to a computer system or network (viruses, worms, Trojan horse, SQL injection attacks, etc.)
answers graded A+ 2025/2026
security - correct answer ✔✔Policies, procedures, and technical measures used to prevent
unauthorized access, alteration, theft, or physical damage to information systems. ; the
protections of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside th
organization.
controls - correct answer ✔✔Methods, policies, and organizational procedures that ensure
safety of organization's assets; accuracy and reliability of its accounting records; and operational
adherence to management standards
Facots Driving the importance of security - correct answer ✔✔1. Evolution for mainframe
environment to today's interconnected, wireless, networked infrastructure; 2. Trend toward
smaller, faster, cheaper, portable computers and storage devices ; 3. increased employee use of
unmanaged devices; 4. The computer skills necessary to be a hacker are decreasing... simplicity
of attack tools; 5. Delays in user patching/user confusion & ignorance...; 6. international
organized crime is taking over cybercrime
Computer Crime / Fraud - correct answer ✔✔any violation of criminal law that involve a
knowledge of computer technology for their perpetration, investigation, or prosecution;
Commission of illegal acts through use of computer or against a computer system - computer
may be the object (target) of the instrument or crime
Identity Theft - correct answer ✔✔a crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of personal
information to impersonate someone else; the forging of someone's identity for the purpose of
fraud.
, Click Fraud - correct answer ✔✔occurs when an individual or computer program fraudulently
clicks on an online ad without any intention of learning more about the advertiser or making a
purchase
Click Farm - correct answer ✔✔a business that pays employees to click on website elements to
artificially boost the status of a client's website/product or negatively affect competitors by
driving up their marketing costs
CAPTCHA - correct answer ✔✔a program that protects websites against bots by generating and
grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot.
Hardware problems - correct answer ✔✔breakdowns, configuration errors, damage from
improper use or crime, theft of devices
Software problems - correct answer ✔✔Programming errors, installation errors, unauthorized
changes
Disasters - correct answer ✔✔power failures, flood, fires, others...
wireless security challenges - correct answer ✔✔radio frequency bands easy to scan - both
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are susceptible to hacking
War Driving - correct answer ✔✔eavesdroppers drive by buildings/areas or park outside and try
to intercept network traffic
WEP - correct answer ✔✔the initial security standard for Wi-Fi is relatively easy to crack...
WPA2 is better but still vulnerable
Malware - correct answer ✔✔malicious SW, written with intent to cause annoyance or damage
to a computer system or network (viruses, worms, Trojan horse, SQL injection attacks, etc.)
