D333 PRE ASSESSMENT ETHICS IN
TECHNOLOGY UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ A network attack in which an intruder gains access to a
network and stays there—undetected—with the intention of
stealing data over a long period of time (weeks or even months).
Answer: advanced persistent threat (APT)
⩥ An agreement of the World Trade Organization that requires
member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights
can be enforced under their laws and that penalties for
infringement are tough enough to deter further violations.
Answer: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS)
⩥ A wide-ranging act that authorized $787 billion in spending
and tax cuts over a 10-year period and included strong privacy
provisions for electronic health records, such as banning the sale
of health information, promoting the use of audit trails and
encryption, and providing rights of access for patients.
Answer: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
,⩥ The estimated loss from a potential risk event over the course
of a year. The following equation is used to calculate the annual
loss expectancy: ARO × SLE = ALE. Where ARO is the
annualized rate of occurrence, an estimate of the probability that
this event will occur over the course of a year and SLE is the
single loss expectancy, the estimated loss that would be incurred
if the event happens.
Answer: annualized loss expectancy (ALE)
⩥ An estimate of the probability that a risk event will occur over
the course of a year.
Answer: annualized rate of occurrence (ARO)
⩥ A service that allows anonymity on the Internet by using a
computer program that strips the originating header and/or IP
address from the message and then forwards the message to its
intended recipient.
Answer: anonymous remailer service
⩥ Laws designed to reduce frivolous SLAPPs (strategic lawsuit
against public participation (SLAPP), which is a lawsuit filed by
corporations, government officials, and others against citizens
,and community groups who oppose them on matters of
concern).
Answer: anti-SLAPP laws
⩥ A group that provides assistance to the board of directors in
fulfilling its responsibilities with respect to the oversight of the
quality and integrity of the organization's accounting and
reporting practices and controls, including financial statements
and reports; the organization's compliance with legal and
regulatory requirements; the qualifications, independence, and
performance of the company's independent auditor; and the
performance of the company's internal audit team.
Answer: audit committee
⩥ The moral corruption of people in power, which is often
facilitated by a tendency for people to look the other way when
their leaders act inappropriately.
Answer: Bathsheba syndrome
⩥ The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution that
spell out additional rights of individuals.
Answer: Bill of Rights
, ⩥ A type of dynamic testing that involves viewing the software
unit as a device that has expected input and output behaviors but
whose internal workings are unknown (a black box).
Answer: black-box testing
⩥ A sophisticated threat that combines the features of a virus,
worm, Trojan horse, and other malicious code into a single
payload.
Answer: blended threat
⩥ An agreed-upon sets of skills and abilities that all licensed
professionals must possess.
Answer: body of knowledge
⩥ A large group of computers, which are controlled from one or
more remote locations by hackers, without the knowledge or
consent of their owners.
Answer: botnet
⩥ The failure to act as a reasonable person would act.
Answer: breach of the duty of care
TECHNOLOGY UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ A network attack in which an intruder gains access to a
network and stays there—undetected—with the intention of
stealing data over a long period of time (weeks or even months).
Answer: advanced persistent threat (APT)
⩥ An agreement of the World Trade Organization that requires
member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights
can be enforced under their laws and that penalties for
infringement are tough enough to deter further violations.
Answer: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS)
⩥ A wide-ranging act that authorized $787 billion in spending
and tax cuts over a 10-year period and included strong privacy
provisions for electronic health records, such as banning the sale
of health information, promoting the use of audit trails and
encryption, and providing rights of access for patients.
Answer: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
,⩥ The estimated loss from a potential risk event over the course
of a year. The following equation is used to calculate the annual
loss expectancy: ARO × SLE = ALE. Where ARO is the
annualized rate of occurrence, an estimate of the probability that
this event will occur over the course of a year and SLE is the
single loss expectancy, the estimated loss that would be incurred
if the event happens.
Answer: annualized loss expectancy (ALE)
⩥ An estimate of the probability that a risk event will occur over
the course of a year.
Answer: annualized rate of occurrence (ARO)
⩥ A service that allows anonymity on the Internet by using a
computer program that strips the originating header and/or IP
address from the message and then forwards the message to its
intended recipient.
Answer: anonymous remailer service
⩥ Laws designed to reduce frivolous SLAPPs (strategic lawsuit
against public participation (SLAPP), which is a lawsuit filed by
corporations, government officials, and others against citizens
,and community groups who oppose them on matters of
concern).
Answer: anti-SLAPP laws
⩥ A group that provides assistance to the board of directors in
fulfilling its responsibilities with respect to the oversight of the
quality and integrity of the organization's accounting and
reporting practices and controls, including financial statements
and reports; the organization's compliance with legal and
regulatory requirements; the qualifications, independence, and
performance of the company's independent auditor; and the
performance of the company's internal audit team.
Answer: audit committee
⩥ The moral corruption of people in power, which is often
facilitated by a tendency for people to look the other way when
their leaders act inappropriately.
Answer: Bathsheba syndrome
⩥ The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution that
spell out additional rights of individuals.
Answer: Bill of Rights
, ⩥ A type of dynamic testing that involves viewing the software
unit as a device that has expected input and output behaviors but
whose internal workings are unknown (a black box).
Answer: black-box testing
⩥ A sophisticated threat that combines the features of a virus,
worm, Trojan horse, and other malicious code into a single
payload.
Answer: blended threat
⩥ An agreed-upon sets of skills and abilities that all licensed
professionals must possess.
Answer: body of knowledge
⩥ A large group of computers, which are controlled from one or
more remote locations by hackers, without the knowledge or
consent of their owners.
Answer: botnet
⩥ The failure to act as a reasonable person would act.
Answer: breach of the duty of care
