ISTM 210 EXAM 3 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Risk management
Answer: the recognition, consequences, and assessment of risk to a
computer's assets, and developing strategies to manage and protect them
●● Hacker (hacktivist)
Answer: someone who attempts to invade or disable a computer's
security measures and then to steal the computer resources at their
leisure
●● The key aspect of an intranet is
Answer: privacy
●● Firewall
Answer: specialized hardware and software working together that
ensures that only authorized personnel and employees within a business
can use its intranet
●● Proxy server
,Answer: a special security computer where any communications in or
out of an intranet pass through it to protect against external threats
●● Port
Answer: like a door in a fire, used to contain and delay secuirty threats
●● "Default deny" firewall rule
Answer: the only network connections that are permitted are the ones
that have been explicitly allowed
●● "default allow" firewall rule
Answer: business that lack understanding allow all traffic unless it is
blocked
●● Computer viruses
Answer: computer files that reproduce by making copies of them within
a computer's memory, storage, or on a network (also called metaphoric
viruses)
●● Malware
Answer: includes programs specifically intended to penetrate or damage
a computer system w/out the end user's knowledge
●● Experimental malware
, Answer: written as a research project to further understand how to
combat them while others are pranks and vandalism
●● Worms
Answer: self-replicating but does not need to attatch itself to an existing
program to spread
-use network to travel
●● Trojan horses
Answer: a program that often seems harmless and possibly interesting at
first until it is executed
●● Spyware
Answer: a computer program that is installed covertly on a computer to
capture or take control of the system w/out the user's knowledge or
consent
●● Adware (advertising supported software)
Answer: programs that automatically display or download advertising to
a computer
●● Spamming (junk email)
Answer: the abuse of an email system to arbitrarily send millions of
unsolicited bulk messages
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Risk management
Answer: the recognition, consequences, and assessment of risk to a
computer's assets, and developing strategies to manage and protect them
●● Hacker (hacktivist)
Answer: someone who attempts to invade or disable a computer's
security measures and then to steal the computer resources at their
leisure
●● The key aspect of an intranet is
Answer: privacy
●● Firewall
Answer: specialized hardware and software working together that
ensures that only authorized personnel and employees within a business
can use its intranet
●● Proxy server
,Answer: a special security computer where any communications in or
out of an intranet pass through it to protect against external threats
●● Port
Answer: like a door in a fire, used to contain and delay secuirty threats
●● "Default deny" firewall rule
Answer: the only network connections that are permitted are the ones
that have been explicitly allowed
●● "default allow" firewall rule
Answer: business that lack understanding allow all traffic unless it is
blocked
●● Computer viruses
Answer: computer files that reproduce by making copies of them within
a computer's memory, storage, or on a network (also called metaphoric
viruses)
●● Malware
Answer: includes programs specifically intended to penetrate or damage
a computer system w/out the end user's knowledge
●● Experimental malware
, Answer: written as a research project to further understand how to
combat them while others are pranks and vandalism
●● Worms
Answer: self-replicating but does not need to attatch itself to an existing
program to spread
-use network to travel
●● Trojan horses
Answer: a program that often seems harmless and possibly interesting at
first until it is executed
●● Spyware
Answer: a computer program that is installed covertly on a computer to
capture or take control of the system w/out the user's knowledge or
consent
●● Adware (advertising supported software)
Answer: programs that automatically display or download advertising to
a computer
●● Spamming (junk email)
Answer: the abuse of an email system to arbitrarily send millions of
unsolicited bulk messages
