ISTM 210 PHINNEY EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND RATIONALES
●● Risk Management
Answer: includes 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.
●● unsecured computer
Answer: extremely easy to breach, especially by a seasoned hacker
●● Intranet
Answer: a businesses' private version of the Internet that works in the
same way, but confined to business.
●● Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
,Answer: protocol that defines how messages are formatted and
transmitted over the World Wide Web.
●● Firewall
Answer: specialized hardware and software that ensures that only
authorized personnel can access and use an organization's intranet
●● Proxy Server
Answer: Special security computer used as a precaution to protect from
any external threats
●● Port
Answer: used to contain and delay viruses from spreading in a system
●● Default-deny
Answer: firewall rule that only allows network connections that have
been permitted
●● Default-allow
Answer: rule set in that all traffic is allowed unless it has been
specifically blocked. Makes system compromise much more likely.
●● computer virus
, Answer: programs that reproduce by making copies of their files within
a computer's memory, storage, or network
●● Metamorphic Virus
Answer: A virus that alters how it appears to avoid detection.
●● Malware
Answer: programs specifically intended to damage a computer system
without the end user's knowledge
●● Experimental Malware
Answer: written as a research project to further understand how to
combat viruses
●● Worms
Answer: similar to viruses but more dangerous because they do not need
to attach themselves to an existing program to spread
●● Trojan Horse
Answer: a program that appears desirable but actually contains
something harmful
●● Spyware
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND RATIONALES
●● Risk Management
Answer: includes 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.
●● unsecured computer
Answer: extremely easy to breach, especially by a seasoned hacker
●● Intranet
Answer: a businesses' private version of the Internet that works in the
same way, but confined to business.
●● Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
,Answer: protocol that defines how messages are formatted and
transmitted over the World Wide Web.
●● Firewall
Answer: specialized hardware and software that ensures that only
authorized personnel can access and use an organization's intranet
●● Proxy Server
Answer: Special security computer used as a precaution to protect from
any external threats
●● Port
Answer: used to contain and delay viruses from spreading in a system
●● Default-deny
Answer: firewall rule that only allows network connections that have
been permitted
●● Default-allow
Answer: rule set in that all traffic is allowed unless it has been
specifically blocked. Makes system compromise much more likely.
●● computer virus
, Answer: programs that reproduce by making copies of their files within
a computer's memory, storage, or network
●● Metamorphic Virus
Answer: A virus that alters how it appears to avoid detection.
●● Malware
Answer: programs specifically intended to damage a computer system
without the end user's knowledge
●● Experimental Malware
Answer: written as a research project to further understand how to
combat viruses
●● Worms
Answer: similar to viruses but more dangerous because they do not need
to attach themselves to an existing program to spread
●● Trojan Horse
Answer: a program that appears desirable but actually contains
something harmful
●● Spyware
