ISTM 210 TAMU PHINNEY EXAM III DATA
MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICS STUDY
GUIDE FULL QUESTION BANK CORRECT
RESPONSES
●● Risk Management
Answer: includes the recognition, consequences, and assessment of risk
to a computer's assets, and developing strategies to manage and protect
them
●● What is the key aspect of an Intranet?
Answer: privacy
●● How is intranet different from internet?
Answer: Everything is the same (still uses HTTP) but it is confined
within a business
●● Firewall
Answer: entails specialized hardware and software working together that
ensures that only authorized personnel and employees within a business
can use its Intranet
●● Without a _____, the intranet is just another part of the internet
,Answer: firewall
●● Proxy Server
Answer: Any communications in or out of an intranet pass through a
______ as a precaution to protect from any external threats.
●● Default-Deny
Answer: only network connections that are permitted are the ones that
have been explicitly allowed
●● Default-Allow
Answer: all traffic is allowed unless it has been specifically blocked
-More susceptible to network being compromised
●● Malware
Answer: programs specifically intended to penetrate or damage a
computer system without 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: Worms use networks to travel by sending copies of themselves
to other parts of the network without a user's knowledge or intervention
-does not need to attach to existing system to spread
●● Spyware
Answer: It secretly monitors computer activity for personal information
●● Adware
Answer: Usually more irritating for the user than malicious
intent is for economic gain
●● Spamming
Answer: Spam or junk email is the abuse of an email system to
arbitrarily send millions of unsolicited bulk messages.
●● Denial-of-Service Attack
Answer: attempt to make a computer or any of its resources unavailable
to its intended users
-dramatically slows down the computer
MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICS STUDY
GUIDE FULL QUESTION BANK CORRECT
RESPONSES
●● Risk Management
Answer: includes the recognition, consequences, and assessment of risk
to a computer's assets, and developing strategies to manage and protect
them
●● What is the key aspect of an Intranet?
Answer: privacy
●● How is intranet different from internet?
Answer: Everything is the same (still uses HTTP) but it is confined
within a business
●● Firewall
Answer: entails specialized hardware and software working together that
ensures that only authorized personnel and employees within a business
can use its Intranet
●● Without a _____, the intranet is just another part of the internet
,Answer: firewall
●● Proxy Server
Answer: Any communications in or out of an intranet pass through a
______ as a precaution to protect from any external threats.
●● Default-Deny
Answer: only network connections that are permitted are the ones that
have been explicitly allowed
●● Default-Allow
Answer: all traffic is allowed unless it has been specifically blocked
-More susceptible to network being compromised
●● Malware
Answer: programs specifically intended to penetrate or damage a
computer system without 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: Worms use networks to travel by sending copies of themselves
to other parts of the network without a user's knowledge or intervention
-does not need to attach to existing system to spread
●● Spyware
Answer: It secretly monitors computer activity for personal information
●● Adware
Answer: Usually more irritating for the user than malicious
intent is for economic gain
●● Spamming
Answer: Spam or junk email is the abuse of an email system to
arbitrarily send millions of unsolicited bulk messages.
●● Denial-of-Service Attack
Answer: attempt to make a computer or any of its resources unavailable
to its intended users
-dramatically slows down the computer
