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Question 21

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Phishing is an unsolicited e-mail message or newsgroup posting sent to many recipients or newsgroups at once.

A) True
B) False

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Many businesses use ____ to limit employees' Web access.

A) content filtering
B) Web bugs
C) honeypots
D) spyware

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Symptoms of a user with computer addiction include all of the following except ____.

To remove spyware, users need to obtain a special program that can detect and delete it.

Undervoltages can cause equipment damage, but generally do not cause data loss.

With a three-generation backup policy, the grandparent is the ____.

A ____ is a mathematical formula that generates a code from the contents of an e-mail message.

Personal firewalls constantly monitor all transmissions to and from a computer and inform users of any attempted intrusion.

Figure 11-1 A message like the one in Figure 11-1, when sent through an instant messaging service, is called spit .

To help reduce the chance of ____, physical controls such as locked doors and cables usually are adequate to protect equipment.

A certificate ____ is an authorized person or company that issues and verifies digital certificates.

To utilize intrusion detection software requires little expertise because the programs are simple and easy to use and interpret.

It is illegal for employers to use software programs that monitor employees.

A spyware program communicates information it collects to some inside source while a user is ____________________.

The ____ is the destructive event or prank a malicious-logic program is intended to deliver.

Computer viruses, worms, and Trojan horses deliver their payload on a computer when a user ____.

A cyberextortionist uses the Internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons.

A more devastating type of DoS attack is the ____________________, in which multiple unsuspecting computers are used to attack multiple computer networks.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 1 One form of software theft is the theft of the software from software manufacturers, which is known as piracy. Because this has historically been rather easy to do, the practice has become very common. As a computer instructor you feel it is your responsibility to explain this practice to students through the use of some examples. Which of the following practice IS permissible under a EULA?

A(n) ____ is a device that contains surge protection circuits and one or more batteries that can provide power during a temporary or permanent loss of power.