Chapter 9 Tia

All of the following are top cybercrimes reported to the IC3 EXCEPT BLANK

Which of the following is formally defined as any criminal action perpetrated primarily through the use of a computer?

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the BLANK

Government impersonation scams involve BLANK

Creating and distributing BLANK is one of the most widespread types of cybercrimes.

Which of the following is NOT a virus category?

All of the following activities may infect your computer with a virus EXCEPT BLANK

Which is NOT one of the four key pieces of personal information you should protect from identity thieves?

Which type of virus was the famous Michelangelo virus?

A BLANK is a virus that is triggered on a certain date.

A(n) BLANK takes advantage of file transport methods, such as e-mail, to spread on its own.

A BLANK is a virus that is attached to documents such as Word or Excel files.

Which of the following classifications of viruses can change its own code to avoid detection?

Regarding computer protection, quarantining is defined as BLANK.

A(n) BLANK is the portion of virus code that is unique to a particular computer virus.

BLANK hackers break into systems legally for non-malicious reasons such as to test system security vulnerabilities.

A packet analyzer is a program that can enable a hacker to do all of the following EXCEPT BLANK.

A ________ allows a hacker to gain access to your computer and take almost complete control of it without your knowledge.

You can block logical ports from invaders and make your computer invisible to others on the Internet by installing BLANK.

BLANK floods a computer with requests until it shuts down and refuses to answer any requests for information.

In computing, a BLANK is named after a housing construction feature that slows the spread of fires from house to house.

Configuring a firewall to ignore all incoming packets that request access to a specific port is known as BLANK.

Rules for creating passwords include all of the following EXCEPT BLANK.

CAPTCHA is ________.

Viruses, adware, and spyware are referred to collectively as BLANK.

BLANK is a program that gathers information about your surfing habits without your knowledge.

Which of the following statements about cookies is NOT true?

Social BLANK is any technique that uses social skills to generate human interaction that entices individuals to reveal sensitive information.

When malicious code is planted on your computer and alters your browser's ability to find web addresses, it is known as BLANK.

Using your computer for non-work activities while you are being paid to work is known as BLANK.

Creating and spreading online viruses is a cybercrime

A time bomb virus can be triggered on a certain date.

All viruses cause serious destruction of computer data.

The terms virus and worm mean the same thing.

A macro virus is a virus that is attached to a file such as a Word document or Excel workbook

A virus signature is a portion of virus code that is unique to a particular computer virus.

Currently, there are no antivirus programs for mobile devices.

An encryption virus replicates itself onto a hard drive's master boot record.

Virtual private networks (VPNs) are secure networks that are established without using the public Internet infrastructure.

A worm does NOT require human interaction to spread to other computers.

Since you can always redownload program files, you do not need to include them in backups.

A denial-of-service attack can be used to deny hackers access to a computer system.

A stealth virus is designed to infect multiple file types to fool the antivirus software.

To create a secure password, you should use a mixture of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.

Ethical hackers are also known as white-hat hackers.

You should use the same password for each system or website you need to access.