What is referred to as spam in the information systems context?
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Junk e-mail, usually sent in bulk by automatic mailing software
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____ encryption uses a public key known to everyone and a private key known only to the recipient.
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Asymmetric
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What is the bar in excel called to enter information?
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Formula bar
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Which of the following would usually NOT be considered intellectual property of a business?
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Purchased inventory for resale
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An acceptable use policy helps an organization prevent legal action by users, in cases such as termination
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True
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In a recent court case, Marriott won the right to continue to block external Wi-Fi access in their hotels
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False
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What is net neutrality?
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An issue of whether Internet carriers can change certain customers, such as Netflix, more for faster transmission or better service
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When we protect information resources, what are we NOT protecting?
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Free speech rights- making sure information is available freely, regardless of copyright
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What type of protection can prevent threats from entering via a computer network?
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Firewall
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What are the "bots" in a "bot net"?
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Computers that have been hijacked by software, to be remotely commanded by the hijacker
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What is ransomware?
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A computer virus that encrypts a user's storage, until the victim pays money to unlock it
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What is the threat called "salami slicing" involve?
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Stealing very small amounts of money over a long period of time, such as rounding down interest payments
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What is NOT a malicious goal of a "denial-of-service" attack?
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To make an organization pay upgrade or maintenance fees to legitimate suppliers
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What is the best defense to mitigate disk failure, fire/flood, and ransomware threats?
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Regular backups, stored in an offsite location
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A network ____ represents a network's physical layout.
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Topology
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Which of the following security measures is NOT based on biometrics?
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Passwords
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The component of a personal network that inspects network packets and determines whether they should be sent to the local area network, or the wide area network is a
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Router
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A modem interfaces computers to analog transmission networks such as subscriber cable service or telephone lines
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True
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The process of deciding which path the data takes on a network is called
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Routing
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What was the major problem with decentralized computing, where each location or department had their own computer resources
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The computing resources were siloed, inconsistent, and didn't share information easily through the organization
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In a distributed network configuration, where is "what-if" analysis by users, to develop new strategies, usually carried out?
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In the user's workstation or tablet
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What is a network protocol?
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A set of digital rules for data exchange between a sender and receiver
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A star network topology offers much better fault tolerance than a ring or mesh topology
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False
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Local area networks (LANs) are used to _____.
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Link computers located close together, such as in a classroom or building
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The Open Systems Interconnect Model depends on the physical network to keep data packets in order when received; it cannot deal with out-of-order packets
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False
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In a 3-tier client/server structure, the client workstation and application server are usually separated from what other server?
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Database server
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The computers in an organization's offices in New York and Chicago are connected by what type of network?
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Wide Area Network
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What technology is used to prevent "sniffing" (unauthorized interception) of network traffic from a wireless link?
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Encryption
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What is an example of "social engineering", which targets the user, instead of computer technology, to give away confidential information?
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Phishing
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