Question 1

What is a device that is around the same size as a credit card, containing embedded technologies that can store information and small amounts of software to perform some limited processing?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of smart carD.

Question 2

What uses a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack?

Accepted Answer

A pharming attack uses a zombie farm, often by an organized crime association, to launch a massive phishing attack.

Question 3

What is a program that secretly takes over another computer for the purpose of launching attacks on other computers?

Accepted Answer

A zombie is a program that secretly takes over another computer for the purpose of launching attacks on other computers.Zombie attacks are almost impossible to trace back to the attacker.

Question 4

Which of the following authentication methods is 100 percent accurate?

Accepted Answer

None of these are authentication methods are 100 percent accurate.

Question 5

What reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites?

Accepted Answer

Pharming reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites.

Question 6

What is the most secure type of authentication?

Accepted Answer

The most secure type of authentication involves a combination of all three.

Question 7

What is vishing?

Accepted Answer

Vishing (or voice phishing) is a phone scam that attempts to defraud people by asking them to call a bogus telephone number to "confirm" their account information.

Question 8

What are computer viruses that wait for a specific date before executing their instructions?

Accepted Answer

Time bombs are computer viruses that wait for a specific date before executing their instructions.

Question 9

What is the process that provides a user with permission including access levels and abilities such as file access, hours of access, and amount of allocated storage space?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of authorization.

Question 10

Imagine you accidently mistype the URL for your bank and you are redirected to a fake website that collects your information.What type of identity theft were you just a victim of?

Accepted Answer

This is an example of pharming.

Question 11

What is pharming?

Accepted Answer

Pharming reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites.

Question 12

Which of the following is considered a type of biometrics?

Accepted Answer

All of these are considered biometrics.

Question 13

eBay is an example of an online company that has been faced with numerous security issues.For example, imagine you purchase a digital camera on eBay.Three months later you might receive an email asking you to log in to the system to update your credit card or PayPal information.Of course, this email is not actually from eBay and as soon as you log in your information will be stolen.What type of information security breach would you consider this to be?

Accepted Answer

Phishing is a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses.

Question 14

A smart card is a device the size of a credit card that contains embedded technology that stores information and small amounts of software and can act as ________.

Accepted Answer

Smart cards can act as identification instruments, a form of digital cash, and as a data storage device with the ability to store an entire medical recorD.

Question 15

What is a set of measurable characteristics of a human voice that uniquely identifies an individual?

Accepted Answer

A voiceprint is a set of measurable characteristics of a human voice that uniquely identifies an individual.

Question 16

What is the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of biometrics.

Question 17

What area of information security focuses on preventing identity theft, phishing, and pharming scams?

Accepted Answer

Authentication and authorization can prevent identity theft, phishing, and pharming.

Question 18

What is a group of computers on which a hacker has planted zombie programs?

Accepted Answer

A zombie farm is a group of computers on which a hacker has planted zombie programs.

Question 19

What is a method for confirming users' identities?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of authentication.

Question 20

The most secure procedures combine which of the following authentication and authorization techniques?

Accepted Answer

The most secure procedures combine authentication and authorization techniques that include 1) something the user knows, such as a user ID and password, 2) something the user has, such as a smart card or token, and 3) something that is part of the user, such as a fingerprint or voice signature.

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