Fundamentals of Business Information Systems

The most common related mistake is caused by _______.
1. malicious software developers
2. disgruntled employees
3. human error
4. organization policies
__________ is one of the fastest growing crimes.
1. Virus writing
2. Theft of computer hardware
3. Identity theft
4. Cyberterrorism
Persuading users to tell you their password is known as _________.
1. identity theft
2. social engineering
3. hacking
4. cracking
A malicious program that disguises itself as a useful application and does something the user does not expect is a _________.
1. virus
2. worm
3. trojan
4. zombie
____ is the study of designing and positioning computer equipment for employee health and safety.
1. Comfort studies
2. Exonomics
3. Praxinomics
4. Ergonomics
____ involve(s) the inappropriate use of computer technology and resources.
1. Computer mismanagement
2. Computer waste
3. Computer-related mistakes
4. Computer failure
Measuring someone's personal traits is known as __________.
1. bioinformatics
2. biosystems
3. biometrics
4. bioscaling
Software that monitors system and network resources for possible intrusions is known as ____.
1. IDS
2. ISD
3. DSI
4. SID
A whois query allows someone to find out __________.
1. who owns a particular email address
2. who owns a particular Internet domain name
3. who owns a particular piece of software
4. who owns a particular database
A code of ____ states the principles and values that are essential to a group of people.
1. behaviour
2. lifestyle
3. ethics
4. profession
People cover the keypad when typing their credit card PIN to prevent ______.
1. script kiddies
2. social engineering
3. cyberterrorism
4. shoulder surfing
PC-cillin is a type of _________.
1. virus
2. worm
3. antivirus software
4. intrusion detection software
Illegally duplicating software is _______.
1. piracy
2. waste
3. malfunction
4. scamming
A(n) ____ is a person who enjoys computer technology and spends time learning and using computer systems.
1. cracker
2. script bunny
3. insider
4. hacker
A ____ is a modified version of a virus that is produced by the virus’s author or another person who amends the original virus code.
1. mod
2. false virus
3. variant
4. derivative

Fundamentals of Business Information Systems – Chapter 13

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