exam 1 chapters 1-4

Question 1

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____ of information is the quality or state of being genuine or original.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. Authenticity

Question 2

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The first phase of risk management is ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. risk identification

Question 3

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Complete loss of power for a moment is known as a ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. fault

Question 4

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During the ____ phase, specific technologies are selected to support the alternatives identified and evaluated in the logical design.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. physical design

Question 5

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Which of the following acts is also widely known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act?Answer

Selected Answer: 1. Financial Services Modernization Act

Question 6

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____ attempts to prevent trade secrets from being illegally shared.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Economic Espionage Act

Question 7

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There are individuals who search trash and recycling — a practice known as ____ — to retrieve information that could embarrass a company or compromise information security.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. dumpster diving

Question 8

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The ____ security policy is a planning document that outlines the process of implementing security in the organization.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. program

Question 9

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Risk ____ defines the quantity and nature of risk that organizations are willing to accept as they evaluate the tradeoffs between perfect security and unlimited accessibility.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. appetite

Question 10

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In a(n) ____, each information asset is assigned a score for each of a set of assigned critical factor.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. weighted factor analysis

Question 11

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The military uses a ____-level classification scheme.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. five

Question 12

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____ is an integrated system of software, encryption methodologies, and legal agreements that can be used to support the entire information infrastructure of an organization.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. PKI

Question 13

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As frustrating as viruses and worms are, perhaps more time and money is spent on resolving virus ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. hoaxes

As frustrating as viruses and worms are, perhaps more time and money is spent on resolving virus ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. hoaxes

Question 14

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____ plans usually include all preparations for the recovery process, strategies to limit losses during the disaster, and detailed steps to follow when the smoke clears, the dust settles, or the floodwaters recede.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. DR

Question 15

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The ____ strategy is the choice to do nothing to protect a vulnerability and to accept the outcome of its exploitation.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. accept control

Question 16

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____ law comprises a wide variety of laws that govern a nation or state.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. Criminal

Question 17

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The ____ of 1999 provides guidance on the use of encryption and provides protection from government intervention.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Security and Freedom through Encryption Act

The ____ of 1999 provides guidance on the use of encryption and provides protection from government intervention.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Security and Freedom through Encryption Act

Question 18

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____ are software programs that hide their true nature, and reveal their designed behavior only when activated.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Trojan horses

Question 19

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A ____ is an attack in which a coordinated stream of requests is launched against a target from many locations at the same time.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. distributed denial-of-service

Question 20

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There are generally two skill levels among hackers: expert and ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. novice

Question 21

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What is the subject of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Financial Reporting

What is the subject of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Financial Reporting

Question 22

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The actions an organization can and perhaps should take while an incident is in progress should be specified in a document called the ____ plan.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. IR

Question 23

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____ is simply how often you expect a specific type of attack to occur.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. ARO

Question 24

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The ____ data file contains the hashed representation of the user’s password.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. SAM

Question 25

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“4-1-9” fraud is an example of a ____ attack.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. social engineering

“4-1-9” fraud is an example of a ____ attack.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. social engineering

Question 26

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A computer is the ____ of an attack when it is used to conduct the attack.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. subject

Question 27

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The formal decision making process used when considering the economic feasibility of implementing information security controls and safeguards is called a(n) ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. CBA

Question 28

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Individuals with authorization and privileges to manage information within the organization are most likely to cause harm or damage ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. by accident

Question 29

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Acts of ____ can lead to unauthorized real or virtual actions that enable information gatherers to enter premises or systems they have not been authorized to enter.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. trespass

Acts of ____ can lead to unauthorized real or virtual actions that enable information gatherers to enter premises or systems they have not been authorized to enter.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. trespass

Question 30

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Which of the following is a valid type of data ownership?Answer

Selected Answer: 1. All of the above

Question 31

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____ security addresses the issues necessary to protect the tangible items, objects, or areas of an organization from unauthorized access and misuse.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. Physical

Question 32

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Which of the following acts is a collection of statutes that regulate the interception of wire, electronic, and oral communications?Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Question 33

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Which of the following countries reported generally intolerant attitudes toward personal use of organizational computing resources?Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Singapore

Which of the following countries reported generally intolerant attitudes toward personal use of organizational computing resources?Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Singapore

Question 34

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According to the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996, the severity of the penalty for computer crimes depends on the value of the information obtained and whether the offense is judged to have been committed for each of the following except ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. to harass

Question 35

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The concept of competitive ____ refers to falling behind the competition.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. disadvantage

Question 36

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The ____ strategy attempts to shift risk to other assets, other processes, or other organizations.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. transfer control

Question 37

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In the well-known ____ attack, an attacker monitors (or sniffs) packets from the network, modifies them, and inserts them back into the network.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. man-in-the-middle

In the well-known ____ attack, an attacker monitors (or sniffs) packets from the network, modifies them, and inserts them back into the network.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. man-in-the-middle

Question 38

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What is the subject of the Computer Security Act?Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Federal Agency Information Security

Question 39

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A(n) ____ is an authorization issued by an organization for the repair, modification, or update of a piece of equipment.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. FCO

Question 40

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The Computer ____ and Abuse Act of 1986 is the cornerstone of many computer-related federal laws and enforcement efforts.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Fraud

Question 41

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The ____ Portability and Accountability Act Of 1996, also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act, protects the confidentiality and security of health care data by establishing and enforcing standards and by standardizing electronic data interchange.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Health Insurance

The ____ Portability and Accountability Act Of 1996, also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act, protects the confidentiality and security of health care data by establishing and enforcing standards and by standardizing electronic data interchange.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Health Insurance

Question 42

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Web hosting services are usually arranged with an agreement providing minimum service levels known as a(n) ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. SLA

Question 43

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____ feasibility analysis examines user acceptance and support, management acceptance and support, and the overall requirements of the organization’s stakeholders.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. Operational

Question 44

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When organizations adopt levels of security for a legal defense, they may need to show that they have done what any prudent organization would do in similar circumstances. This is referred to as a(n) ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. standard of due care

Question 45

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____ are machines that are directed remotely (usually by a transmitted command) by the attacker to participate in an attack.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Zombies

____ are machines that are directed remotely (usually by a transmitted command) by the attacker to participate in an attack.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Zombies

Question 46

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Many corporations use a ____ to help secure the confidentiality and integrity of information.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. data classification scheme

Question 47

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Which of the following acts defines and formalizes laws to counter threats from computer related acts and offenses?Answer

Selected Answer: 3. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Question 48

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The ____ strategy attempts to prevent the exploitation of the vulnerability.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. defend control

Question 49

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Which of the following functions does information security perform for an organization?Answer

Selected Answer: 1. All of the above.

Which of the following functions does information security perform for an organization?Answer

Selected Answer: 1. All of the above.

Question 50

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____ policies address the particular use of certain systems.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Systems-specific

Question 51

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The ____ hijacking attack uses IP spoofing to enable an attacker to impersonate another entity on the network.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. TCP

Question 52

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Which of the following is an example of a Trojan horse program?Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Happy99.exe

Question 53

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The ____ is a methodology for the design and implementation of an information system in an organization.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. SDLC

Question 54

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____ equals likelihood of vulnerability occurrence times value (or impact) minus percentage risk already controlled plus an element of uncertainty.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. Risk

Question 55

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The most successful kind of top-down approach involves a formal development strategy referred to as a ____.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. systems development life cycle

Question 56

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____ defines stiffer penalties for prosecution of terrorist crimes.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. USA Patriot Act

Question 57

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Part of the logical design phase of the SecSDLC is planning for partial or catastrophic loss. ____ dictates what steps are taken when an attack occurs.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Incident response

Question 58

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____ was the first operating system to integrate security as its core functions.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. MULTICS

Question 59

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The Privacy of Customer Information Section of the common carrier regulation states that any proprietary information shall be used explicitly for providing services, and not for any ____ purposes.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. marketing

Question 60

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____ is any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Spyware

Question 61

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The National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 modified which Act?Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Question 62

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An information system is the entire set of ____, people, procedures, and networks that make possible the use of information resources in the organization.Answer


Question 63

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____ addresses are sometimes called electronic serial numbers or hardware addresses.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. MAC

Question 64

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People with the primary responsibility for administering the systems that house the information used by the organization perform the ____ role.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. system administrators

Question 65

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Organizations are moving toward more ____-focused development approaches, seeking to improve not only the functionality of the systems they have in place, but consumer confidence in their product.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. security

Question 66

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In the U.S. military classification scheme, ____ data is any information or material the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause damage to the national security.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. confidential

Question 67

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One form of online vandalism is ____ operations, which interfere with or disrupt systems to protest the operations, policies, or actions of an organization or government agency.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. hacktivist

Question 68

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Management of classified data includes its storage and ____.Answer


Question 69

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The ____ security policy is an executive-level document that outlines the organization’s approach and attitude towards information security and relates the strategic value of information security within the organization.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. general

Question 70

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Laws and policies and their associated penalties only deter if which of the following conditions is present?Answer


Question 71

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Microsoft acknowledged that if you type a res:// URL (a Microsoft-devised type of URL) which is longer than ____ characters in Internet Explorer 4.0, the browser will crash.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. 256

Question 72

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According to Mark Pollitt, ____ is the premeditated, politically motivated attacks against information, computer systems, computer programs, and data which result in violence against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. cyberterrorism

Question 73

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____ is the predecessor to the Internet.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. ARPANET

Question 74

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____ law regulates the structure and administration of government agencies and their relationships with citizens, employees, and other governments.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. Public

Question 75

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In a ____ attack, the attacker sends a large number of connection or information requests to a target.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. denial-of-service

Question 76

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____ presents a comprehensive information security model and has become a widely accepted evaluation standard for the security of information systems.Answer

Selected Answer: 3. NSTISSI No. 4011

Question 77

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The Council of Europe adopted the Convention of Cybercrime in ____.Answer


Question 78

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The ____ model consists of six general phases.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. waterfall

Question 79

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The ____ is the individual primarily responsible for the assessment, management, and implementation of information security in the organization.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. CISO

Question 80

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Criminal or unethical ____ goes to the state of mind of the individual performing the act.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. intent

Question 81

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In file hashing, a file is read by a special algorithm that uses the value of the bits in the file to compute a single large number called a ____ value.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. hash

Question 82

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Which of the following phases is the longest and most expensive phase of the systems development life cycle?Answer

Selected Answer: 4. maintenance and change

Question 83

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A(n) ____ attack is a hacker using a personal computer to break into a system.Answer

Selected Answer: 4. direct

Question 84

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A famous study entitled “Protection Analysis: Final Report” was published in ____.Answer


Question 85

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Risk ____ is the application of controls to reduce the risks to an organization’s data and information systems.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. control

Question 86

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Risk control is the application of controls to reduce the risks to an organization’s data and information systems.Answer

Selected Answer: 1. True

Question 87

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A data custodian works directly with data owners and is responsible for the storage, maintenance, and protection of the information.Answer


Question 88

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Once the organizational threats have been identified, an assets identification process is undertaken.Answer


Question 89

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Due care requires that an organization make a valid effort to protect others and continually maintain this level of effort.Answer

Selected Answer: 2. False

Question 90

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Eliminating a threat is an impossible proposition.Answer


Question 91

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Identifying human resources, documentation, and data information assets of an organization is less difficult than identifying hardware and software assets.Answer


Question 92

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Network security focuses on the protection of the details of a particular operation or series of activities.Answer


Question 93

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The implementation phase is the longest and most expensive phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC).Answer


Question 94

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The Department of Homeland Security is the only U.S. federal agency charged with the protection of American information resources and the investigation of threats to, or attacks on, the resources.Answer


The Department of Homeland Security is the only U.S. federal agency charged with the protection of American information resources and the investigation of threats to, or attacks on, the resources.Answer


Question 95

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The results from risk assessment activities can be delivered in a number of ways: a report on a systematic approach to risk control, a project-based risk assessment, or a topic-specific risk assessment.Answer


Question 96

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One problem with benchmarking is that there are many organizations that are identical.Answer


Question 97

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A worm requires that another program is running before it can begin functioning.Answer


Question 98

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Expert hackers are extremely talented individuals who usually devote lots of time and energy to attempting to break into other people’s information systems.Answer


Expert hackers are extremely talented individuals who usually devote lots of time and energy to attempting to break into other people’s information systems.Answer


Question 99

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Thirty-four countries have ratified the European Council Cyber-Crime Convention as of April 2010.Answer


Question 100

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The value of information comes from the characteristics it possesses.Answer


Question 101

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Information security safeguards the technology assets in use at the organization.Answer


Question 102

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A worm can deposit copies of itself onto all Web servers that the infected system can reach, so that users who subsequently visit those sites become infected.Answer


A worm can deposit copies of itself onto all Web servers that the infected system can reach, so that users who subsequently visit those sites become infected.Answer


Question 103

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Information security can be an absolute.Answer


Question 104

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Best business practices are often called recommended practices.Answer


Question 105

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When determining the relative importance of each asset, refer to the organization’s mission statement or statement of objectives to determine which elements are essential, which are supportive, and which are merely adjuncts.Answer


Question 106

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“If you realize you do not know the enemy, you will gain an advantage in every battle." (Sun Tzu)Answer


“If you realize you do not know the enemy, you will gain an advantage in every battle." (Sun Tzu)Answer


Question 107

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The roles of information security professionals are aligned with the goals and mission of the information security community of interest.Answer


Question 108

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Information security managers and technicians are the creators of information.Answer


Question 109

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Studies have reported that the Pacific Rim countries of Singapore and Hong Kong are hotbeds of software piracy.Answer


Question 110

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An e-mail virus involves sending an e-mail message with a modified field.Answer


An e-mail virus involves sending an e-mail message with a modified field.Answer


Question 111

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You should adopt naming standards that do not convey information to potential system attackers.Answer


Question 112

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A champion is a project manager, who may be a departmental line manager or staff unit manager, and understands project management, personnel management, and information security technical requirements.Answer


Question 113

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DHS is made up of three directorates.Answer


Question 114

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The bottom-up approach to information security has a higher probability of success than the top-down approach.Answer


The bottom-up approach to information security has a higher probability of success than the top-down approach.Answer


Question 115

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The NSA is responsible for signal intelligence and information system security.Answer


Question 116

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DoS attacks cannot be launched against routers.Answer


Question 117

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A firewall is a mechanism that keeps certain kinds of network traffic out of a private network.Answer


Question 118

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The difference between a policy and a law is that ignorance of a law is an acceptable defense.Answer


The difference between a policy and a law is that ignorance of a law is an acceptable defense.Answer


Question 119

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Metrics-based measures are generally less focused on numbers and more strategic than process-based measures.Answer


Question 120

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Protocols are activities performed within the organization to improve security.Answer


Question 121

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Some argue that it is virtually impossible to determine the true value of information and information-bearing assets.Answer


Question 122

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Compared to Web site defacement, vandalism within a network is less malicious in intent and more public.Answer


Compared to Web site defacement, vandalism within a network is less malicious in intent and more public.Answer


Question 123

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Forces of nature, force majeure, or acts of God can present some of the most dangerous threats, because they are usually occur with very little warning and are beyond the control of people.Answer


Question 124

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Using a methodology increases the probability of success.Answer


Question 125

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Leaving unattended computers on is one of the top information security mistakes made by individuals.Answer


Question 126

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There are four general causes of unethical and illegal behavior.Answer


Question 127

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When a computer is the subject of an attack, it is the entity being attacked.Answer


Question 128

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The key difference between laws and ethics is that ethics carry the authority of a governing body and laws do not.Answer


Question 129

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Know yourself means identifying, examining, and understanding the threats facing the organization.Answer


Question 130

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With electronic information is stolen, the crime is readily apparent.Answer


Question 131

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Individuals with authorization and privileges to manage information within the organization are most likely to cause harm or damage by accident.Answer


Question 132

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Cultural differences can make it easy to determine what is and is not ethical—especially when it comes to the use of computers.Answer


Question 133

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Every organization should have the collective will and budget to manage every threat by applying controls.Answer


Question 134

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A certificate authority should actually be categorized as a software security component.Answer


Question 135

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The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is a nonprofit society of information security professionals whose primary mission is to bring together qualified information security practitioners for information exchange and educational development.Answer


Question 136

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The amount of money spent to protect an asset is based in part on the value of the asset.Answer


Question 137

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Comprehensive means that an information asset should fit in only one category.Answer


Question 138

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A sniffer program shows all the data going by on a network segment including passwords, the data inside files—such as word-processing documents—and screens full of sensitive data from applications.Answer


Question 139

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A timing attack involves the interception of cryptographic elements to determine keys and encryption algorithms.Answer


Question 140

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Examples of exceptionally grave damage include armed hostilities against the United States or its allies and disruption of foreign relations vitally affecting the national security.Answer


Question 141

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Studies on ethics and computer use reveal that people of different nationalities have different perspectives; difficulties arise when one nationality’s ethical behavior violates the ethics of another national group.Answer


Question 142

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A breach of possession always results in a breach of confidentiality.Answer


Question 143

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An act of theft performed by a hacker falls into the category of “theft,” but is also often accompanied by defacement actions to delay discovery and thus may also be placed within the category of “forces of nature.”Answer


Question 144

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The Clipper Chip can be used to monitor or track private communications.Answer


Question 145

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With the removal of copyright protection, software can be easily distributed and installed.Answer


Question 146

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If every vulnerability identified in the organization is handled through mitigation, it may reflect an inability to conduct proactive security activities and an apathetic approach to security in general.Answer


Question 147

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Organizations should communicate with system users throughout the development of the security program, letting them know that change are coming.Answer


Organizations should communicate with system users throughout the development of the security program, letting them know that change are coming.Answer


Question 148

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Applications systems developed within the framework of the traditional SDLC are designed to anticipate a software attack that requires some degree of application reconstruction.Answer


Question 149

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Organizations can use dictionaries to disallow passwords during the reset process and thus guard against easy-to-guess passwords.Answer


Question 150

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Established in January 2001, the National InfraGard Program began as a cooperative effort between the FBI’s Cleveland Field Office and local technology professionals.Answer


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