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In business ethics, the theory that states companies have ethical responsibilities to all members of society is known as: |
| | A) | Social contract theory. |
| | B) | Stakeholder theory. |
| | C) | Stockholder theory. |
| | D) | No free lunch theory. |
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There are four major principles of technology ethics. "The benefits and burdens of the technology should be distributed fairly" describes which of those principles? |
| | A) | Informed consent. |
| | B) | Justice. |
| | C) | Minimized risk. |
| | D) | Proportionality. |
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According to the definition by the Association of Information Technology Professionals, computer crime includes which of the following? |
| | A) | Unauthorized release of information. |
| | B) | Unauthorized copying of software. |
| | C) | Using or conspiring to use computer or network resources to illegally obtain information or tangible property. |
| | D) | All of the choices are correct. |
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According to your text, companies that have been faced with cyber theft: |
| | A) | Discover that a majority of the cases are inside jobs by current employees. |
| | B) | Discover that a majority of the cases are outside jobs by external hackers and thieves. |
| | C) | Readily report full details about the thefts to authorities to deter additional thefts from occurring. |
| | D) | Recognize that customers and shareholders want to know full details and readily report them. |
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Sniffer software can be used by hackers to assault companies through the Internet. This is accomplished by: |
| | A) | Faking an e-mail address or Web page to trick a company into passing along critical information. |
| | B) | Searching individual packets of data as they pass through the Internet, capturing passwords or the entire contents. |
| | C) | Dialing thousands of telephone numbers in search of a way in through a modem connection. |
| | D) | Talking unsuspecting company employees out of valuable information such as passwords. |
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Unauthorized use of computer systems at work often involves the Internet. Which of the following is an example of such Internet abuses? |
| | A) | Non-work-related download/upload. |
| | B) | Pornography. |
| | C) | General e-mail abuses. |
| | D) | All of the choices are correct. |
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The unauthorized use of private and confidential personal information has seriously damaged the privacy of individuals. Accessing individuals' private e-mail conversations and computer records, and collecting and sharing information about individuals gained from their visits to Internet websites and newsgroups is an example of which type of privacy violation? |
| | A) | Personal privacy. |
| | B) | Computer monitoring. |
| | C) | Computer matching. |
| | D) | Unauthorized files. |
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Effective security management within an organization can: |
| | A) | Minimize errors, losses, and fraud. |
| | B) | Eliminate general e-mail abuses. |
| | C) | Eliminate all errors, fraud, and losses. |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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Accomplishing a denial of service attack requires that the perpetrators involve three layers of networked computer systems. Which of the following is not one of these layers? |
| | A) | The victim's website. |
| | B) | The victim's Internet service provider. |
| | C) | Internet cafes. |
| | D) | The sites of "zombie" or slave computers that were commandeered by the cyber criminals. |
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In the event of computer system failure, companies may use fault tolerant systems that have redundant processors, peripherals, and software that provide backup to keep a company going. Such a backup that provides a reduced but acceptable level of performance is referred to as: |
| | A) | Fail-safe capability. |
| | B) | Fail-soft capability. |
| | C) | Limited-fail capability. |
| | D) | Disaster recovery capability. |
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