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The use of information technologies in e-business has had beneficial results as well as detrimental effects on society and people in crime, privacy, individuality, employment, health, and working conditions. As a manager or business professional you should manage your work activities and those of others to minimize the detrimental effects of e-business systems and optimize their beneficial effects. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Business security is concerned with the numerous ethical questions that managers must confront as part of their daily business decision making. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In business ethics, the stockholder theory holds that companies have ethical responsibilities to all members of society, which allow corporations to exist based on a social contract. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Business ethics is concerned with the ethical questions that managers must confront as part of their daily business decision-making. Of the four principles of technology ethics, the informed consent principle states that the benefits and burdens of the technology should be distributed fairly. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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One way hackers access a system is to employ spoofing, by dialing thousands of telephone numbers in search of a way in through a modem connection. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to your text, Internet abuses in the workplace include unauthorized usage and access, copyright infringement, transmission of confidential data, non-work-related downloads, and leisure use of the Internet. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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One of the top five virus families of all time is the Sasser virus, which spreads by exploiting a recent Microsoft vulnerability, spreading from machine to machine with no user intervention required. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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It can be said that information technology has led to an increase in the quality of work in the workplace because it can upgrade the quality of working conditions and the content of work activities carried out by the workers. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Denial of service (DOS) attacks via the Internet depend on three layers of networked computer systems (1) victim's website, (2) victim's Internet service provider, (3) sites of "zombie" or slave computers that were commandeered by the cyber criminals. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Control logs automatically record all computer network activity on magnetic disk or tape devices and are a form of an electronic audit trail. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which of the following best describes business ethics? |
| | A) | It is concerned with issues such as cyber security. |
| | B) | It is concerned with how customers utilize company websites. |
| | C) | It is concerned with how companies develop business systems. |
| | D) | It is concerned with the numerous ethical questions that managers must confront as part of their daily business decision making. |
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One of the four major principles of technology ethics is that the good achieved by the technology must outweigh the harm or risk. Moreover, there must be no alternative that achieves the same or comparable benefits with less harm or risk. This principle is: |
| | A) | Informed consent. |
| | B) | Justice. |
| | C) | Minimized risk. |
| | D) | Proportionality. |
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The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) created standards of professional conduct that can serve as a model for ethical conduct by business end users as well as by information system professionals. Which of the following is NOT one of those standards related to an employee's obligations to the employer? |
| | A) | I shall avoid conflicts of interest and ensure that my employer is aware of any potential conflicts. |
| | B) | I shall withhold information that is germane to the situation if it is possible for me or my direct supervisor to obtain personal gain. |
| | C) | I shall protect the privacy and confidentiality of all information entrusted to me. |
| | D) | I shall not exploit weaknesses of a computer system for personal gain or personal satisfaction. |
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Use of a program that, unknown to the user, contains instructions that exploit a known vulnerability in some software is a description of which of the following hacking tactics used to assault companies through the Internet and other networks? |
| | A) | Scans. |
| | B) | Trojan Horse. |
| | C) | Back Doors. |
| | D) | Logic bomb. |
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Your text described the top 5 virus families of all time. Which of the following is not one of those 5? |
| | A) | Sasser. |
| | B) | SoBig. |
| | C) | Netsky. |
| | D) | Pilfer. |
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Governments around the world are debating privacy issues and considering various forms of legislation. One area central to the privacy debate is opt-in versus opt-out. Those preferring the opt-in standard do so because this standard would: |
| | A) | Make privacy the default for consumers. |
| | B) | Make privacy the default once a consumer calls in to the company and requests no data sharing. |
| | C) | Make sharing private information the default. |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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Which of the following is not a true statement about cyber law? |
| | A) | The intersection of technology and the law is often controversial. |
| | B) | Cyber law encompasses a wide variety of legal and political issues related to the Internet and other communications technologies. |
| | C) | Cyber law is a term that has existed since the 1940's, when electronic computers first emerged. |
| | D) | All the choices are true statements about cyber law. |
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Which of the following is not a health issue caused by use of information technology in the workplace? |
| | A) | Damaged arm and neck muscles. |
| | B) | Cumulative trauma disorders. |
| | C) | Job stress. |
| | D) | All of the choices are IT-related health issues. |
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Which of the following is a method to defend against denial of service attacks at the victim's website? |
| | A) | Create backup servers and network connections. |
| | B) | Limit connections to each server. |
| | C) | Install multiple intrusion-detection systems and multiple routers for incoming traffic to reduce choke points. |
| | D) | All of the choices are correct. |
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When biometric security techniques are compared, which of the following techniques offers the best accuracy, although higher in cost than other biometric techniques? |
| | A) | Dynamic signature verification. |
| | B) | Finger scan. |
| | C) | Passive iris scan. |
| | D) | Voice print. |
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