CRJ233 Test 1 – Flashcards

________ has traditionally encompassed abuses and misuses of computer systems or computers connected to the Internet, resulting in direct and concomitant losses. Digital crime Computer-related crime Cybercrime Computer crime

Which of the following involves payments that rely on a bank account and a web-based transfer of funds to or from an established financial account? closed system cards digital precious metals Internet payment services stored value cards

Which of the following is NOT a reason why many businesses and corporations underreport computer crimes? consumers don't care about confidentiality exposure to financial losses data breach liabilities damage to brand

Closed system cards and open system cards are two primary types of ________. stored value cards prepaid cards digital precious metals mobile payments

What did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rule in U.S. v. Finley? The post-arrest search of a suspect's cell phone was unconstitutional. The post-arrest search of a suspect's cell phone was constitutional. The pre-arrest search of a suspect's cell phone was unconstitutional. The pre-arrest search of a suspect's cell phone was constitutional.

________ includes any criminal activity which involves the unauthorized access, dissemination, manipulation, destruction, or corruption of electronically stored data. Cybercrime Computer related crime Computer crime Digital crime

Which of the following characteristics of new payment methods has facilitated money laundering and terrorist financing? anonymity in transactions increased competition lower cost lower interest rates

Corporations and private entities that offer discounts on software or training to law enforcement agencies are called ________. nerds or geeks forensic predators friendly vendors electronic purses

Traditionally, trial and appellate courts evaluated the constitutionality of computer crime statutes, searches, and investigations through the lens of the ________. First and Fourth Amendments First and Second Amendments Second and Third Amendments Third and Fourth Amendments

Which payment method is typically associated with a card payment network such as Visa or MasterCard? digital precious metals mobile payment electronic purse prepaid card

Which is one of the earliest computer crimes to have been committed? software piracy DDoS attack phishing hacking

Which of the following is an example of computer-initiated criminal activity? spreading viruses stealing home addresses wire transfers spamming

Expenditures on which area represent a nonrecurring expense for a computer crime unit? staffing training acquiring and updating equipment establishing a computer laboratory

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was created by _______. John Edward Robinson and William Gibson John Barlow and John Gilmore John Barlow and William Gibson John Gilmore and John Edward Robinson

Which of the following is NOT a problem in the investigation of cybercrime? perceived insignificance of cybercrime prosecutorial reluctance to pursue cyber criminals untrained investigators a widespread perception of cybercrime as worse than "traditional" crime

One of the earliest examples of computer crime is ________, which consists of an activity in which telecommunications systems are manipulated and ultimately compromised. phreaking spamming hacking cracking

PayPal is an example of a(n) ________. digital precious metal prepaid card stored value card Internet payment service

Which of the following is a valid reason why a corporation might welcome federal assistance to help catch a cyber criminal? Government investigations of corporate cybercrime can boost consumer/client confidence. Criminals access different services to disguise their location. The U.S. judicial system lets corporations hide the results of law enforcement investigations. Government agencies have the advantage of being able to ignore the chain of custody.

Which of the following e-payment methods stores funds on an integrated circuit chip in the card? mobile payment prepaid card stored value card Internet payment

Which of the following allows perpetrators to commit multinational cybercrime with little fear of judicial sanctions? the presence of traditional jurisdictional demarcations the lack of physical boundaries an extensive array of equipment or tools the widespread acceptance of world passports

Which of the following has been characterized as "a social networking site on steroids"? Second Life Love Bug CERT Electronic Frontier Foundation

All the following are categories into which computer crimes are traditionally divided EXCEPT ________. computer as an instrument computer as a target computer as an incidental computer as a weapon

Which of the following is NOT a payment mechanism that poses a problem for law enforcement? prepaid cards banker's drafts mobile payments electronic purses

Which of the following is true of the Digital Revolution? It has prompted private citizens to embrace sophisticated measures of cyberprotection. It has eliminated vulnerabilities of government institutions and personal residences. It has resulted in decreased interconnectivity. It has created a new forum for both terrorist activity and criminal behavior.

Which of the following, according to a study conducted by the Department of Justice, were perceived as the number one target for computer crime? financial institutions individuals businesses educational institutions

Which of the following is known as the "baby" of computer operating systems and is freely distributed? Windows Macintosh UNIX Linux

In which Mac OS did Apple introduce its first Unix-based operating system? Mac OS X System 7 Mac OS 8 System 2.1

What is the most important component of a computer? Incorrect Response CPU random access memory motherboard universal serial bus

How are websites identified? through post office protocol through domain name system through uniform resource locator through Internet message access protocol

What is the term used to describe the final destination of discarded, lost, or destroyed data? dead bit office back door bit bucket sneaker closet

What is the purpose of random access memory in the computer system? to store easily accessible information permanently to transfer several bits of data simultaneously to monitor data usage to temporarily store information

Which of the following refers to the keyboard combination that forces a soft-boot or jump to ROM monitor? Vulcan nerve pinch banner grabbing phreaking spoofing

Who developed the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)? John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry Charles Babbage and Herman Hollerith John W. Mauchly and John Presper Eckert Max Newman and Steve Wozniak

Which of the following is a self-contained program that may spread functional copies of itself to other computer systems? Trojan horse malware worm logic bomb

Who was the first person to successfully introduce a device exclusively designed for data processing? Charles Babbage Herman Hollerith John Atanasoff Clifford Berry

Which Windows operating system paved the way for the development of peer-to-peer networks? Windows NT 3.1 Windows 95 Windows 2.0 Windows 98 SE

Which of the following refers to the unauthorized attempt to gain access to information about a system? clickjacking baud banner grabbing probe

Which of the following is the first modern digital computer? ENIAC Colossus I ABC GUI

What does the term wetware refer to? humans operating computers evil crackers "good" hackers a system vulnerability

Which of the following devices introduces commands and information to the computer? scanner modem printer keyboard

Who is hired by companies who want to test their security system by way of violations? cracker black hat hacker sneaker white hat hacker

Which of the following tells the computer in which order to access drives? boot sequence operating system random access memory application software

What is Gopher? an information retrieval tool an Internet service provider an e-mail system a low-cost video conferencing facility

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the popularity of bulletin boards among subversive organizations? cheaper than printed publications perception of Second Amendment protection lack of regulations possibility of complete globalization

For what purpose did British scientists build Colossus I? word processing forensic analysis census tabulation cryptanalysis

What is the term used to refer to the method of cracking passwords by manually entering all possible key combinations? spoofing brute force phreaking Vulcan nerve pinch

Which of the following is a collection of hyperlinked pages of information distributed over the Internet via a network protocol? hypertext transfer protocol shell World Wide Web packets

Which of the following is structured to allow users to participate in real-time conversations? chat rooms news services websites video feeds

Which of the following interprets program instructions and processes data in the computer? universal serial bus central processing unit random access memory graphical user interface

Which of the following computer components had its origin in the cathode ray tube? printer scanner mouse monitor

Which of the following hacking-related developments occurred after the year 2000? the release of the Morris worm Kevin Poulsen's exploitation of the telecom system to "win" a Porsche the introduction of commercially available security products the emergence of identity theft as an issue for consumers

________ can be defined as the reproduction, distribution, and use of software without the permission or authorization of the owner of copyright. Signal theft Theatrical print theft Data piracy Parallel imports

Which of the following qualifies as social engineering? the illegal copying and distribution of a newly released theatrical film a brute force search for an employee's password befriending a company's cleaning crew to gain access to rooms and buildings using an anonymizer to conduct hard-to-track Internet searches

What was the Illuminati? a board owned and operated by Steve Jackson Games a destructive program that crippled over 6,000 computers in 1988 a military database containing sensitive information an organization pointing out security flaws in institutional systems

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the Secret Service actions that prompted the seminal court case Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. U.S. Secret Service et al.? The Secret Service used a DDoS attack to infiltrate and sabotage the company's operations. Agents executed an unsigned search warrant. Agents used Gestapo-like tactics by seizing virtually everything, including business records, private electronic mail, and the drafts of forthcoming games. The Secret Service promoted the unfounded view that the bulletin board was a medium for the exchange of hacking information.

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary motivations for computer intrusion in contemporary society? revenge political motives to benefit others boredom

________ was the most infamous of all hackers and has been the subject of numerous books and movies. Kevin Mitnick Kevin Poulsen Prophet Urvile

Who was directly responsible for the downfall of LoD? Control-C Fry Guy Robert Morris Silver Spy

The theft and resale of which computer component has proven to be the most lucrative? CPUs motherboards integrated chips serial ports

Which of the following is NOT a method of film piracy? broadcast piracy public performances parallel imports software development

________ are the least sophisticated of all cybercriminals. Script kiddies Cyberpunks Cybercriminal organizations Crackers

Which of the following hacking-related developments occurred during the 1990s? Robert Morris releases his worm on the Internet, and is indicted under newly passed legislation. Commercially available security products are introduced. Phreakers emerge, costing AT&T a fortune in uncollected long-distance charges. A dramatic increase in hacktivism occurs.

Which of the following is the least destructive category of hackers? technological thrill seekers insiders informational voyeurs hacktivists

________ hat hackers are individuals who identify and exploit system vulnerabilities for nefarious purposes. White Blue Gray Black

Which of the following is NOT a general category of computer crime? targets means vicinage incidentals

What can the exponential increase in online harassment, stock manipulation, and child pornography be attributed to? the introduction of cloud computing the increase in international guidelines for cyberactivity the increase in academic knowledge the increase in anonymous e-mail accounts and remailers

______ are designed to strip the source-address information from e-mail messages. Copper boxes Anonymizers Ethercards Integrated chips

Which of the following is a factor that leads many individual users of the Internet to assume that their identities are safely protected? the dearth of interjurisdictional communication the difficulty in using modern communication technology the lack of opportunity to engage in computer crime the global acceptance of First Amendment rights

What is the primary reason that the resale of integrated chips is so lucrative? increase of legitimate global marketplaces ease in manipulation magnitude of computer transactions the basic law of supply and demand

Which of the following groups does NOT figure in the multilateral film privacy strategy of the Chinese Triads? privacy pressers hacktivists piracy burners runners

Originally, members of the Legion of Doom (LoD) were ________. phreakers crackers cyberpunks hacktivists

What motivates pure hackers to steal information? political need intellectual challenge sexual gratification economic desire

Which of the following is true of the infamous hacking board Plovernet? It went online in March 1980. It was a breeding ground for hacking groups like LoD. It was responsible for the hacking of the Los Alamos military computers in 1982. It was originally formed in Bonn, Germany.

________ acknowledge(s) the futility of trying to stop people from copying software and instead relies on people's honesty. Shareware WareZ sites Parallel imports Broadcast piracy

Which was the first event to signal the potential of computer crime? the crash of AT&T the destruction caused by the Morris worm the hacking of the MILNET system the victimization of Michigan Bell