Question

1.Terry turned on his computer one day to find that all of the storage on his computer was filled up. Furthermore, there were many other systems on his network that had the same problem. Terry was most likely attacked by which of the following types of malware? (1 point)
boot-sector virus
computer worm
spyware
Trojan horse
2. Which of the following components of information systems security deals with the handling of individual workstations? (1 point)
hardware
software
data
procedures
3. ___________ would result in an organization’s computer systems being brought down and becoming unavailable to its users. (1 point)
Communication threats
Denial-of-service attacks
Backdoors
Spyware
4. Which of the following components of information systems does not require a security plan? (1 point)
hardware
people
procedures
all of the components require security plans
5. ________ present the largest risk for data and infrastructure loss. (1 point)
Thefts
Hackers
Human mistakes
Natural disasters
6. There is an infamous e-mail threat in which an individual claims to be a member of Nigerian royalty, and he needs some money to leave the country. In exchange, he will give you lots of money. Which of the following threats most precisely describes this situation? (1 point)
phishing
spoofing
pretexting
sniffing
7. William is working with data, and he neglects to follow the steps outlined by his corporation’s security plan for how to test the data. This could best be described as which type of human threat? (1 point)
data entry error
data scrubbing
procedural error
employee carelessness
8. Which of the following statements best explains the difference between intentional and unintentional threats to information systems? (1 point)
An intentional threat originates from an individual or organization. An unintentional threat does not.
An intentional threat always focuses on software. An unintentional threat always focuses on hardware.
An intentional threat causes irreparable damage. An unintentional threat can always lead to a full recovery.
An intentional threat is any action with a harmful purpose. Unintentional threats do not have a harmful purpose.
9. Which of the following is not an example of software security? (1 point)
data backups
firewalls
malware protection
user authentication
10. Blaire is the director of information systems at a marketing firm. She creates a set of guidelines that dictate everything an employee must do on his or her computer before leaving for the evening. This situation relates to which of the following components of information systems security? (1 point)
software
data
people
procedures

Answer 1

Answer:

1. terry: computer worm

2. _ biggest risk: Natural disasters

3. William is working with data: procedural error

4. infamous e-mail: phishing

5. intentional/ unintentional threats: harmful purpose/ not harmful

6._ would result in systems brought down: Denial-of-service attacks

7. which doesn't require a security plan: all of them do

8. Blaire is the director: procedures

9. handling of workstations: hardware

10. which is not an example of software security: data backups

Explanation:

The questions were in a different order for me, so I tried to specify.