Hacker Vocabulary Exam Questions with Answers
Trap Doors - Answer-Security holes; employees might destroy data or even trade company secrets to competitors using these security holes.
Pumping and Dumping - Answer-Crooks use internet stock trading sites or chat rooms to praise useless companies...
Trap Doors - Answer-Security holes; employees might destroy data or even trade company secrets to
competitors using these security holes.
Pumping and Dumping - Answer-Crooks use internet stock trading sites or chat rooms to praise useless
companies in which they hold stock. Once the share prices go up they take their profits and dump the
stocks.
Phishing - Answer-A web page that is designed to fool you into thinking it's something else, such as your
bank's web page. The idea is to fish for information, such as account numbers and passwords. The web
page tricks you into providing that information because it looks legitimate.
Packet Sniffer - Answer-A program that examines all the traffic on a section of network.
Dumpster Diving - Answer-Intruders go through an organizations trash in the hope of finding documents.
Salami Shaving - Answer-a programmer alters a program so that it subtracts a very small amount of
money from each account.
Data Diddling - Answer-insiders modify data so that it's difficult or impossible to tell that they've stolen
funds or equipment.
Encryption - Answer-takes the original data and scrambles it through the use of a key.
Firewall - Answer-a properly configured firewall permits an organization's internal computer users to
access the external internet, while placing severe limits on the ability of outsiders to access internal data.
Virus - Answer-a virus is a nasty program that resides and infects the computer. The
program may be triggered at any time, where it may take over the computer, redirect
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