CYB 220 - CHAPTER 2 QUIZ (CHAPTER
2 - OVERVIEW OF COMPUTER CRIME
FROM JB LEARNING) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
The main purpose of __________ is to prevent legitimate users from being able to
access a given computer resource. - ANSWER-A Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
Which of the following is a denial of service (DoS) attack that includes both Internet
Protocol (IP) spoofing and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), resulting in
saturating a target with network traffic? - ANSWER-Smurf Attack
Bill is an accountant for a construction firm. He receives an urgent email at 5:30 p.m. on
Friday that appears to be from his company's chief financial officer. The email is
approving a request for funds to be moved from a corporate account to a personal
account for the construction manager. The request is for the funds to be moved
immediately so that the manager can purchase equipment needed for a project to be
completed over the weekend. Bill notices that the sender's actual email account is from
a domain that is not affiliated with the company. What type of attack is likely underway?
- ANSWER-Phishing
True or False? The Tribal Flood Network (TFN) is one of the most widely deployed
viruses. - ANSWER-False
Malware designed to do harm to a system when some logical condition is reached,
often triggered on a specific date and time, is called a: - ANSWER-Logic bomb
True or False? Identity theft refers to any software that monitors activity on a computer.
- ANSWER-False
True or False? A type of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is possible with
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems by using an automatic dialer to tie up target
phone lines. - ANSWER-True
The use of electronic communications to harass or threaten another person is the
definition of: use of electronic communications to harass or threaten another person is
the definition of: - ANSWER-Cyberstalking
True or False? Spyware is any software that can monitor your activity on a computer. -
ANSWER-True
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