CNIT 422
CNIT 422 Exam 1 (133 Questions)
With Verified Answers.
How has technology influenced crime and society - ✔✔✔ - 1. Lessens social interaction
2. Lowers Inhibitions
3. Accessibility to other like-minded people
4. Decreases boundaries
5. Increased anonymity
crime - ✔✔✔ - carries legal sanctions
Cyberspace - ✔✔✔ - Indefinite place where individuals transact and communicate
Information Age/ Digital revolution/ Digital age - ✔✔✔ - Marked by the increased production,
transmission, and consumption and reliance on information
Began toward 20th century
Current state of society
Computer Crime - ✔✔✔ - Criminal act committed via a computer
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Computer-related crime - ✔✔✔ - Broader term which includes criminal activities in which a
computer was peripherally involved
Cybercrime - ✔✔✔ - criminal activity committed through or facilitated by the internet
ex: malware
distribution of child pornography
Digital natives - ✔✔✔ - Brought into a world that was already digital, and spend a large
amount of time in digital environments
Immigrants - ✔✔✔ - born before creation of the internet and digital technologies
Prevalence of cybercrime - ✔✔✔ - Cyber crime is on the rise!
cyber crime vs traditional crime - ✔✔✔ - No physical presence to perpetuate crime
Crime easily committed intentionally
lack of extensive tools to commit crime
less tools = less evidence
lack of legal consensus
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Computer as a target - ✔✔✔ - attempt to break into computer
steals info from computer
-Malware/DDos
Comouter as a tool - ✔✔✔ - Phishing, embezzlement
Wall's topology of cybercrime - ✔✔✔ - 1. Cyber-trespass: Act of crossing boundaries of
ownership in online environments
2. Cyber-Deception/theft/fraud:
3. Cyber-porn: sexually expressive content online
4. Cyber-violence: ability to send or access dangerous materials online
Cyberbullying - ✔✔✔ - Harassing, insulting, or humiliating a minor through the use of
electronic communication
Diff between computer crime and cybercrime - ✔✔✔ - computer crime- any crime involving
computer
cybercrime- any crime using internet
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CNIT 422 Exam 1 (133 Questions)
With Verified Answers.
How has technology influenced crime and society - ✔✔✔ - 1. Lessens social interaction
2. Lowers Inhibitions
3. Accessibility to other like-minded people
4. Decreases boundaries
5. Increased anonymity
crime - ✔✔✔ - carries legal sanctions
Cyberspace - ✔✔✔ - Indefinite place where individuals transact and communicate
Information Age/ Digital revolution/ Digital age - ✔✔✔ - Marked by the increased production,
transmission, and consumption and reliance on information
Began toward 20th century
Current state of society
Computer Crime - ✔✔✔ - Criminal act committed via a computer
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Computer-related crime - ✔✔✔ - Broader term which includes criminal activities in which a
computer was peripherally involved
Cybercrime - ✔✔✔ - criminal activity committed through or facilitated by the internet
ex: malware
distribution of child pornography
Digital natives - ✔✔✔ - Brought into a world that was already digital, and spend a large
amount of time in digital environments
Immigrants - ✔✔✔ - born before creation of the internet and digital technologies
Prevalence of cybercrime - ✔✔✔ - Cyber crime is on the rise!
cyber crime vs traditional crime - ✔✔✔ - No physical presence to perpetuate crime
Crime easily committed intentionally
lack of extensive tools to commit crime
less tools = less evidence
lack of legal consensus
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Computer as a target - ✔✔✔ - attempt to break into computer
steals info from computer
-Malware/DDos
Comouter as a tool - ✔✔✔ - Phishing, embezzlement
Wall's topology of cybercrime - ✔✔✔ - 1. Cyber-trespass: Act of crossing boundaries of
ownership in online environments
2. Cyber-Deception/theft/fraud:
3. Cyber-porn: sexually expressive content online
4. Cyber-violence: ability to send or access dangerous materials online
Cyberbullying - ✔✔✔ - Harassing, insulting, or humiliating a minor through the use of
electronic communication
Diff between computer crime and cybercrime - ✔✔✔ - computer crime- any crime involving
computer
cybercrime- any crime using internet
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