Chapter 5 IIS Part 1

Which one of the following best describes why you should NOT disclose personal confidential information on social networking sites?

• The information may violate the terms and conditions of the website.

• The information may be difficult to remove from your user page.

• The information may be used by other users for identity theft.

• The information may affect the graphical appearance of the website.

Which one of the following helps ensure confidentiality when using instant messaging?

• Enabling cookies in your browser.

• Not revealing personal information.

• Run adware while messaging.

• Invite unknown users to chat.

Which one of the following best describes a known security vulnerability of instant messaging (IM)?

• Messages can shut down the firewall.

• Message text can be a virus in itself.

• Messages can disable the power supply.

• Message attachments can contain malware.

Which one of the following best describes phishing?

• E-mail with large file attachments intended to slow down the e-mail server.

• E-mail with the intent to trick the recipient into revealing financial details.

• E-mail with malware that tries to use the recipient 's address book for fraudulent purposes.

• E-mail with advertisements sent from fraudulent senders.

Which one of the following best describes the term pharming?

• Using instant messaging to gather personal information.

• Deliberately misdirecting users to a fraudulent website.

• Sending unsolicited e-mail to a large number of users.

  
  

• Collecting browser habit information via malware.

Which one of the following is a potential danger when using social networking sites?

• Encrypting.

• Scanning.

• Grooming.

• Scrolling.

Which one of the following is an example of how a digital signature might be used?

• To improve web search results.

  
  

• To replace passwords.

• To improve e-mail security.

• To compress large files.

The attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by pretending you are a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication is known as?

• Converting

• Hacking

• Phishing

• Fishing

an occasion when private information can be seen by people who should not be able to see it

• data breach

• data breech

• data disruption

Prevents someone from having unlimited attempts at guessing your password

• CAPTCHA

• Anti-Virus

• Keylogger

• Malware