Fundamentals of Information Security

What type of connector does Thunderbolt 3 use?

• HDMI

• USB-B

• USB-C

• DVI-D

How do the CPU (Central Processing Unit) and storage devices in a computer process data?

• As zeros and ones

• As characters and strings

• As bits and bytes

• As integers and decimals

What type of software is Google Drive?

• Business software

• Collaboration software

• Networking software

• Productivity software

Data encryption, firewalls, and backups are examples of what?

• Intellectual property

• Data Breach

• Data Capture

• Security Controls

What is an example of "processing" in a computer system?

• Date is written to memory and manipulated by the CPU

• Data is entered by the user through a scanner

• Date is written to hard disk for later retrieval

• Date is displayed on a monitor and printed out on paper

An employee makes unauthorized copies of customer Social Security numbers, saves them in an unencrypted spreadsheet, and transfers them to the employee’s personal email account. The employee then opens new credit card accounts with this information and uses the cards to buy personal items. Which of the following did NOT occur?

• Mishandling Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

• Identity fraud

• Identity checks

• Identity theft

What are the two interfaces used for conguring input devices?

• File Manager and the Settings app.

• Control Panel and File Manager

• The Settings app and Control Panel.

• The vendor's website and File Manager.

Which is an example of a Human Interface Device (HID)?

• A computer programmer uses a network connection to monitor transactions from an application.

• An administrative assistant uses a printer to print a ve-page report, formatted to print on both sides

• A customer uses a keyboard to enter a username and password into a shopping application.

• A teenager uses a high-resolution monitor attached to a PC for viewing movies and music videos.

How does a search engine work?

• A search engine usually works by compiling a database of information about web pages.

• A search engine usually works by searching a web cache in real-time to get the most current results.

• A search engine accesses a collection of web pages and downloads them to your computer for viewing.

• A search engine usually works by compiling a group of web pages and bookmarking them in your local cache for quick access.

Which of these is a plain text le a website creates when a user visits it?

• Cookie

• URL

• UNC

• Donut