Chapter 9 Practice Multiple Choice Quiz

All of the following are ways that can infect your computer with a virus EXCEPT _______.

Which type of virus was the famous Michelangelo virus?

_______ viruses are often transmitted by a flash drive left in a USB port.

You can block logical ports from invaders and make your computer invisible to others on the Internet by installing ______.

With regard to computer protection, quarantining is defined as _________.

Using your computer for non-work activities while you are being paid to work is known as ______.

Social _______ is any technique that uses social skills to generate human interaction that entices individuals to reveal sensitive information.

FBI-related scams involve ______.

Creating and distributing ____ is one of the most widespread types of cyber crimes.

_____ hackers break into systems for non-malicious reasons such as to test system security vulnerabilities.

Adware and spyware are referred to collectively as _______.

Rules for creating passwords include all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A _______ allows a hacker to gain access to your computer and take almost complete control of it without your knowledge.

When malicious code is planted on your computer and alters your browsers ability to find web addresses, it is known as _______.

_______ is a program that gathers information about your surfing habits without your knowledge.

CAPTCHA stands for ______.

A ________ is the portion of virus code that is unique to a particular computer virus.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the _______.

Configuring a firewall to ignore all incoming packets that request access to a specific port is known as _____.

Which of the following classifications of viruses can change its own code to avoid detection?