Using Information Technology Intro: A Practical Introduction to Computers and Communications, 5/e

Stacey Sawyer
Brian K. Williams

SOCIETY & THE DIGITAL AGE: Challenges & Promises

Chapter 8 Multiple Choice Quiz


1	Which type of worm or virus is set to go off at a certain date and time?
		A)	Logic bomb
		B)	Macro virus
		C)	Multipartite virus
		D)	Trojan horse
		E)	None of the above


2	Which type of worm or virus covertly places illegal destructive instructions in the middle of a legitimate program so that once you run the program, it can go to work?
		A)	File virus
		B)	Logic virus
		C)	Macro virus
		D)	Multipartite virus
		E)	None of the above


3	The most common type of computer criminal is a(n)
		A)	Cracker
		B)	Employee
		C)	Hacker
		D)	Professional
		E)	None of the above


4	The cooperative university/business program to enable high-end users to quickly and reliably move huge amounts of data is:
		A)	ICANN
		B)	Internet2
		C)	NGI
		D)	NII
		E)	VBNS


5	Incomplete, outdated, or otherwise inaccurate data is called:
		A)	Dirty data
		B)	Environmental blight
		C)	Software bugs
		D)	Techno-blight
		E)	None of the above

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