Which of the following Internet security threats could
compromise integrity?
A. Theft of data from the client
B. Exposure of network configuration information
C. A trojan horse browser
D. Eavesdropping on the net
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Answer: C
Internet security threats/vulnerabilities to integrity
include a trojan horse found in client browser software,
which could modify user data, memory and messages. The other
options compromise confidentiality.
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Web and e-mail filtering tools are PRIMARILY valuable to an organization because they: A. Safeguard the organization’s image. B. Maximize employee performance. C. Protect the organization from viruses and nonbusiness materials. D. Assist the organization in preventing legal issues.
Which of the following is intended to detect the loss or duplication of input? A. Hash totals B. Check digits C. Echo checks D. Transaction codes
Business continuity/disaster recovery is PRIMARILY the responsibility of: A. IS management. B. business unit managers. C. the security administrator. D. the board of directors.
A disaster recovery plan (DRP) for an organization should: A. reduce the length of the recovery time and the cost of recovery. B. increase the length of the recovery time and the cost of recovery. C. reduce the duration of the recovery time and increase the cost of recovery. D. not affect the recovery time nor the cost of recovery.
A single digitally signed instruction was given to a financial institution to credit a customer's account. The financial institution received the instruction three times and credited the account three times. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate control against such multiple credits? A. Encrypting the hash of the payment instruction with the public key of the financial institution. B. Affixing a time stamp to the instruction and using it to check for duplicate payments. C. Encrypting the hash of the payment instruction with the private key of the instructor. D. Affixing a time stamp to the hash of the instruction before being digitally signed by the instructor.
Which of the following implementation modes would provide the GREATEST amount of security for outbound data connecting to the Internet? A. Transport mode with authentication header plus encapsulating security payload (ESP) B. Secure socket layer (SSL) mode C. Tunnel mode with AH plus ESP D. Triple-DES encryption mode
An IS auditor is assigned to help design the data security aspects of an application under development. Which of the following provides the MOST reasonable assurance that corporate assets are protected when the application is certified for production? A. A review conducted by the internal auditor B. A review conducted by the assigned IS auditor C. Specifications by the user on the depth and content of the review D. An independent review conducted by another equally experienced IS auditor
A number of system failures are occurring when corrections to previously detected errors are resubmitted for acceptance testing. This would indicate that the maintenance team is probably not adequately performing which of the following types of testing? A. Unit testing B. Integration testing C. Design walk-throughs D. Configuration management
To share data in a multivendor network environment, it is essential to implement program-to-program communication. With respect to program-to-program communication features that can be implemented in this environment, which of the following makes implementation and maintenance difficult? A. User isolation B. Controlled remote access C. Transparent remote access D. The network environments
A control that detects transmission errors by appending calculated bits onto the end of each segment of data is known as a: A. reasonableness check. B. parity check. C. redundancy check. D. check digits.
A database administrator is responsible for: A. defining data ownership. B. establishing operational standards for the data dictionary. C. creating the logical and physical database. D. establishing ground rules for ensuring data integrity and security.
Which of the following would not prevent the loss of an asset but would assist in recovery by transferring part of the risk to a third party? A. Full system backups B. Insurance C. Testing D. Business impact analysis