Information Security

1.

1 point

Piracy refers to the illegal duplication and distribution of recordings. Which form is not considered piracy?

Bootlegging

Pirating

Counterfeiting

Downloading

2.

1 point

To prevent cybercrime, it is not a good strategy to:

Disable unused computer services

Assign passwords or codes

Install a fire protection system

Update software for improving security

3.

1 point

The class of a person under a duty to safeguard a proprietary secret is known as?

Both "wiretapping" and "bugging"

"Bugging" only

Mail covers

Agents

4.

1 point

The major reason for loss of sensitive information is?

Intentional disclosure by an insider

Inadvertent disclosure

Disclosure through legal proceedings

Espionage

5.

1 point

A former employee, who had access to your trade secret information, is now employed by a competitor and is apparently using the trade secret information to gain market share. There are several serious factors you should consider before you institute litigation in the matter. Which of the following is NOT a serious matter to be considered?

Other employees may leave the company and attempt to use trade secret information in the business of a new employer

You may lose a law case

The cost of litigation may exceed the value of the secret you are attempting to protect

You may have to expose the very secrets you are attempting to protect

6.

1 point

A microphone with large disk-like attachment used for listening to audio from great distances is known as:

Contact microphone

Parabolic microphone

Moving coil microphone

Spike microphone

7.

1 point

Proprietary information is:

Information which must be so classified under government order

Defense data which must be classified according to federal regulations

Private information of highly sensitive character

Anything that an enterprise considers relevant to its status or operations and does not want to disclose publicly

8.

1 point

Competitive intelligence gathering is a legitimate activity which is engaged in by many firms throughout the world. The most important function of competitive intelligence to:

Alert senior management to marketplace changes in order to prevent surprise

Alert government intelligence agencies to marketplace changes

Alert senior management as to the personal habits of competitive habits of competitive senior management

Alert senior management to changes in protocol in foreign countries

9.

1 point

All proprietary information is sensitive while not all sensitive information is proprietary. An example of information which is not proprietary even though the organization would treat it as sensitive is:

Strategic marketing plans in which the use of outside marketing firms is contemplated

The customer database of the organization

Confidential personnel data in employee files

Specifications for product components which are produced by a subcontractor

10.

1 point

Sound waves too high in frequency to be heard by the human ear, generally above 20KHZ are known as:

Microwaves

Short-wave

High-Frequency

Ultrasonic

11.

1 point

Which of the following is NOT true with regard to electronic eavesdropping?

An effective countermeasures survey to detect evidence of electronic eavesdropping in telephone equipment must be conducted by a person technically familiar with such equipment

A listening device installed in a wire will cause a crackling sound, click, or other noise that can be heard on the line

In a countermeasures survey to detect electronic eavesdropping a physical search should be utilized as well as an electronic search

All wiring should be traced out and accounted for in a countermeasures survey

12.

1 point

Trade secrets are generally afforded greater legal protection than other proprietary information. Which of the following is not an element of the test for a trade secret?

Be identifiable

Be technical or product related

Not already be available in public sources

Be disclosed only to persons with a duty to protect it

13.

1 point

The class of a person under a duty to safeguard a proprietary secret is known as?

Business Associates

Agents

Principals

Fiduciaries

14.

1 point

A specially-constructed microphone attached directly to an object or surface to be protected and which responds only when the projected object or surface is disturbed is known as:

Contact microphone

Surreptitious microphone

Parabolic microphone

Special audio device

15.

1 point

A nonlinear junction is used to locate eavesdropping devices by:

Measuring the distance from a known point to the indicated location of a telephone line attachment

Detecting infrared emissions

Detecting the semi-conductor components which comprise their circuits

Recording changes in the voltage on a telephone line

16.

1 point

The unauthorized acquisition of sensitive information is known as?

Industrial Espionage

Embezzlement

Larceny

False Pretenses

17.

1 point

Which federal stature does not protect information and communication systems?

Civil Rights Act

Economic Espionage Act

U.S.A. Patriot Act

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

18.

1 point

"Social engineering" is:

The specific design of a business structure to facilitate the interaction of the inhabitants

A function of the personnel dept. in which like persons are teamed together in workshops or seminars for maximum productivity

The conversation involved in the beginning of a romantic relationship

The subtle elicitation of information without revealing the true purpose of the call

19.

1 point

Two methods of protection against telephone line eavesdropping are apparently reliable. The first method is "don't discuss sensitive information" and the other is:

To use audio jammer

To use wire tap detector

To use encryption equipment

To use radio jammer

20.

1 point

In designing a proprietary information program, the area of greatest vulnerability is:

Marketing data

Personnel files

Computers

Employees