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________ is the act of tricking people into revealing sensitive information and is often associated with credit card fraud.

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A(n) ____virus replicates itself onto a hard drive's master boot record.

A) boot-sector
B) macro
C) multi-partite
D) encryption

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A denial-of-service attack can be used to deny hackers access to a computer system.

Which type of hackers break into systems for the thrill or to show off their skills.

You should use the same password for each system or website you need to access.

________ floods a computer with requests until it shuts down and refuses to answer any requests for information.

Which is not one of the four key pieces of personal information you should protect from identity thieves?

A good way to keep hackers out of a computer is to install a(n) ________.

Which of the following virus types changes its own code to avoid detection?

________ tries to convince you that your computer is infected.

________ alarm software is an inexpensive theft deterrent for mobile devices.

Computer forensics is used to collect evidence for use in courtrooms.

Which type of backup ensures you capture a complete snapshot of everything that makes your computer run?

Data breaches are always intentional.

All of the following are top cybercrimes reported to the IC3 except ________.

Virtual private networks (VPNs) are secure networks that are established without using the public Internet infrastructure.

The most common kind of pretexting in cyberspace is ________.

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

Currently, there are no antivirus programs for mobile devices.

Computer ________ involves identifying, extracting, preserving, and documenting computer evidence.