EXAM CSCU

Ruth Cole is a sales manager and travels extensively on business. She regularly updates and stores clients’ data on a remote data storage device via the Internet, so that in case she loses her laptop or it crashes for some reason, she does not lose the data which is essential to carrying out her work. Which type of data backup is Emma using to carry out her daily work?

Which privacy issue of clouds exposes users to the risk of their data being? Accessed by the cloud service provider without the user’s consent?

Fred, a 14 years-old boy, is an only child. Fred loves spending time on his Mac OS X browsing the internet. When his parents are not at home, he spends hours at a stretch on the computer. Once, when Fred’s parents come home late from work and find him on the Mac, they decided to limit his computer time. Enabling an inbuilt feature in the Mac, Fred’s parents limit his computer time to two hours daily. Which MAC OS X feature did Fred’s parents enable?

Which of the following terms refers to software that attackers create to Install on a victim’s computer in order to compromise its security?

A ‘private’ folder in Windows XP is ..............

Which of the following statements are wrong in the context of “Downloading files“?

Isaac is transferring all the data from his computer to an external drive as he wants to format his laptop. While moving the data, he accidentally Hit’s delete instead of cut on one of the files and without realizing, hit The enter key when the computer prompted to confirm his action. As the file was a huge one, it did not go to the recycle bin and got permanently deleted.

John is an 18 year-old college-going student. He loves to read books and listen to music on his laptop. He regularly downloads e-books and music from the internet. Lately, whenever John has been spending time on his laptop, the laptop begins displaying the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Upon taking his laptop to the service center, John was told that his laptop was infected with malware. Which symptom of malware infection is John’s laptop displaying?

Harry, a 21 year-old college-going student, was working on his dissertation when suddenly a message flashed on his screen, « All files on your computer have been encrypted. You must pay $1000 within 72 hours to regain access to your data. » Even after Harry paid the money, he was not able to access his data, and all the documents on his dissertation were lost. Which malware attack was Harry a victim of?

Susan, a 15 year-old girl, loves spending her free time baking and cycling. However, recently she has been spending all of her free time glued to the computer. She shows no interest in her hobbies anymore and looks depressed most of the time. Her parents also noticed that whenever they enter her room, she quickly changes the computer screen. Understandably, Susan’s parents are worried about her. What could be the reason for her behavior?

Working away from the office gives you more freedom to disregard your Company’s security standards and policies. (True or False)

Alex, the coach of Manchester United, called up Wayne, the captain of the team, todiscuss the tactics they would employ in the upcoming Champions League Final. The following day, Alex received an email with the transcript of the conversation he had with Wayne. The sender of the email threatened to make Alex’s tactics public, if he did not pay him $5000. Which form of mobile device attack was Alex a victim of?

A newly established ITES company plans to launch a website which enables its users to share pictures and videos with each other. Apart from this, user can also comment on these pictures and share them further. Under which of the following cloud categories will the company’s product Come?

Horace is a 64 year-old man who worked as an accountant for SN Associates before his retirement. The company gifted him a laptop at the time of his retirement. Since Horace was not a technically savvy person, he did not install any applications on his laptop, and only use it for checking his email and playing poker online. After some time, Horace’s laptop started giving him problems. It crashed frequently, often displayed the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), and unwanted windows kept popping up whenever he went online. When Horace took his laptop to the service center, he was told that his laptop was infected with malware. Which software should Horace have installed to prevent malware infection in his laptop?

Lucy, a 55 year-old woman, was not a technically savvy person. She did not install or enable any applications on her computer, and only use did for looking up recipes and knitting patterns. After some time, Lucy’s computer started giving her problems. It often displayed the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and unwanted windows kept popping up whenever she went online. When a computer technician checked Lucy’s computer, it was discovered that her computer was infected with malware. Which inbuilt Windows software should Lucy have enabled to prevent malware infection in her computer?

magine getting a letter from the Island Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) demanding that you pay $5,700 in taxes. This is what happened to Rick. He received a letter informing him that he owed the government unpaid income tax on wages he never earned. The IRAS letter said that Rick had worked at several places. However, Rick is only 15 years old and only job was working at his uncle’s grocery store during the summer. He had never even visited some of the places where the letter said he worked. Rick was not sure what to do next. After all, he has never even had a ‘‘real’’ job like those listed in the letter. What is going on is this scenario?

Ellie, an 18 year-old student, shares her Windows computer with her younger brother, Adam. Adam is very mischievous and whenever he is on the computer, he ruins Ellie’s assignments. Ellie, who is fed up of this decides to encrypt the drive that contains her assignments. She uses inbuilt Windows software to encrypt the drive so that Adam cannot access the drive. Which software did Ellie use?

Sarah has recently rented a small room on ABC Street, and started a business withseven employees. She provided every employee with a computer and a common printer which is meant to be shared by everyone. Which of the following networks would suit Sarah’s business need?

Harold, an associate at AQ Corporation, received a phone call from a person claiming to be Bob from the IT department. Bob told Harold that he had noticed that Harold’s computer was running slow, and could help him fix it. Harold, not having much knowledge regarding computers, readily agreed. Following Bob’s instructions, Harold typed in some commands on his computer, and gave remote access to Bob to have his computer fixed. Later on, Harold noticed that confidential information concerning his clients was missing from his computer. Which attack was Harold a victim of?

When someone on the Internet or a network tries to connect to your computer, it is called “unsolicited request“. When your computer gets unsolicited request, Windows Firewall blocks the connection. In Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2(SP2), Windows Firewall is turned on by default. (True or False)

A new online service allows people living with roommates to feed in all their house hold expenses in its ‘share calculator’ program. The program then calculates how much each person is supposed to pay and sends a detailed report to all those who are listed as roommates for that particular transaction. The above mentioned service is an example of which of the following?

What is a «cookie»?

What are the three most common risks associated with « surfing the Web? » (Select 3 answers)