Reference no: EM13921580

Question 1. Almost all computer criminals can be described as:

• professional criminals.
• technical hackers possessing strong computer skills.
• white collar professional criminals.
• amateurs who describe themselves as relatively honest.

Question 2. Logical access to the computer system would be best controlled by:

• intrusion alarm systems.
• complex operating systems.
• restrictions on physical access to online terminals.
• password codes.

Question 3. Hacking involves:

• stealing carbons of credit cards.
• destroying computer hardware.
• gaining illegal entry to computer files from remote locations.
• inserting a logic bomb in a computer program

Question 4. An ideal control is:

• a control procedure that reduces to practically zero the risk of an error or an irregularity taking place and not being detected.
• a control procedure that is anticipated to have the lowest possible cost in relation to its benefits.
• a control procedure that should always be implemented into a company's system due to the efficiency and effectiveness that will result from its implementation.
• a control procedure that is always cost effective.

Question 5. Which of the following statements is true?

• The COSO report failed to define internal control.
• The COSO report emphasized that an internal control system is a tool of management.
• SAS 78 rejected the definition of internal control provided in the COSO report.
• COBIT concluded that a company's management is not responsible for establishing and monitoring a company's internal control system.

Question 6. Regarding the internal audit function, which of the following statements is true?

• Since many internal auditors have accounting backgrounds, the internal audit function should ideally be included within a company's accounting subsystem.
• It is not proper for internal auditors to perform a fraud investigation within any part of their company's system.
• Because of the independence of external auditors, they should never accept previous work of evaluating controls performed by a company's internal auditors.
• Within a company's system, it is preferable to establish the internal audit function as a separate subsystem.

Question 7. An approach used by many companies to reduce the risk of loss caused by the theft of assets by employees is to:

• utilize polygraphs.
• acquire arbitrage loss protection.
• acquire fidelity bond coverage.
• institute punitive management.

Question 8. Which of the following is not a processing control?

• Record counts
• Control totals
• Hash totals
• Check digits

Question 9. Which of these is an acronym for computer crime legislation?

• ACL
• BART
• CFAA
• DDoS

Question 10. At present, we think that computer crime is:

• falling.
• random.
• rising.
• flat.