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The average amount of time until the next hardware failure is known as __________.

A)  ​​mean time between failure (MTBF)   
B)  ​mean time to diagnose (MTTD)  
C)  ​mean time to failure (MTTF)  
D)  ​mean time to repair (MTTR)

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The process of maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data managed by a DBMS is known as __________ security.

A)  database 
B)  data 
C)  information 
D)  residual

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Intellectual property is defined as "the creation, ownership, and control of ideas as well as the representation of those ideas." _________________________

_________ is the percentage of time a particular service is available.

Hackers can be generalized into two skill groups: expert and ____________________.

Script ____________________ are hackers of limited skill who use expertly written software to attack a system.

When voltage levels lag (experience a momentary increase), the extra voltage can severely damage or destroy equipment. _________________________

A short-term interruption in electrical power availability is known as a ____.

The ____________________ fraud is a social engineering attack that involves convincing the victim to participate in a seeming money-making venture while getting the victim to pay fees or bribes or to refund uncleared international payments.

Two watchdog organizations that investigate allegations of software abuse are the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) and National Security Agency (NSA).

A computer virus consists of segments of code that perform ____________________ actions.

__________ occurs when an application running on a Web server inserts commands into a user's browser session and causes information to be sent to a hostile server.

Cyberterrorists hack systems to conduct terrorist activities via network or Internet pathways. _________________________

Software code known as a(n) cookie can allow an attacker to track a victim's activity on Web sites. _________________________

Media are items of fact collected by an organization and include raw numbers, facts, and words.

Describe viruses and worms.

A ____________________ is an attack in which a coordinated stream of requests is launched against a target from many locations at the same time.

Microsoft acknowledged that if you type a res:// URL (a Microsoft-devised type of URL) longer than ____________________ characters in Internet Explorer 4.0, the browser will crash.

The macro virus infects the key operating system files located in a computer's start-up sector. _________________________

One form of online vandalism is ____________________ operations, which interfere with or disrupt systems to protest the operations, policies, or actions of an organization or government agency.