COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Define Social Engineering as It Pertains to Computers

question 74

Multiple Choice

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Define social engineering as it pertains to computers.

• A) creating consumer and personal profiles by tracking Web site history and electronic purchases
• B) compiling data from multiple computer users in order to make predictions about computer trends
• C) filtering Internet content to targeted users based on their personal preferences
• D) gaining unauthorized access or obtaining confidential information by taking advantage of the trusting nature or naivety of users

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Definitions:

Accepted View

The commonly or widely held belief or opinion on a particular matter.

Field Experiments

Research studies conducted in natural settings outside the laboratory to investigate the effect of variables in real-world conditions.

Equal Confidence

A statistical term used to describe a scenario where two or more groups exhibit the same level of confidence in their outcomes or predictions.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.