Software That Acts Without a User's Knowledge and Deliberately Alters

question 76

Multiple Choice

Software that acts without a user's knowledge and deliberately alters the computer's operations is called _____.

• A) malware
• B) a virus
• C) a worm
• D) spyware

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Definitions:

Economic Rent

Income derived from the ownership or control of a scarce resource, exceeding the income that would cause the resource to be brought into use.

Marginal Resource Cost

The additional cost incurred by acquiring one more unit of a resource.

Marginal Revenue Product

Marginal revenue product is the additional revenue generated from the use of one more unit of a variable input, holding other inputs constant.

Productive

The ability to produce a substantial amount of goods or services, or doing so efficiently.