Which of the Following Forms of Identity Theft Involves Posing

question 759

Multiple Choice

Which of the following forms of identity theft involves posing as a legitimate researcher to ask for personal information?

• A) phishing
• B) cyberstalking
• C) pretexting
• D) research spoofing

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Definitions:

Exponentially Distributed

Pertains to a type of statistical distribution that describes the time between events in a process where events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate.

Variance

Variance is a statistical measure that represents the dispersion or spread of a dataset by calculating the average of the squared differences from the mean, indicating how much the data points in a set differ from the mean value.

Exponential Distribution

A probability distribution that describes the time between events in a process where occurrences happen at a constant rate.

Proportion

A portion, segment, or fraction when evaluated in relation to its entirety.