Deception for the Purpose of Gaining Access, or Deception of Users

question 280

Multiple Choice

Deception for the purpose of gaining access, or deception of users to make them think they are logged on to a certain website while they actually are logged on to another, this phenomenon is called:

• A) Disguising
• B) Camouflaging
• C) Masquerading
• D) Spoofing

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Definitions:

Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies

A theory suggesting that the nature of a sensation depends on which sensory fibers are stimulated, not on how the fibers are stimulated.

Visual Part

The component of cognition concerned with processing visual information.

Signal Detection Tasks

Psychological tasks used to measure the ability to differentiate between information-bearing patterns (signals) and random patterns that distract from the information (noise).

Yea-Sayers

Individuals who tend to agree with or affirm propositions or ideas without critical examination.