Ann an Employee in the Payroll Department, Has Contacted the Help

question 487

Multiple Choice

Ann. An employee in the payroll department, has contacted the help desk citing multiple issues with her device, including: Slow performance Word documents, PDFs, and images no longer opening A pop-up Ann states the issues began after she opened an invoice that a vendor emailed to her. Upon opening the invoice, she had to click several security warnings to view it in her word processor. With which of the following is the device MOST likely infected?

• A) Spyware
• B) Crypto-malware
• C) Rootkit
• D) Backdoor

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Definitions:

Uncontrolled Case Study

An observational analysis of a single subject or case without the use of a control group for comparison.

Single-Subject Experimental Designs

Research methods focusing on the response of an individual participant to controlled experimental variables.

Uncontrolled Case Studies

Research design involving detailed investigation of an individual or group without manipulation of variables, often lacking a control group for comparison.

Group Experimental Designs

Research designs that involve manipulating one or more independent variables to observe the effect on a dependent variable across different groups.