At the ACME Widget Company, the Computers Have Started Behaving

question 106

Multiple Choice

At the ACME Widget Company, the computers have started behaving weirdly. Chris noticed that his directory had some files that he didn’t remember putting on his computer. Lesley noticed her computer was beginning to run very slowly, and Kim realized she was getting replies to emails she had not sent. The owner of the ACME Widget Company has contacted you to see if their company might have a computer security problem.
-ACME Widget Company is concerned it may have a ____,which is a self-replicating program designed to carry out some unauthorized activity on a victim's computer.

• A) virus
• B) worm
• C) Trojan horse
• D) bot

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Definitions:

Processor

A processor, in a computing context, is a component within an electronic device that interprets and executes instructions, acting as the 'brain' of the system.

Masked Move Instruction

In programming, it refers to an operation that selectively modifies bits in a destination location, based on the pattern of bits in a given mask.

Source

The origin from which something comes from, such as data from a sensor, or the initial site of information before it is distributed or used.

Mask

In computing, a method used to control which bits in a byte or word of data are allowed to pass through or be modified.