The Purpose of a Company's Firewall Is To

question 18

Multiple Choice

The purpose of a company's firewall is to:

• A) Guard against spoofing
• B) Filtering packets
• C) Deny computer hackers access to sensitive data
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Cause And Effect

The relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others.

Post Hoc

is a term derived from the phrase "post hoc ergo propter hoc," meaning "after this, therefore because of this," commonly used to describe a logical fallacy where one event is incorrectly assumed to cause another just because it occurred earlier.

Economic Reasoning

Refers to the process of making decisions based on comparing costs and benefits.

Marginal Costs

The added expense to produce one more item; it can decrease or increase depending on production size and efficiency.