The Term ___________ Refers to Software That Has Been Designed

question 16

Multiple Choice

The term ___________ refers to software that has been designed for some nefarious purpose.

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

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Definitions:

Statistically Significant

A term indicating that the observed effect or relationship in data is unlikely to be due to chance, based on a predetermined significance level.

Null Hypothesis

An initial assumption which posits that no meaningful variance or impact exists, serving as the basis for beginning statistical analysis.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, commonly denoted as alpha (α) and used as a threshold for determining statistical significance.

Statistically Significant

A determination that a relationship observed in a dataset is unlikely to have occurred by chance, according to a predefined significance level.