Consider the Following Examples of Computer Crime as You Answer

question 4

Multiple Choice

Consider the following examples of computer crime as you answer the question:
i.Social Security numbers are stolen from a company's database.ii.A fraudster uses a computer to identify people over the age of 80 with annual incomes of $250,000 or more.iii.A supervisor receives threats from a worker via e-mail; the worker demands promotion as a condition of not exposing the supervisor's illegal acts.iv.An unhappy customer launches a denial-of-service attack.Which of the following pairs an item from the list with an appropriate description of a business risk?

• A)Extortion, i
• B)Service interruption, ii
• C)Extortion, iii
• D)None of these

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Definitions:

Prosocial Behavior

Refers to voluntary actions intended to help or benefit another individual or group of individuals, such as sharing, comforting, or rescuing.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment, integral to behaviorist psychology.

Mirror Neuron Activity

The firing of neurons in the brain that occurs both when an individual performs an action and when they observe the same action performed by another, thought to be related to understanding intentions, empathy, and learning through imitation.

Imitative Yawning

The reflexive act of yawning in response to seeing, hearing, or thinking about someone else yawning.