ICICI Bank Probationary Officer 2010 Computer Awareness Sample Solved Questions

ICICI Bank Probationary Officer 2010 

Computer Awareness Sample Solved Questions

1. In a survey of more than 500 companies and government agencies, _____percent detected computer security breaches.

• 20
• 75
• 85
• 99

2. The survey showed that these businesses lost more than ____due to security breaches.

• $100,000 each
• $377 million
• five employees each
• $1 million

3. The typical computer criminal is a(n):

• young hacker.
• trusted employee with no criminal record.
• trusted employee with a long, but unknown criminal record.
• overseas young cracker.

4. The majority of computer crimes are committed by:

• hackers.
• insiders.
• overseas criminals.
• young teenage computer geniuses.

5. The common name for the crime of stealing passwords is:

• spooling.
• identity theft.
• spoofing.
• hacking.

6. Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another individual is known as the crime of:

• spooling.
• identity theft.
• spoofing.
• hacking.

7. Malicious software is known as:

• badware.
• malware.
• maliciousware.
• illegalware.

8. A program that performs a useful task while simultaneously allowing destructive acts is a:

• worm.
• Trojan horse.
• virus.
• macro virus.

9. An intentionally disruptive program that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk is known as a:

• Trojan horse.
• virus.
• time bomb.
• time-related bomb sequence.

10. In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely publicized:

• e-mail virus.
• macro virus.
• Trojan horse.
• Time bomb.

11. What type of virus uses computer hosts to reproduce itself?

• Time bomb
• Worm
• Melissa virus
• Macro virus

12. The thing that eventually terminates a worm virus is a lack of:

• memory or disk space.
• time.
• CD drive space.
• CD-RW.

13. When a logic bomb is activated by a time-related event, it is known as a:

• time-related bomb sequence.
• virus.
• time bomb.
• Trojan horse.

14. A logic bomb that was created to erupt on Michelangelo’s birthday is an example of a:

• time-related bomb sequence.
• virus.
• time bomb.
• Trojan horse.

15. What is the name of an application program that gathers user information and sends it to someone through the Internet?

• A virus
• Spybot
• Logic bomb
• Security patch

16. Standardization of Microsoft programs and the Windows operating system has made the spread of viruses:

• more complicated.
• more difficult.
• easier.
• slower.

17. HTML viruses infect:

• your computer.
• a Web page in the HTML code.
• both a Web page and the computer that is viewing it.
• No

18. Software programs that close potential security breaches in an operating system are known as:

• security breach fixes.
• refresh patches.
• security repairs.
• security patches.

19. When customers of a Web site are unable to access it due to a bombardment of fake traffic, it is known as:

• a virus.
• a Trojan horse.
• cracking.
• a denial of service attack.

20. ___________ is the measurement of things such as fingerprints and retinal scans used for security access.

• Biometrics
• Biomeasurement
• Computer security
• Smart weapon machinery

21. What is the most common tool used to restrict access to a computer system?

• User logins
• Passwords
• Computer keys
• Access-control software

22. The most common passwords in the U.S. or Britain include all EXCEPT:

• love.
• Fred.
• God.
• 123.

23. Hardware or software designed to guard against unauthorized access to a computer network is known as a(n):

• hacker-proof program.
• firewall.
• hacker-resistant server.
• encryption safe wall.

24. The scrambling of code is known as:

• encryption.
• a firewall.
• scrambling.
• password-proofing.

25. If you want to secure a message, use a(n):

• cryptology source.
• encryption key.
• encryption software package.
• cryptosystem.