IT & Cyberlaw : Previous Questions Analysis

1. Who coined the term ‘Computer Virus’?
a) Frederick Cohen

b) William Gibson

c) John Von Neumann

d) Charles Babbage

Answer: ( a)

· Frederick Cohen is an American Computer Scientist and best known as inventor of computer virus defense techniques.

· The term VIRUS stands for Vital Information Resource Under Siege.

· A computer virus is a malware that, when executed, replicates by inserting copies of itself into other computer programs, data files, or the boot sector of the hard drive.

· William Gibson coined the term ‘ Cyber Space’ in his novel ‘ Neuromancer ‘ published in 1984.

· John Von Neumann formulated the ‘ Stored program concept ‘.

· Charles Babbage, the Father of Computer who invented Analytical Engine and Difference Engine



2. Operating system is a type of
a) Application software

b) Utility software

c) System software

d) None of these

Answer: (c)

· Operating System is System Software.

· Operating system acts as an interface between user and hardware.

· System software is a type of computer program that is designed to run a computer’s hardware and application program.



3. What is the expansion of the term ASCII ?
a) American security code for information Interchange

b) American scientific code for information Interchange

c) American Standard Code for Interchange information

d) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Answer: (d)

· ASCII Stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

· ASCII is a character-encoding scheme used in a Computer.

· ASCII uses 7 bits or 8 bits to represent character.

· ASCII-7 can represent 128 characters and ASCII-8 can represent 256 characters.



4. Attempt to acquire sensitive information such as passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity.

a) Phishing

b) Spoofing

c) Hacking

d) None of these

Answer: (a)

· Phishing is an attempt to acquire sensitive information such as passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity.

· Phishing is a cybercrime carried out by email spoofing.

· Spoofing is a cyber crime mostly used for concealing the identity of the sender impersonating another computer system.

· Hacking is the practice of modifying the features of a system, in order to accomplish a goal outside of the creator's original purpose.

· The person who is consistently engaging in hacking activities, and has accepted hacking as a lifestyle and philosophy of their choice, is called a hacker.



5. Process of ‘knowledge discovery in databases' is
a) Data tuning

b) Data Diddling

c) Data Fragmentation

d) Data Mining



Answer: (d)

· Data mining is the extraction of patterns and knowledge from large amount of data.

· Database Tuning is the activity of making a database application run more quickly.

· Changing data before or during entry in to computer system is called Data Diddling

· Data Fragmentation means in some operating system's file systems, a data file over a certain size is stored in several fragments rather than in a single contiguous sequence of bits in one place on the storage medium.

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