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5 marksImpact of Computer Systems Misuse

CSEC Information Technology · May/June 2013 · Paper 2 · Question 3(b)

State the technical term that describes EACH of the types of misuse of data labelled (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) as underlined in the passage: (i) used emails to mount a vicious attack on a supervisor (ii) electronically accessing other employees' systems without permission (iii) monitor the use of the computers by employees (iv) access cash from some customers' accounts at the ATM during weekends (v) collect personal information on certain employees.

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  1. 3(a)(i)Secret information is obtained by spying on competitors or opponents.[1 mark]
  2. 3(a)(ii)A malicious program that is designed to corrupt files on a computer or to cause the computer hardware to malfunction.[1 mark]
  3. 3(a)(iii)The illegal copying of programs.[1 mark]
  4. 3(a)(iv)Using another person's credit card for transactions without his/her permission.[1 mark]
  5. 3(a)(v)Using a computer to alter company data.[1 mark]

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