What term best describes a person who hacks computer systems for political or social reasons?

A. cracktivist
B. hacktivist
C. sniffer
D. script kiddy


Answer: B

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Abstract classes:

a. Contain at most one pure virtual function. b. Can have objects instantiated from them if the proper permissions are set. c. Cannot have abstract derived classes. d. Are defined, but the programmer never intends to instantiate any objects from them.

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Which of the following statements is false?

a. A DirectoryStream enables a program to iterate through the contents of a directory. b. Character-based input and output can be performed with classes Scanner and Formatter. c. A relative path contains all the directories, starting with the root directory, that lead to a specific file or directory. d. Every file or directory on a disk drive has the same root directory in its path.

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Which of the following delineates why it is important to perform egress filtering and monitoring on Internet connected security zones of interfaces on a firewall?

A. Egress traffic is more important than ingress traffic for malware prevention B. To rebalance the amount of outbound traffic and inbound traffic C. Outbound traffic could be communicating to known botnet sources D. To prevent DDoS attacks originating from external network

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A T-1 system continuously sends a signal, even if there is no real data to transmit.?

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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