Keith installs a freeware photo utility on his home computer so that he can manipulate his vacation pictures. Days after installing the program, he notices advertisements popping up periodically on his computer, even if the utility is not running. What are these called?

An attack that has a master host, a zombie, and multiple middle devices running zombie programs is called a __________.

Which of the following is a field of study that focuses on ways of understandingand analyzing data in databases, with concentration on automation advancements?

Jeff is a manager at a financial institution. He needs to make a decision on thebest database model to implement within his environment. The data relationship type his applications require is a one to many. Which of the following would be the best model for Jeff to choose?

An OLTP database ensuring that no transactions are finalized until all connected systems have synchronized is employing what function?

In a monthly staff meeting, Joe is told to "normalize" the accounting database.What does this mean?

Mark is a general manager of a large sporting goods national chain. He manages aDenver store with 50 employees. To keep track of different products that have unique characteristics and coding, Mark sets up multiple inventory databases within his ownstore. At the end of every quarter, he combines the different databases and analyzes trends for his regular report to national. What type of database system is Markusing to create his report?

A transaction that preserves the state of the database is said to be ______.

A group of temps are brought into their new working area by their supervisor.They are each given a workstation and a set of instructions. The supervisor then explains that each has been granted access to the main database, but they only view a "logical subset" of it. What is the supervisor describing?

Just about every company today has begun the practice of allowing corporateinformation to be accessed via the ernet. While this is considered a step in theright direction for some business needs, it also creates security vulnerabilities.Which of the following solutions would be the best choice when setting up e-commercewithin an organization?