ACCA · Question 49 · Business & Technology
Section B — Multi-Task Question (Syllabus Area C)
Scenario: "SecureBank" is a multinational bank. It recently implemented a distributed, immutable digital ledger to record all inter-bank transfers. The IT department also enforced a new policy requiring all staff to change their passwords every 30 days. Last month, the bank's compliance team detected a criminal attempting to move illicit funds through dozens of complex international wire transfers to obscure their origin. Yesterday, the bank's servers were overwhelmed by a massive flood of fake internet traffic, taking their website offline.
Evaluate the scenario and complete the following 4 tasks:
Task 1: Identify the technology used for the inter-bank transfers.
Task 2: Classify the password policy control (General IT vs Application).
Task 3: Identify the stage of money laundering detected by the compliance team.
Task 4: Identify the type of cyber-attack that took the website offline.
Which of the following combinations correctly answers Tasks 1 to 4?
Answer options:
1: Big Data, 2: Application control, 3: Placement, 4: Ransomware
1: Artificial Intelligence, 2: General IT control, 3: Integration, 4: Phishing
1: Blockchain, 2: General IT control, 3: Layering, 4: DDoS
1: Blockchain, 2: Application control, 3: Layering, 4: Malware
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