IS CHAPTER 4
The use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals is called
A) profiling
In the information age, the obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property fall within the moral dimension of:
A) property rights and obligations
Accepting the potential costs, duties and obligations for the decisions you make is referred to as:
A) responsiblity
Which of the following best describes how new information systems result in legal gray areas
B) They result in new situations that are not covered by old laws
The introduction of new information technology has a:
B) ripple effect, raising new ethical, social and political issues
A;ll of the following are current key technology trends raising ethical issues except:
C) increase in multimedia quality
NORA is a:
C) new data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources
Which of the following is not one of the practices added in 2010 by the FTC to its framework for privacy?
D) Firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is stored to six months or less
Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of ChoicePoint raise?
D) Information rights and obligations
In the information age, the obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values and institutions fall within the moral dimension of:
D) quality of life
Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult
FALSE
Any unsolicited e-mail is legally considered spam
FALSE
Despite the passage of several laws defining and addressing computer crime, accessing a computer system without authorization is not yet a federal crime
FALSE
Even in today's legal climate, there is little incentive for firms to cooperate with prosecutors investigating financial crimes at their firm
FALSE
Most American European privacy law is based on a set of five principles called COPPA
FALSE
The Copyright Office began registering software programs in the 1990s
FALSE
The key concepts in a patent law are originality, novelty, and value
FALSE
The last step in analyzing an ethical issue should be to identify the stakeholders- people who have vested interest in the outcome of the decision
FALSE
The rate of global piracy is approximately 20%
FALSE
Trade secret law does not protect the actual ideas in a work product
FALSE
Copyright is the legal protection afforded intellectual property, such as a song, book or video game
TRUE
Most internet businesses do very little to protect the privacy of their customers
TRUE
Privacy is the right to be left alone when you want to be, without surveillance or interference from other individuals or organizations
TRUE
Professionals take on special rights and obligations because of their special claims to knowledge, wisdom and respect
TRUE
Spyware is software that comes hidden in downloaded applications and can track your online movements
TRUE
Technostress is a computer-related malady whose symptoms include fatigue
TRUE
The European Parliament has passed a ban on unsolicited commercial messaging
TRUE
The drawback to copyright protection is that the underlying ideas behind the work are not protected, only their reproduction in a product
TRUE
The most common type of computer related RSI is CTS
TRUE
According to the courts the creation of software, unique concepts, general functional features and even colors are protectable b copyright law
false
