Chapter 6 Simnet

An ___ is a document containing an organization's policies for the ethical, secure, and appropriate use of computing resources.

AUP

which of the following alternatives to piracy will allow you to listen to your favorite songs for free?

Ad-supported streaming

____ occurs when computers or machines can perform the work that was once done by a human

Automation

software is sometimes illegally modified in order to disable ___ technologies such as copy protection and authenticity checks.

DRM

many websites have a ___ area that should be checked for common questions and their responses

FAQ

____ are files that record activities and events on a computer

Logs

many government agencies, such as the ____, monitor the internet and mobile activities of individuals all over the world.

NSA

The term ____ refers to the set of online behaviors that are considered polite and proper.

Netiquette

in the world of computing, ____ means acquiring or exchanging copies of protected digital creations without payment or permission from their creator

Piracy

Online companies typically have a ____ on their websites that clearly state what info. is collected from users and what is done with that info

Privacy Policy

___ is a feature of all modern browsers that will detele your history, cache, and cookies the moment you close a private window

Private browsing

____ is the process of working for a company without being physically present at the company's office

Telecommuting

is the act of being annoying and antagonistic in online social interactions

Trolling

True

True or False: For those who have lost a limb, engineers developed robotic prosthetics that are moved by thought

false

True or False: copyright protection lasts 20 years after the date of publication or release

True

True or False: creative works such as books, songs, and photographs are protected by copyright law

true

True or False: many teenagers have had to seek therapy because of cyberbullying, and in extreme cases, even committed suicide

True

True or False: most Creative Commons licenses require, at minimum, that the user provide attribution to the author wherever the work is used

true

True or False: most population centers now have a municipal or private program that encourages the recycling of old and broken computers and periphelas

false. hibernation does.

True or False: the sleep mode on a computer generally saves more electricity than hibernate mode

True

True or False: your public, online activity may not only affect your ability to be hired, but it could also place you at risk of losing your job if you make your company look negative or careless

true

True or false: ethics involves a rational analysis of the voluntary, moral choices that individuals make.

___ displays a form of artificial intelligence with its astounding capability to understand complex questions and quickly find the answers using large databases of information

Watson

____ is an application of biology that uses living organisms to manufacture new products or improve existing ones

biotechnology

____ refers to the technology gap that exists between different social and economic classes

digital divide

copyright law contains an exception known as ___, which provides for a limited set of circumstances where others can user portions of copyrighted material without first obtaining permission.

fair use

____ involves the creation or manipulation or matter at the smallest possible scale

nanotechnology

____ occurs when an org. transfers some aspect of its business to a third party

outsourcing

true

true or false: most experts recommend that companies monitor their employees secretly in order to prevent workers from circumventing the technologies used to track them

____ is the act of alerting the public about harmful activities that are being hidden by an organization

whistleblowing