Ethic Chapter 6

93. In Nardone v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that evidence obtained by federal agents from warrantless wiretaps was ______.

inadmissible in court

100. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act limits how doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies can use _____ collected from patients.

medical information

101. _______t is a federal law signed in 1966 that is designed to ensure that citizens have access to records of the U.S. government.

The Freedom of Information Ac

95. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Congress passed the _______, which gave federal law enforcement and intelligence officials greater authority to monitor communications.

USA PATRIOT Act

99. The ______ prohibits video service providers from disclosing records without the written consent of the customer.

Video Privacy Protection Act

103. The CALM Act, signed by President Obama in 2010, requires that television commercials _____

are played at the same volume as the programs they are interrupting.

117. The Census Bureau has not always kept confidential the information it has collected. According to the textbook, this became apparent a) during the Civil War. b) after the attack on Pearl Harbor. c) during the Vietnam War. d) during the first Gulf War. e) after September 11, 2001

b) after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

131. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act a) ensures that a consumer can keep the same health care provider even when he or she changes employers. b) attempts to limit the exchange of information among health care providers to that information necessary to care for the patient. c) ensures that a consumer can sue doctors and hospitals for medical malpractice. d) ensures that doctors and hospitals can counter sue patients who file frivolous medical malpractice claims. e) All of the above

b) attempts to limit the exchange of information among health care providers to that information necessary to care for the patient.

120. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has to do with a) freedom of speech and religion. b) search warrants. c) the right to bear arms. d) quartering of soldiers in private homes. e) self-incrimination

b) search warrants.

121. After Congress ruled that wiretapping was illegal a) the FBI ceased all wiretapping activity. b) the FBI continued wiretapping people secretly. c) the FBI convinced Congress to grant it an exemption from the ban. d) the FBI began wiretapping every member of Congress. e) the CIA took over the job of wiretapping U.S. citizens.

b) the FBI continued wiretapping people secretly.

119. The OneDOJ database a) is a new, national database that consolidates records from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. b) will give state and local police officers access to information provided by five federal law enforcement agencies. c) combines records from all U.S. governmental agencies into a single database that can be used by data mining by the FBI. d) received the endorsement of the ACLU for its innovative privacy-protection measures. e) is the first database created by the U.S. government that completely implements the Code of Fair Information Practices

b) will give state and local police officers access to information provided by five federal law enforcement agencies.

90. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children ___ years old and younger.

12

97. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act requires the three major credit bureaus to provide customers a free copy of their credit report every ___ months

12

98. The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act provides students 18 years of age and older the right to review their educational records.

18

102. To protect citizens from interruptions by telemarketers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission created the ______in 2003.

Do Not Call Registry

91. The FBI maintains a collection of databases supporting the activities of federal, state, and local law-enforcement agencies in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Canada. These databases are given the name National Crime Information Center (____

NCIC

94. Between 1945 and 1975 the U.S. government secretly monitored telegram traffic entering and leaving the United States, as well as other communications. The name of this project was _______

Operation Shamrock

122. What was the original purpose of Operation Shamrock? a) Intercept all international telegrams entering or leaving the United States b) Wiretap all calls made from public telephone booths c) Scan email messages to identify drug dealers d) Read all letters going between the United States and Ireland e) Identify Irish-Americans raising money for the IRA

a) Intercept all international telegrams entering or leaving the United States

118. The FBI's National Crime Information Center database a) contains more than 39 million records. b) has information about every American citizen. c) has never led to a false arrest. d) is updated only once a week to give the FBI time to check the accuracy of the data. e) All of the above

a) contains more than 39 million records.

1. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act a) gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year. b) allows credit bureaus to sell personal financial information they have gathered. c) makes it possible for a consumer to declare bankruptcy without harming his or her credit rating. d) ensures that people with criminal convictions are still able to obtain credit. All of the above

a) gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year.

114. According to the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, which organization(s) cannot administer lie detector tests to job applicants? a) private employers b) local governments c) state governments d) federal government e) All of the above

a) private employers

130. The Video Privacy Protection Act a) prohibits video stores from disclosing rental records without the written consent of the customer. b) prohibits DVD manufacturers from installing software that sends reports over the Internet every time a DVD is played. c) makes it legal to send "adult" DVDs through the mail without a warning label on the envelope. d) prohibits the government from prosecuting minors who play "adult" DVDs in their own home. e) All of the above

a) prohibits video stores from disclosing rental records without the written consent of the customer.

96. The Fair Credit Reporting Act says credit bureaus may keep negative information about a consumer for a maximum of seven years. The two most important exceptions to the "seven year rule" are information about ______

bankruptcies and criminal convictions

123. Which of the following laws does not provide some sort of authorization for governmental wiretapping? a) Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act b) Electronic Communications Privacy Act c) Federal Communications Act d) Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act e) USA PATRIOT Act

c) Federal Communications Act

113. Which of the following is not one of the categories in Daniel Solove's taxonomy of privacy? a) information collection. b) information dissemination. c) information filtering. d) information processing. e) invasion

c) information filtering.

126. The Fair Credit Reporting Act a) gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year. b) ensures that information about criminal convictions does not haunt a consumer's credit report forever. c) is designed to promote the accuracy of credit reports. d) makes it possible for a consumer to declare bankruptcy without harming his or her credit rating. e) All of the above

c) is designed to promote the accuracy of credit reports.

129. The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act a) gives students 18 years of age and older the right to review their educational records. b) gives students 18 years of age and older the right to request corrections to errors in their educational records. c) gives students 18 years of age and older the right to prevent educational records from being released without their permission, except under certain circumstances. d) All of the above e) None of the above

d) All of the above

116. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act a) applies to all private employers, but not state or federal agencies. b) prohibits most employers from taking genetic information into account when making hiring, firing, promotion, or other employment-related decisions. c) ensures a life insurance company cannot take genetic information into account when making a decision about underwriting a policy. d) All of the above. e) None of the above.

d) All of the above.

125. Which of the following precepts is not part of the Code of Fair Information Practices? a) There must be no personal data record-keeping systems whose very existence is secret. b) There must be a way for a person to find out what information about the person is in a record and how it is used. c) There must be a way for a person to correct or amend a record of identifiable information about the person. d) There must be a way for a person to collect damages for financial losses caused by incorrect information about that person stored in a data record-keeping system. e) There must be a way for a person to prevent information obtained for one purpose being used or made available for other purposes without the person's consent

d) There must be a way for a person to collect damages for financial losses caused by incorrect information about that person stored in a data record-keeping system.

115. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act a) makes it illegal for an online service to request a credit card number from a child 17 years old and younger. b) requires online services to create aliases for all customers who are 17 years old and younger. c) makes it illegal for children 12 years and younger to participate in chat rooms. d) requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children 12 years old and younger. e) All of the above

d) requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children 12 years old and younger.

128. The Financial Services Modernization Act a) allows banks to offer insurance and stock brokerage services. b) requires banks to disclose their privacy policies to consumers. c) requires banks to inform consumers how they can "opt out" of having their confidential information released to other companies. d) Requires banks to develop policies that will prevent unauthorized access of customers' confidential information. e) All of the above

e) All of the above

124. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which U.S. governmental agency collected telephone call records of tens of millions of Americans without a court order? a) Central Intelligence Agency b) Department of Homeland Security c) Federal Bureau of Investigation d) Federal Communications Commission e) National Security Agency

e) National Security Agency

92. The Privacy Act of 1974 applies only to_____databases

government