Law Ch 1-2 Test

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The first 10 Amendments are called

Bill of Rights

Makes it a crime for site operators to fail to use proper technology to prevent minors from accessing harmful material

Child Online Protection Act of 1998

What act offers protection to the employer whose employee used the computer system at work to harass his ex-girlfriend

Communication Decency Act

Often-amended act that pioneered the treatment of computer-related crimes as unique offenses in the US Code

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Researches the safety of various consumer products

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

What are the two systems of law used today (English Common Law) and

Roman Civil Law

Majority rule usually involves which off the following ethical reasoning

Rule-based reasoning

Enforces laws regulating the disclosure of information related to the buying and selling of stocks and bonds (stock exchanges themselves)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

A crime is considered an offense against

Society

The statutory definition of murder is

Substantive Law

Makes it criminal to knowingly transport obscene material through the interactive computers or interstate of foreign commerce for sale or distribution

Telecommunications Act of 1996

Attempts to protect holders of famous trademarks from the effects of domain-page registrations that tend to confuse and dilute the trademark's goodwill

Trademark Dilution Act of 1996

An organized group of laws is referred to as a code

True

Business activities are at times governed by criminal law

True

Louisiana is the only one of the 50 states whose legal system was not originally based on the English common law system

True

Most American law courts can use either damages or an injunction or both as remedies in civil cases

True

Paupers, vegabonds, fugitives from justice, and slaves were not entitled to the privileges and immunities of free citizens under the Articles of Confederation

True

Stare Decisis is the doctrine that requires lower courts to adhere to existing case law law in their decisions

True

The US House of Representatives has the power to impeach a president

True

The original Bill of Rights contains the right of peaceful assembly

True

The right to privacy was not acknowledged as a separate right under the 1960s

True

Torts are private wrongs committed against individuals or organizations

True

Which of the following best describes the elements of civil disobedience

Violating law openly, peacefully; accepting punishment for the violation

Which of the first 10 amendments guarantees freedom of the press

1

Woman were guaranteed the right to vote under which amendment

19

The US Senate is made up of how many members from every state

2

Which of the following powers was not retained by the states

All (tort, criminal, probate)

The Groundwork for the Internet was laid in the 1960's by the US Department of

Defense

Formed by the merger of 22 separate agencies into one, its mission is to protect the American homeland from terrorist attack

Department of Homeland Security

Enforces antipollution acts

Environmental Protect Agency (EPA)

Charged with the elimination of workplace discrimination based on race, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, or disability

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

What branch of government is headed by the President

Executive

Interstate transmission of electricity is regulated by the

FERC

An employee's personal email, composed and sent at work, is protected by the right of privacy

False

Businesses cannot commit torts

False

Substitution of damage for revenge is the first stage in the evolution of law

False

The 13 colonies originally created a common government under the "Articles of Incorporation

False

The US is a democracy

False

The two forms of ethical reasoning almost never reach the same conclusions

False

What is obscene is now determined by one uniform national standard

False

Controls all interstate channels of communication and channels of communication between the US and foreign nations. This includes satellite, telegraph, telephone, radio, and television forms of communication

Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

Regulates the interstate transmission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Determines economic policies involving the money supply, credit availability, and interest rates

Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors

Assists the antitrust division of the Justice Department. Enforces laws against anti-competitive business activities. It also is involved in protection consumer rights, preventing monopolistic behavior, and eliminating unfair and deceptive trade practices

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Enforces a number of pure food and drug acts

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Increased potential prison sentences for someone who provided material and misleading false contact information to a domain

Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act of 2004

The "inalienable rights" mentioned in the DOI are "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of "

Happiness

Under the US Constitution, all spending bills must originate in the

House of Representatives

An ethical decision as to what is right or wrong must be reasoned and

Impartial

The Declaration of Independence was adopted on

July 4 1776

Provides for registration and protections of trademarks and copyrights

Lanham Act of 1976

Charged with preserving employee rights to join labor unions and to participate in collective bargaining. It also is charged with eliminating employer, employee, and union unfair labor practices

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Charged with ensuring the safety of nuclear power plants in the United States

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Governs health and safety in the workplace

OSHA

as the statue unduly chilled free speech. 2002 Decision of the US Supreme Court found at 122 S. Ct. 1700

Online Protection Act (COPA)

Legislative enactments by a city government are called

Ordinances

Which was the 13th state to ratify the Constitution

Rhode Island

Opponents of the ratification of the original Constitution claimed the wording failed to protect human

Rights


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