MIS Ch4 Quiz
Which of the following adjusts copyright laws to the Internet age by making it illegal to circumvent technology-based protections of copyrighted materials?
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
A safe harbor is informal permission to reuse data, given with knowledge of all the facts needed to make a rational decision.
False
Computer abuse involves the commission of acts involving the computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical.
False
In today's legal climate, there is little incentive for firms to cooperate with prosecutors investigating financial crimes at their firm.
False
The last step in analyzing an ethical issue should be to identify the stakeholders.
False
Which of the following is not one of the practices added in 2010 by the FTC to its framework for privacy?
Firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is stored to six months or less.
________ grants the owner an exclusive monopoly on the ideas behind an invention for 20 years.
Patent law
Which of the following restricts the information the U.S. federal government can collect and regulates what it can do with the information?
Privacy Act of 1974
Which of the following were involved in what has been called the patent trial of the century?
Apple and Samsung
Which of the following is not a U.S. federal law affecting private institutions?
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
_________ prohibits an organization from collecting any personal information unless the individual specifically takes action to approve information collection and use.
The opt-in model
A drawback to copyright protection is that the ideas underlying the work are not protected, only their manifestation in the work.
True
Copyright is the legal protection afforded intellectual property such as a song, book, or video game.
True
Ethics refers to the principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals to make choices to guide their behavior.
True
European countries do not allow businesses to use personally identifiable information without consumers' prior consent.
True
Professionals have special rights and obligations because of their claims to knowledge, wisdom, and respect.
True
Some experts believe exposure to computers makes people dumb.
True
The FIP principle of Notice/Awareness states that ______.
Websites must disclose their information practices before collecting data
The feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action is called ______.
accountability
Digital media differs from a physical book in all of the following ways except ______.
ease of establishing uniqueness
The Online Privacy Alliance ______.
encourages self-regulation to develop a set of privacy guidelines for its members
CVS refers to ______.
eyestrain related to computer display screen use
FIP principles are based on the notion of the ______.
mutuality of interest between the record holder and the individual
When a cookie is created during a website visit, it is stored ______.
on the hard drive of the visitor's computer
In the information age, the obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property fall within the moral dimension of _______.
property 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 ______.
quality of life
Accepting the potential costs, duties, and obligations for the decisions you make is referred to as ______.
responsibility
According to the ________, you should take the action that produces the least harm.
risk aversion principle
The U.S. Department of Commerce developed a(n) ________ framework in order to enable U.S. businesses to legally use personal data from EU countries.
safe harbor
According to the ________ rule, if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all.
slippery-slope
