Chapter 4
Which of the following resulted in an outage for Netflix customers on Christmas Eve 2012?
A failure of Amazon's cloud computing service
Which of the following is not an example of the potential dark side of big data?
Analyzing data from sensors installed in local parks to monitor soil moisture.
Which of the following were involved in what has been called the patent trial of the century?
Apple and Samsung
All of the following laws apply to actions by the federal government except the: Freedom of Information Act. Privacy Act. Computer Security Act. E-Government Act. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Which of the following is not a U.S. federal law affecting private institutions?: COPPA Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Video Privacy Protection Act HIPAA
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
Which of the following protects the authors of a book from having their work copied by others?
Copyright law
Which of the following is the most common reason that business systems fail?
Data quality
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
Which of the following terms refers to significant disparities in access to computers and the Internet among different social groups and different locations? CVS Technostress RSI CTS digital divide
Digital divide
________ is a feature of law-governed society and involves having laws that are known and understood, along with the ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly.
Due process
Spam is legally defined as any e-mail that is unsolicited. t or f
FALSE
Although online tracking gathers an enormous amount of information on individual users, it is anonymous and can't be tied to a specific person. T OR F
False
COPPA is a set of five principles developed by the FTC that most American and European privacy law is based on. T OR F
False
Identifying the stakeholders—people who have a vested interest in the outcome of the decision—is the last step in analyzing an ethical issue. T OR F
False
In today's legal environment, managers who are convicted for the misuse of information systems are still unlikely to be given a prison sentence. T or F
False
Routine violations of individual privacy are made more difficult by advances in data storage. T OR f
False
Software programs were unprotected by copyright law until the early 1990s. t or f
False
Which of the following U.S. laws gives patients access to personal medical records and the right to authorize how this information can be used or disclosed?
HIPPA
A man steals from a grocery store in order to feed his starving family. Which of the following best expresses the utilitarian principle in evaluating this situation?
His action is acceptable, because the higher social value is the survival of the family.
Which of the following best describes Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative?
If an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone to take.
Which of the following is not one of the current key technology trends that raises ethical issues?
Increase in data quality
Which of the following is a primary drawback to the "do anything anywhere" computing environment?
It blurs the traditional boundaries between work and family time.
Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?
It has a ripple effect, raising new ethical, social, and political issues.
A colleague at work takes small amounts of office supplies for her own personal use, saying that this is a tiny loss to the company. You tell her that if everyone were to take office supplies, then the loss would no longer be minimal. Your rationale expresses which of the following ethical principles?
Kant's Categorical Imperative
FIP principles are based on a belief in which of the following?
Mutuality of interest between the record holder and the individual
Which of the following is a data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources?
NORA
What percent of global Internet users use Google Search and other Google services?
Nearly 80 percent
The NAI is an industry association formed to help with which of the following
Online privacy issues
TRUSTe is an example of which of the following?
Online seal program
________ grants the owner exclusive ownership of the ideas behind an invention for 20 years.
Patent law
The use of computers to assemble data from different sources to create digital dossiers of detailed information about individuals is known as which of the following?
Profiling
The obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property involve which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?
Property rights and obligations
The obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values and institutions fall within which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?
Quality of life
Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age does spamming involve?
Quality of life
Which of the following occurs when muscle groups are forced through tens of thousands of repetitions under low-impact loads?
RSI
________ are not held liable for the messages they transmit.
Regulated common carriers
________ means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.
Responsibility
The U.S. Department of Commerce developed a ________ framework in order to enable U.S. businesses to legally use personal data from EU countries.
Safe harbor
Which of the following is not true about the changes to EU data protection rules proposed in 2012?
The new rules would reject the right to be forgotten.
________ prohibits an organization from collecting any personal information unless the individual specifically takes action to approve information collection and use.
The opt-in model
Which of the following is not a difficulty in establishing patent protection?
The requirement that the work must be a secret
Which of the following best describes how new information systems can result in legal gray areas?
They result in new situations that are not covered by old laws.
Which of the following forms of protection of intellectual property requires that the property be the subject of a nondisclosure agreement?
Trade secret
A Facebook user's visit to a website can be tracked even if they do not click a Like button. T or F
True
Any intellectual work product that isn't based on public knowledge can be classed as a trade secret. T OR F
True
Because of their special claims to knowledge, wisdom, and respect, professionals take on special rights and obligations. T OR F
True
Computer abuse refers to acts involving a computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical. T OR F
True
Ethics describes the principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals to make choices to guide their behavior. T OR F
True
European countries do not allow businesses to use personally identifiable information without consumers' prior consent. T OR F
True
Liability is a feature of political systems and allows individuals to recover damages done to them by others. t or f
True
Malicious software that is installed secretly on your computer by other applications and that tracks your online movements is called spyware. T OR F
True
Most Internet businesses do very little to protect the privacy of their customers. T OR F
True
One of the key concepts in patent law is novelty. T OR F
True
Some experts believe that exposure to computers reduces intelligence and makes people dumb. t or f
True
Some forms of illegal sharing of music files have declined as legitimate online music stores have expanded. T OR F
True
The European Parliament has banned unsolicited commercial messaging. T OR F
True
The problem with web browsers' Do Not Track options is that websites aren't obligated to honor these settings. T OR F
True
Web beacons are tiny, invisible software programs hidden in e-mail messages and web pages that are used to track and report a user's online behavior. T OR F
True
________ is a feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action.
accountability
All of the following are steps in the process for analyzing an ethical issue except: identifying the potential consequences of your options. identifying the stakeholders. assigning responsibility. identifying the options you can reasonably take. identifying and clearly describing the facts.
assigning responsibility
Advertisers use ________ in order to display more relevant ads based on a user's search and browsing history.
behavioral targeting
All of the following are technical solutions to protecting user privacy except: data use policies. e-mail encryption. preventing client computers from accepting cookies. anonymous surfing. anonymous email.
data use policies
All of the following are technical solutions to protecting user privacy except: preventing client computers from accepting cookies. data use policies. anonymous surfing. e-mail encryption. anonymous email.
data use policies
Digital media differs from a physical book in all of the following ways except: ease of alteration. ease of replication. ease of establishing uniqueness. ease of global distribution. ease of transmission.
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.
Gaining unapproved access to a computer is not a federal crime.
false
The rate of global software piracy in 2015 was approximately 50%.
false
In 2010, the FTC added all of the following recommendations to its privacy guidelines except: firms should require consumer consent and provide clear options to opt out of data collection. consumers should be able to review and contest the accuracy and completeness of data. firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is stored to six months or less. firms should build products and services that protect privacy. firms should increase the transparency of their data collection.
firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is stored to six months or less.
The ethical "no free lunch" rule states that:
if something someone else has created is useful to you, it has value, and you should assume the creator wants compensation for this work.
Redesigning and automating business processes can be seen as a double-edged sword because:
increases in efficiency may be accompanied by job losses.
Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of DoubleClick involve?
information rights and obligations
Which of the following is not protected by copyright law?
machines
When a cookie is created during a website visit, it is stored:
on the hard drive of the visitor's computer.
In the ________ model of informed consent, personal information can be collected until the consumer specifically requests that his or her data not be collected.
opt-out
The U.S. CAN-SPAM Act:
requires commercial email senders to identify themselves.
Which ethical rule states that if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all?
slippery-slope rule
"Look and feel" copyright infringement lawsuits are concerned with:
the distinction between an idea and its expression.
Which of the following ethical guidelines suggests that you put yourself in the place of others, and think of yourself as the object of the decision?
the golden rule
Which of the following restricts the information that the U.S. federal government can collect about an individual and regulates what it can do with the information?
the privacy act
According to ________, you should take the action that produces the least harm.
the risk aversion principle
Copyright is a legal protection given to creators of certain types of intellectual property. t or f
true
The FIP principle of Notice/Awareness states that:
websites must disclose their information practices before collecting data.
