MIS 276 Chapter 8 Quiz

Which of the following is not one of the issues complicating the taxation of e-commerce sales? A. Ecommerce technology allows small online businesses to manage sales taxes to thousands of different jurisdictions. B. Retailers legally only have to charge sales tax if they have operations located in the same state as a consumer. C. Sales taxes and policies vary by state and country. D. State and local governments which could rely on a steady stream of sales tax revenues from local businesses are having a difficult time budgeting because it is more difficult to predict sales tax revenue from year to year.

A. Ecommerce technology allows small online businesses to manage sales taxes to thousands of different jurisdictions.

Which of the following technologies allows you to send e-mail without a trace? A. anonymous remailers B. public key encryption C. P3P D. anonymous surfing

A. anonymous remailers

All of the following statements about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) are true except: A. the DMCA makes Internet Service Providers (ISPs) responsible and accountable for hosting Web sites or providing services to infringers regardless of whether the ISP is aware of infringement. B. the DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent technological measures to protect works. C. the DMCA allows libraries to make digital copies of works for internal use only. D. the DMCA requires search engines to block access to infringing sites.

A. the DMCA makes Internet Service Providers (ISPs) responsible and accountable for hosting Web sites or providing services to infringers regardless of whether the ISP is aware of infringement.

According to data from Pew Research Center, which of the following is the action which the highest percentage of Internet users has taken to preserve their privacy online? A. encrypted their communications B. cleared Web browser history and cookies C. used an anonymous Web browsing service D. posted comments online anonymously

B. cleared Web browser history and cookies

Which of the FTC's Fair Information Practices (FIP) principles requires identification of the collector of data? A. Security B. Access/Participation C. Notice/Awareness D. Choice/Consent

C. Notice/Awareness

All of the following are factors that will be considered in determining whether use of copyrighted material is "fair use" except the: A. amount of the work used - is it a stanza from a poem or the entire poem? B. market effect of the use - will it harm the product in the marketplace? C. nature of the work used - why kind of work is it? D. content of use - is it factual or creative?

D. content of use - is it factual or creative?

Registering a domain name similar or identical to trademarks of others to divert Web traffic to their own sites is an example of: A. cybersquatting. B. metatagging. C. framing. D. cyberpiracy.

D. cyberpiracy.

Which alternative, non-neutral, pricing plan would charge fees to e-commerce firms based on the amount of traffic they generate? A. cap pricing B. congestion pricing C. usage-based billing D. highway pricing

D. highway pricing

All of the following statements about patents are true except: A. the four types of inventions protected by patent law are machines, manmade products, compositions of matter, and processing methods. B. in order to be patented, an invention must be nonobvious. C. computer programs can be patented. D. patents protect the expression of ideas and not the ideas themselves.

D. patents protect the expression of ideas and not the ideas themselves.

A social consequence of the richness of Internet information is: A. can create a work/life imbalance B. helps move manufacturing production to low-wage areas of the world C. the total amount of information available to all parties decreases D. very persuasive messages might reduce the need for multiple independent sources of information.

D. very persuasive messages might reduce the need for multiple independent sources of information.