Week 12 Digital Systems - Ethics and Privacy

It is common for sales representatives in information technology fields to receive commissions for the sales they make. At play in this case is the Principle of? - Property Rights. - Moral Rights. - Distributive Justice. - Virtue.

Distributive Justice.

When the government grants an inventor the right to exclude others from the use of the invention for a period of time, this is called a copyright? - TRUE - FALSE

False

Which Act outlines a plan to protect government information and assets against cyberthreats? - Electronic Communications Privacy Act - Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) - Children's Internet Protection Act

Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

The Act that protects person-to-person wire, oral, and electronic communications is - the Wiretap Act. - the Federal Information Security Management Act. - the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.Incorrect - the Children's Internet Protection Act.

The Wiretap Act

One way to stay safe while browsing the Internet is to use a VPN. VPN stands for virtual private network? - TRUE - FALSE

True

Which situation involves a computer ethics violation that you should report to your employer? - You think you see an unauthorized gambling site on a coworker's screen before she closes the window. - A trusted colleague tells you that your coworker has stolen a company laptop. - You have heard that a colleague has been using a work computer to launch a computer scam. - You pass a coworker's computer screen and see him surfing through child pornography.

You pass a coworker's computer screen and see him surfing through child pornography.

Which of the following actions would violate an organization's prohibitions on the personal use of company computers as well as the law in most countries? - distributing company-owned software without authorization - playing a multiplayer game from a personal computer using the company's Wi-Fi - sending a personal email from a work computer - posting to personal social media sites from a company computer

distributing company-owned software without authorization

Data that is traditionally used in commercially available relational databases, where the data resides in a fixed field and can easily be queried is called big data? - TRUE - FALSE

false

It is impossible to prepare for the consequences of ethical decisions, because the ramifications will always be unknown? - TRUE - FALSE

false

The Universalist Principle advocates for the greatest good for greatest number of people. - TRUE - FALSE

false

When a manager thinks of someone they truly admire, whether a mentor or a historical figure, and asks how that person would decide, they are following the Universalist Principle. - TRUE - FALSE

false

A hiring manager wants to check job applicants' posts on social media before deciding whom to hire, to ensure the person will represent the company with professionalism and maturity. Which dimension of ethical behavior in the digital age does this situation represent? - quality of life - establishing quality standards - information privacy rights - control and accountability

information privacy rights

Cookies that are stored on the hard drive and are not lost when the web browser is closed are called? - zombie cookies. - session cookies. - authentication cookies. - persistent cookies.

persistent cookies

How your private data and information are used, who has access to them, which techniques and technologies protect them, and the communications and preferences surrounding how they are handled are components of Internet? - privacy. - piracy. - security. - connection.

privacy

What type of cookie is stored in temporary memory and is lost when the web browser is closed? - standard - session - persistent - authentication

session

What are third-party cookies? - small text files that a user stores in the cloud - small text files created by websites other than those visited by web customers - small text files created by following links within a website - small text files that store shopping cart information on retail sites

small text files created by websites other than those visited by web customers

Cookies that are created by a website other than the one you are currently visiting and are used to track your surfing habits are known as ________ cookies? - first-party - authentication - session - third-party

third-party

What is a company that purchases consumer behavior information from other organizations engaged in? - direct inquiry - appraisal analysis - third-party data purchase - indirect tracking

third-party data purchase

Listing the likely consequences of a decision is part of the fourth step in the process of making an ethical analysis? - TRUE - FALSE

true

Making an ethical decision will most likely result in? - fierce competitors. - unintended consequences. - confused employees. - questioning superiors.

unintended consequences