CGS1060C Chapter 6
A(n) ___ is a document containing an organization's policies for the ethical, secure, and appropriate use of computing resources.
AUP
Which of the following alternatives to piracy will allow you to listen to your favorite songs for free?
Ad-supported streaming
___ occurs when computers or machines can perform the work that was once done by a human.
Automation
___ is an application of biology that uses living organisms to manufacture new products or improve existing ones.
Biotechnology
Software is sometimes illegally modified in order to disable ___ technologies such as copy protection and authenticity checks.
DRM
___ refers to the technology gap that exists between different social and economic classes.
Digital divide
___ are files that record activities and events on a computer.
Logs
___ is a feature of all modern browsers that will delete your history, cache, and cookies the moment you close the private window
Private browsing
___ is the process of working for a company without being physically present at the company's office.
Telecommuting
___ is the act of being annoying and antagonistic in online social interactions.
Trolling
___ displays a form of artificial intelligence with its astounding capability to understand complex questions and quickly find the answers using large databases of information.
Watson
Copyright protection lasts 20 years after the date of publication or release.
false
Many teenagers have had to seek therapy because of cyberbullying, and in a few extreme cases, even committed suicide.
true
Most Creative Commons licenses require, at a minimum, that the user provide attribution to the author wherever the work is used
true
Most population centers now have a municipal or private program that encourages the recycling of old and broken computers and peripherals.
true
Your public, online activity may not only affect your ability to be hired, but it could also place you at risk of losing your job if you make your company look negative or careless.
true
Ethics involves a rational analysis of the voluntary, moral choices that individuals make.
true
Copyright law contains an exception known as ___, which provides for a limited set of circumstances where others can use portions of copyrighted material without first obtaining permission.
fair use
Most experts recommend that companies monitor their employees secretly in order to prevent workers from circumventing the technologies used to track them.
false
The sleep mode on a computer generally saves more electricity than hibernate mode.
false
The term ___ refers to the set of online behaviors that are considered polite and proper.
netiquette
In the world of computing, ___ means acquiring or exchanging copies of protected digital creations without payment or permission from their creator.
piracy
Online companies typically have a(n) ___ on their websites that clearly state what information is collected from users and what is done with that information.
privacy policy
Creative works such as books, songs, and photographs are protected by copyright law.
true
Many websites have a(n) ___ area that should be checked for common questions and their responses.
FAQ
Many government agencies, such as the ___, monitor the Internet and mobile activities of individuals all over the world.
NSA
___ involves the creation or manipulation of matter at the smallest possible scale.
Nanotechnology
___ occurs when an organization transfers some aspect of its business to a third party.
Outsourcing
___ is the act of alerting the public about harmful activities that are being hidden by an organization.
Whistleblowing
For those who have lost a limb, engineers have developed robotic prosthetics that can perform a variety of movements by simply projecting a thought to them.
true
