Chapter 4 Quiz: Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems

Which of the following is by far the most common source of business system failure?

Data quality

Malicious software that can secretly install itself on an Internet user's computer by piggybacking on other applications and then report the user's movements on the Internet to other computers. is called spyware.

TRUE

Oligopolies and monopolies dominate the Web and mobile platform.

TRUE

Privacy protection in Europe has historically been much stronger than in the United States.

TRUE

Some experts believe that exposure to computers reduces intelligence and cognitive abilities.

TRUE

The DMCA requires ISPs to take down sites of copyright infringers they are hosting when the ISPs are notified of the problem.

TRUE

The European Parliament has banned unsolicited commercial messaging.

TRUE

Websites using cookie technology cannot directly obtain visitors' names and addresses from the cookie.

TRUE

Redesigning and automating business processes can be seen as a double-edged sword because:

increases in efficiency may be accompanied by job losses.

The U.S. CAN-SPAM Act:

requires commercial email senders to identify themselves.