CIS 3250 Exam 1 (Ch.1-4, 9 & Appendix
A)
Claim rights or positive rights - ✔✔impose an obligation on some people to provide certain
things for others
Generally, a deontologist would be more comfortable breaking a rul
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CIS 3250 Exam 1 (Ch.1-4, 9 & Appendix
A)
Claim rights or positive rights - ✔✔impose an obligation on some people to provide certain
things for others
Generally, a deontologist would be more comfortable breaking a rule in circumstances where
doing so would have good consequences. - ✔✔False
More people worldwide have access to a cellphone than to a toilet. - ✔✔True
It is always wrong to lie would reflect the utilitarian theory of ethics. - ✔✔False
A claim right is also known as a _______________. - ✔✔Positive right
A negative right is also known as a ______________. - ✔✔Liberty.
Researchers are developing brain-computer interfaces to enable severely handicapped people to
control appliances with their thoughts. - ✔✔True
A Turing Test determines the strength of an encryption method. - ✔✔False
Wikipedia relies upon an advertising-based business model. - ✔✔False
Accelerometers help robots stay upright. - ✔✔True
Golden rules, such as treat others as you want to be treated, can be found in the Bible. - ✔✔True
Which statement best describes Utilitarianism? - ✔✔Main example of a consequentialist theory
to increase happiness or "utility".
Which of the following is an example of a negative right or liberty? - ✔✔All of these
Software designers should include users in the design stages. - ✔✔True
Professional ethics requires professionals to maintain their skills. - ✔✔True
The brainstorming phase discussed in Chapter 9 can generate long discussion with humorous and
obviously wrong options. - ✔✔True
In one application of a voice-recognition system, the system failed to recognize female speakers.
A likely reason was - ✔✔The program was primarily developed and tested by men
There are currently how many imperatives mentioned in the ACM Code? - ✔✔24
If a business follows an "opt-in" policy for handling personal data, information about a customer
__________ - ✔✔may not be released unless the customer gives permission
The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) said that _________ -
✔✔telecommunications equipment must be designed to allow the interception of telephone calls
(with a court order)
A cookie is _________________ - ✔✔a file that a Web site stores on a visitor's computer
When a person visits a Web site, his or her IP address and the links he or she clicked on are
automatically recorded.
This is an example of ______. - ✔✔invisible information gathering
The USA PATRIOT Act (2001) gives individuals more protection from governmental intrusion.
- ✔✔False
U.S. v. Jones (2012) was the first major case of digital technology surveillance and involved
police attaching a GPS tracking device to a person's vehicle without a search warrant. - ✔✔True
In Kyllo v. United States (2001), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that when the government uses a
device that's not in use by the general public to 'see' things it could not without intrusion, that is a
'search' and requires a warrant. - ✔✔True
In Olmsted v. United States (1928), the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the Fourth Amendment
to apply only to physical intrusion. - ✔✔True
If the right to be forgotten is a ____________ right (a liberty), it could mean that we may choose
to stay off the Internet and become a recluse, but we cannot force someone else to remove
information about us. - ✔✔negative
As a positive right (a _______ right), it allows a person to restrict sharing of information by
others. This can infringe freedom of speech and restrict access to truthful information. -
✔✔claim
The privacy act of 1974 established rules to regulate - ✔✔federal government databases only
In Katz vs. United States (1967), the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the government needs
a court order to intrude where a reasonable person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. -
✔✔True
Anonymizers allow a user to - ✔✔send email and surf the Web anonymously
Which of the following requirements was a key provision of the Children's Internet Protection
Act (CIPA)? - ✔✔filtering software must be installed on Internet terminals in schools and
libraries
Which of the following limits deceptive commercial email and outlines spammers'
responsibilities: - ✔✔the CAN-SPAM Act
What areas is covered by the topics of Free Speech? - ✔✔All of these
Which one of the media areas has the most First Amendment protection? - ✔✔Print
the legal guidelines for determining whether material is obscene include all of the following
EXCEPT - ✔✔the material is intended for or distributed to persons under the age of 18.
When was the first U.S. copyright law passed? - ✔✔In 1790
The "safe harbor" provisions of _______________ protect Websites from lawsuits and criminal
charges for copyright infringement when users post infringing material. - ✔✔Digital Millennium
Copyright Act
One of the reasons the court ruled against Napster was: - ✔✔It knowingly encouraged and
assisted in the infringement of copyrights
Which of the following is not a factor specified in U.S. copyright law for determining fair use? -
✔✔The for-profit or non-profit status of the copyright holder
Which of the following is not an exclusive right (subject to some exceptions) granted by
copyright law? - ✔✔Profit from the work
Which of the following is not a way for software to be protected against copyright infringement?
- ✔✔make all software free
The Digital Millennium copyright Act gives companies ways to threaten fair use, freedom of
speech, research, competition, reverse engineering, and innovation. - ✔✔True
"Anticircumvention" and "safe harbor" are the two significant parts of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act. - ✔✔True
Copyright law protects processes and inventions, while patent law protects the particular
expression of an idea. - ✔✔False
Sega v. Accolade, Inc. (1992) helped determine that reverse engineering was allowable (fair
research use) in order to make a compatible product. - ✔✔True
in the term "free software", "free" implies all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔free of cost
All peer-to-peer technologies were found to be illegal as a result of the napster case. - ✔✔false
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