CH 4

Question 1

What are 3 recommendations for minimizing the invasion of privacy for users and organizations?

Answer 1

• conduct business only with companies that have privacy policies that are easy to find, read and understand
• limit access to your personal information to only authorized people
• organizations must do everything possible to prevent unauthorized access to data and misuse of data.

Question 2

What is the goal of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?

Answer 2

To protect and establish safeguards ensuring protection of confidential patient’s medical information.

Question 3

What is a supercookie?

Answer 3

A browser cookie that is designed to be permanently stored on a user’s device and is difficult to remove. Tracks a user’s browsing activities even in a privacy mode.

Question 4

What are the 10 commandments of computer ethics?

Answer 4

• Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.
• Thou shalt not interfere with other people’s computer work.
• Thou shalt not snoop around in other people’s files.
• Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
• Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.
• Thou shalt not use or copy software for which you have not paid.
• Thou shalt not use other people’s computer resources without authorization.
• Thou shalt not appropriate other people’s intellectual output.
• Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write.
• Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect.

Question 5

What is intellectual property?

Answer 5

A legal umbrella covering protections that involve copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents for “creations of the mind” developed by people or businesses.

Question 6

What are the 3 ways that an organization can benefit from a patent?

Answer 6

• generate revenue by licensing its patent to others.
• attract funding for further research and development.
• keep competitors from entering certain market segments.

Question 7

What are 3 advantages or benefits of telecommuting?

Answer 7

• Spend more time with family
• Fewer restrictions on clothing for work, thereby saving the expense of work wear
• No commute, so distance and time factors are reduced as well as the effects of car emissions on air quality

Question 8

What are 4 approaches for implementing a successful green computing program?

Answer 8

• Green design: Designing energy-efficient computers, servers, handheld devices, printers, and other digital devices
• Green manufacturing: Minimizing waste during the manufacturing of computers and other digital devices to reduce the environmental impact of these activities
• Green use: Minimizing the electricity consumption of computers and other digital devices and using them in an eco-friendly manner
• Green disposal: Remaking an existing digital device or properly disposing of, or recycling, unwanted digital devices