Chapter 4

Question 1

Copyright is the legal protection afforded intellectual property, such as a song, book, or video game

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Privacy is the right to be left alone when you want to be, without surveillance or interference from other individuals or organizations

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Spyware is software that comes hidden in downloaded applications and can track your online movement

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The last step in analyzing an ethical issue should be to identify the stake holders - people who have a vested interest in the outcome of the decision

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Even in today’s legal climate, there is little incentive for firms to cooperate with prosecutors invenstigating financial crimes at their firm

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Professionals take on special rights and obligations because of their special claims to knowledge, wisdom, and respect

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Which of the following is not one of the practices added in 2010 by the FTC to its framework for privacy?

A) firms should build products and services that protect privacy

B) firms should increase the transparency of their data collection

C) firms should require consumer consent and provide clear options to opt out of data collection

D) firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is store to six months or less

Answer 8

D

Question 9

The key concepts in patent law are originality, novelty, and value

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Trade secret law does not protect the actual ideas in a work product

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Which of the following best describes how new information systems result in legal gray areas?

A) they work with networked electronic data, which are more difficult to control than information stored manually.

B)they result in new situations that are not covered by old laws.

C) they are implemented by technicians rather than managers

D) they are created from sets of logical and technological rules rather than social or organizational mores.

Answer 11

B

Question 12

The introduction of new information technology has a :

A) dampening effect on the discourse of business ethics.

B)ripple effect, raising new ethical, social, and political issues.

C) beneficial effect for society as a whole, while raising dilemmas for consumers.

D) waterfall effect in raising ever more complex ethical issues

Answer 12

B

Question 13

The drawback to copyright protection is that the underlying ideas behind the work are not protected, only their reproduction in a product

Answer 13

True

Question 14

According to the courts, the creation of software, unique concepts, general functional features, and even colors are protectable by copyright law

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Accepting the potential costs, duties, and obligations for the decisions you make is referred to as:

A) responsibility

B) accountability

C) liability

D) due process

Answer 15

A

Question 16

Most internet businesses do very little to protect the privacy of their own customers

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Most American and European privacy law is based on a set of five principles called COPPA

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Any unsolicited e-mail is legally considered spam

Answer 18

False

Question 19

In the information age, the obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values and institutions fall within the moral dimension of:

A) family and home

B) property rights and obligations

C) system quality

D) quality of life

Answer 19

A

Question 20

All of the following are current key technology trends raising ethical issues except

A) data storage improvements

B) data analysis advancements

C) increase in multimedia quality

D) increase in use of mobile devices

Answer 20

C

Question 21

Despite the passage of several laws defining and addressing computer crime, accessing a computer system without authorization is not yet a federal crime

Answer 21

False

Question 22

The European Parliament has passed a ban on unsolicited commercial messaging

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The Copyright Office began registering software programs in the 1990s

Answer 23

False

Question 24

NORA is a:

A) profiling technology used by the EU.

B) federal privacy law protecting networked data

C) new data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources.

D) sentencing guidelines adopted in 1987 mandating stiff sentences in business executives.

Answer 24

C

Question 25

Technostress is a computer-related malady whose symptoms include fatigue

Answer 25

True

Question 26

The rate of global piracy is approximately 20%

Answer 26

False

Question 27

The use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals is called:

A) profiling

B) phishing

C) spamming

D) targeting

Answer 27

A

Question 28

In the information age, the obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property fall within the moral dimension of:

A) property rights and obligations

B) System quality

C) accountability and control

D) information rights and obligations

Answer 28

A

Question 29

The most common type of computer-related RSI is CTS

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of ChoicePoint raise?

A) property rights and obligations

B) system quality

C) accountability and control

D) information rights and obligations

Answer 30

D