LEP ISSUES Flashcards
1
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- The key difference between laws and ethics is that ethics carry the authority of a governing body and laws do not.
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F
2
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- Due care requires that an organization make a valid effort to protect others and continually maintain this level of effort.
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3
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- The Clipper Chip can be used to monitor or track private communications.
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T
4
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- HIPAA specifies particular security technologies for each of the security requirements to ensure the privacy of the health-care information.
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F
5
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- Every state has implemented uniform laws and regulations placed on organizational use of computer technology.
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F
6
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- Thirty-four countries have ratified the European Council Cyber-Crime Convention as of April 2010.
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7
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- The United States has implemented a version of the DMCA law called the Database Right, in order to comply with Directive 95/46/EC.
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8
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- The Association for Computing Machinery and the Information Systems Security Association have the authority to banish violators of their ethical standards from practicing their trade.
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9
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- Studies on ethics and computer use reveal that people of different nationalities have different perspectives; difficulties arise when one nationality’s ethical behavior violates the ethics of another national group.
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10
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- Cultural differences can make it easy to determine what is and is not ethical—especially when it comes to the use of computers.
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11
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- Studies have reported that the Pacific Rim countries of Singapore and Hong Kong are hotbeds of software piracy.
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12
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- The difference between a policy and a law is that ignorance of a law is an acceptable defense.
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F
13
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- There are four general causes of unethical and illegal behavior.
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14
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- Individuals with authorization and privileges to manage information within the organization are most likely to cause harm or damage by accident.
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T
15
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- The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is a nonprofit society of information security professionals whose primary mission is to bring together qualified information security practitioners for information exchange and educational development.
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T
16
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- The Department of Homeland Security is the only U.S. federal agency charged with the protection of American information resources and the investigation of threats to, or attacks on, the resources.
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