Quiz 6

Question 1

The Census Bureau has not always kept confidential the information it has collected. According to the textbook, this became apparent
A) after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
B) during the Civil War.
C) during the Vietnam War.
D) during the first Gulf War
E) after September 11, 2001.

Answer 1

A) after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Question 2

The Fair Credit Reporting Act
A) makes it possible for a consumer to declare bankruptcy without harming his or her credit rating.
B) ensures that information about criminal convictions does not haunt a consumer’s credit report forever.
C) is designed to promote the accuracy of credit reports.
D) All of these
E) gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year.

Answer 2

C) is designed to promote the accuracy of credit reports.

Question 3

After Congress ruled that wiretapping was illegal
A) the CIA took over the job of wiretapping U.S. citizens.
B) the FBI began wiretapping every member of Congress.
C) the FBI ceased all wiretapping activity.
D) the FBI continued wiretapping people secretly.
E) the FBI convinced Congress to grant it an exemption from the ban.

Answer 3

D) the FBI continued wiretapping people secretly.

Question 4

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
A) makes it illegal for children 12 years and younger to participate in chat rooms.
B) requires online services to create aliases for all customers who are 17 years old and younger.
C) makes it illegal for an online service to request a credit card number from a child 17 years old and younger.
D) All of these
E) requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children 12 years old and younger.

Answer 4

E) requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children 12 years old and younger.

Question 5

What was the original purpose of Operation Shamrock?
A) Identify Irish-Americans raising money for the IRA
B) Read all letters going between the United States and Ireland
C) Wiretap all calls made from public telephone booths
D) Scan email messages to identify drug dealers
E) Intercept all international telegrams entering or leaving the United States

Answer 5

E) Intercept all international telegrams entering or leaving the United States

Question 6

The OneDOJ database
A) received the endorsement of the ACLU for its innovative privacy-protection measures.
B) will give state and local police officers access to information provided by five federal law enforcement agencies.
C) is a new, national database that consolidates records from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
D) combines records from all U.S. governmental agencies into a single database that can be used by data mining by the FBI.
E) is the first database created by the U.S. government that completely implements the Code of Fair Information Practices.

Answer 6

B) will give state and local police officers access to information provided by five federal law enforcement agencies.

Question 7

To protect citizens from interruptions by telemarketers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission created the __________________ in 2003.

Answer 7

Do Not Call Registry

Question 8

According to the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, which organization(s) cannot administer lie detector tests to job applicants?
A) state governments
B) private employers
C) All of these
D) local governments
E) federal government

Answer 8

B) private employers

Question 9

The Financial Services Modernization Act
A) requires banks to disclose their privacy policies to consumers.
B) All of these
C) requires banks to inform consumers how they can “opt out” of having their confidential information released to other companies.
D) allows banks to offer insurance and stock brokerage services.
E) Requires banks to develop policies that will prevent unauthorized access of customers’ confidential information.

Answer 9

B) All of these

Question 10

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Congress passed the _________________, which gave federal law enforcement and intelligence officials greater authority to monitor communications.

Answer 10

USA PATRIOT Act

Question 11

The FBI’s National Crime Information Center database
A) All of these
B) has information about every American citizen.
C) is updated only once a week to give the FBI time to check the accuracy of the data.
D) has never led to a false arrest.
E) contains more than 39 million records.

Answer 11

E) contains more than 39 million records.

Question 12

The Privacy Act of 1974 applies only to ________________ databases.

Answer 12

government

Question 13

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
A) ensures that doctors and hospitals can counter sue patients who file frivolous medical malpractice claims.
B) ensures that a consumer can sue doctors and hospitals for medical malpractice.
C) All of these
D) attempts to limit the exchange of information among health care providers to that information necessary to care for the patient.
E) ensures that a consumer can keep the same health care provider even when he or she changes employers.

Answer 13

D) attempts to limit the exchange of information among health care providers to that information necessary to care for the patient.

Question 14

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which U.S. governmental agency collected telephone call records of tens of millions of Americans without a court order?
A) National Security Agency
B) Federal Bureau of Investigation
C) Department of Homeland Security
D) Federal Communications Commission
E) Central Intelligence Agency

Answer 14

D) Federal Communications Commission

Question 15

The CALM Act, signed by President Obama in 2010, requires that television commercials ________________________.

Answer 15

are played at the same volume as the programs they are interrupting

Question 16

The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
A) makes it possible for a consumer to declare bankruptcy without harming his or her credit rating.
B) allows credit bureaus to sell personal financial information they have gathered.
C) ensures that people with criminal convictions are still able to obtain credit.
D) All of these
E) gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year.

Answer 16

E) gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year.

Question 17

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
A) gives students 18 years of age and older the right to request corrections to errors in their educational records.
B) None of these
C) gives students 18 years of age and older the right to review their educational records.
D) gives students 18 years of age and older the right to prevent educational records from being released without their permission, except under certain circumstances.
E) All of these

Answer 17

E) All of these

Question 18

The Video Privacy Protection Act
A) makes it legal to send “adult” DVDs through the mail without a warning label on the envelope.
B) prohibits video stores from disclosing rental records without the written consent of the customer.
C) prohibits DVD manufacturers from installing software that sends reports over the Internet every time a DVD is played.
D) All of these
E) prohibits the government from prosecuting minors who play “adult” DVDs in their own home.

Answer 18

B) prohibits video stores from disclosing rental records without the written consent of the customer.

Question 19

Which of the following is not one of the categories in Daniel Solove’s taxonomy of privacy?
A) information dissemination.
B) information collection.
C) information filtering.
D) information processing.
E) invasion.

Answer 19

C) information filtering.

Question 20

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
A) All of these.
B) applies to all private employers, but not state or federal agencies.
C) ensures a life insurance company cannot take genetic information into account when making a decision about underwriting a policy.
D) prohibits most employers from taking genetic information into account when making hiring, firing, promotion, or other employment-related decisions.
E) None of these.

Answer 20

D) prohibits most employers from taking genetic information into account when making hiring, firing,

Question 21

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has to do with
A) freedom of speech and religion.
B) search warrants.
C) self-incrimination.
D) the right to bear arms.
E) quartering of soldiers in private homes.

Answer 21

B) search warrants.

Question 22

Which of the following precepts is not part of the Code of Fair Information Practices?
A) There must be a way for a person to find out what information about the person is in a record and how it is used.
B) There must be a way for a person to correct or amend a record of identifiable information about the person.
C) There must be no personal data record-keeping systems whose very existence is secret.
D) There must be a way for a person to prevent information obtained for one purpose being used or made available for other purposes without the person’s consent.
E) There must be a way for a person to collect damages for financial losses caused by incorrect information about that person stored in a data record-keeping system.

Answer 22

E) There must be a way for a person to collect damages for financial losses caused by incorrect information about that person stored in a data record-keeping system.

Question 23

Which of the following laws does not provide some sort of authorization for governmental wiretapping?
A) Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
B) Federal Communications Act
C) USA PATRIOT Act
D) Electronic Communications Privacy Act
E) Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

Answer 23

B) Federal Communications Act