Question 1

"Look and feel" copyright infringement lawsuits are concerned with:

Accepted Answer

A) the distinction between tangible and intangible ideas. 
B) the distinction between an idea and its expression. 
C) using the graphical elements of another product. 
D) using the creative elements of another product. 
E) violation of a monopoly on the ideas behind a product. 
A) the distinction between tangible and intangible ideas. 
B) the distinction between an idea and its expression. 
C) using the graphical elements of another product. 
D) using the creative elements of another product. 
E) violation of a monopoly on the ideas behind a product.

Question 2

Any intellectual work product that isn't based on public knowledge can be classed as a trade secret.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Some forms of illegal sharing of music files have declined as legitimate online music stores have expanded.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Advertisers use ________ in order to display more relevant ads based on a user's search and browsing history.

Accepted Answer

A) behavioral targeting 
B) Web bugs 
C) NORA 
D) intelligent agents 
E) FIP principles 
A) behavioral targeting 
B) Web bugs 
C) NORA 
D) intelligent agents 
E) FIP principles

Question 5

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of DoubleClick involve?

Accepted Answer

A) Property rights and obligations 
B) System quality 
C) Accountability and control 
D) Quality of life 
E) Information rights and obligations 
A) Property rights and obligations 
B) System quality 
C) Accountability and control 
D) Quality of life 
E) Information rights and obligations

Question 6

Which of the following statements about spam is not true?

Accepted Answer

A) Most spam originates from bot networks. 
B) Cell phone spam usually comes in the form of SMS text messages. 
C) Spam costs for business are very high. 
D) Spamming has mushroomed because it is so inexpensive and can reach so many people. 
E) Spamming is more tightly regulated in Europe than in the United States. 
A) Most spam originates from bot networks. 
B) Cell phone spam usually comes in the form of SMS text messages. 
C) Spam costs for business are very high. 
D) Spamming has mushroomed because it is so inexpensive and can reach so many people. 
E) Spamming is more tightly regulated in Europe than in the United States.

Question 7

Spam is legally defined as any e-mail that is unsolicited.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

________ means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.

Accepted Answer

A) Responsibility 
B) Accountability 
C) Liability 
D) Due process 
E) Duty 
A) Responsibility 
B) Accountability 
C) Liability 
D) Due process 
E) Duty

Question 9

Which of the following is a primary drawback to the "do anything anywhere" computing environment?

Accepted Answer

A) It makes work environments less pleasant. 
B) It creates a digital divide. 
C) It centralizes power at corporate headquarters. 
D) It blurs the traditional boundaries between work and family time. 
E) It leads to employees being paid less for the total amount of work performed. 
A) It makes work environments less pleasant. 
B) It creates a digital divide. 
C) It centralizes power at corporate headquarters. 
D) It blurs the traditional boundaries between work and family time. 
E) It leads to employees being paid less for the total amount of work performed.

Question 10

Which of the following restricts the information that the U.S.federal government can collect about an individual and regulates what it can do with the information?

Accepted Answer

A) The Privacy Act 
B) The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act 
C) The Freedom of Information Act 
D) COPPA 
E) HIPPA 
A) The Privacy Act 
B) The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act 
C) The Freedom of Information Act 
D) COPPA 
E) HIPPA

Question 11

Ethics describes the principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals to make choices to guide their behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following adjusts copyright laws to the Internet age by making it illegal to circumvent technology-based protections of copyrighted materials?

Accepted Answer

A) Digital Millennium Copyright Act 
B) Privacy Act 
C) Freedom of Information Act 
D) Electronic Communications Privacy Act 
E) Computer Software Copyright Act 
A) Digital Millennium Copyright Act 
B) Privacy Act 
C) Freedom of Information Act 
D) Electronic Communications Privacy Act 
E) Computer Software Copyright Act

Question 13

A colleague at work takes small amounts of office supplies for her own personal use,saying that this is a tiny loss to the company.You tell her that if everyone were to take office supplies,then the loss would no longer be minimal.Your rationale expresses which of the following ethical principles?

Accepted Answer

A) Kant's Categorical Imperative 
B) The Golden Rule 
C) The Risk Aversion Principle 
D) The "No free lunch" rule 
E) The slippery-slope rule 
A) Kant's Categorical Imperative 
B) The Golden Rule 
C) The Risk Aversion Principle 
D) The "No free lunch" rule 
E) The slippery-slope rule

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?

Accepted Answer

A) It has a dampening effect on the discourse of business ethics. 
B) It has a ripple effect,raising new ethical,social,and political issues. 
C) It is beneficial for society as a whole,while raising dilemmas for consumers. 
D) It has a waterfall effect in raising ever more complex ethical issues. 
E) It has a magnifying effect,creating increasing numbers of ethical issues. 
A) It has a dampening effect on the discourse of business ethics. 
B) It has a ripple effect,raising new ethical,social,and political issues. 
C) It is beneficial for society as a whole,while raising dilemmas for consumers. 
D) It has a waterfall effect in raising ever more complex ethical issues. 
E) It has a magnifying effect,creating increasing numbers of ethical issues.

Question 15

Liability is a feature of political systems and allows individuals to recover damages done to them by others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is NORA and how does it work?

Accepted Answer

NORA stands for nonobvious relationship

Question 17

Which of the following resulted in an outage for Netflix customers on Christmas Eve 2012?

Accepted Answer

A) A failure of Amazon's cloud computing service 
B) A failure of Netflix's recommendation engine software 
C) A blackout at Netflix's primary data center 
D) A hacking attack 
E) A bug in Netflix's credit card processing system 
A) A failure of Amazon's cloud computing service 
B) A failure of Netflix's recommendation engine software 
C) A blackout at Netflix's primary data center 
D) A hacking attack 
E) A bug in Netflix's credit card processing system

Question 18

Which of the following forms of protection of intellectual property requires that the property be the subject of a nondisclosure agreement?

Accepted Answer

A) Copyright 
B) Patent 
C) All forms of intellectual property protection 
D) Trademark 
E) Trade secret 
A) Copyright 
B) Patent 
C) All forms of intellectual property protection 
D) Trademark 
E) Trade secret

Question 19

COPPA is a set of five principles developed by the FTC that most American and European privacy law is based on.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The rate of global software piracy in 2015 was approximately 50%.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

"Look and feel" copyright infringement lawsuits are concerned with:

Any intellectual work product that isn't based on public knowledge can be classed as a trade secret.

Some forms of illegal sharing of music files have declined as legitimate online music stores have expanded.

Advertisers use ________ in order to display more relevant ads based on a user's search and browsing history.

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of DoubleClick involve?

Which of the following statements about spam is not true?

Spam is legally defined as any e-mail that is unsolicited.

________ means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.

Which of the following is a primary drawback to the "do anything anywhere" computing environment?

Which of the following restricts the information that the U.S.federal government can collect about an individual and regulates what it can do with the information?

Ethics describes the principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals to make choices to guide their behavior.

Which of the following adjusts copyright laws to the Internet age by making it illegal to circumvent technology-based protections of copyrighted materials?

A colleague at work takes small amounts of office supplies for her own personal use,saying that this is a tiny loss to the company.You tell her that if everyone were to take office supplies,then the loss would no longer be minimal.Your rationale expresses which of the following ethical principles?

Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?

Liability is a feature of political systems and allows individuals to recover damages done to them by others.

What is NORA and how does it work?

Which of the following resulted in an outage for Netflix customers on Christmas Eve 2012?

Which of the following forms of protection of intellectual property requires that the property be the subject of a nondisclosure agreement?

COPPA is a set of five principles developed by the FTC that most American and European privacy law is based on.

The rate of global software piracy in 2015 was approximately 50%.

Information Systems in Global Business Today

Global E-Business and Collaboration

Information Systems,organizations,and Strategy

It Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies

Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management

Telecommunications,the Internet,and Wireless Technology

Securing Information Systems

Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy: Enterprise Applications

E-Commerce: Digital Markets,digital Goods

Managing Knowledge

Enhancing Decision Making

Building Information Systems

Managing Projects

Managing Global Systems

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Exam 4: Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems

"Look and feel" copyright infringement lawsuits are concerned with:

Any intellectual work product that isn't based on public knowledge can be classed as a trade secret.

Some forms of illegal sharing of music files have declined as legitimate online music stores have expanded.

Advertisers use ________ in order to display more relevant ads based on a user's search and browsing history.

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of DoubleClick involve?

Which of the following statements about spam is not true?

Spam is legally defined as any e-mail that is unsolicited.

________ means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.

Which of the following is a primary drawback to the "do anything anywhere" computing environment?

Which of the following restricts the information that the U.S.federal government can collect about an individual and regulates what it can do with the information?

Ethics describes the principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals to make choices to guide their behavior.

Which of the following adjusts copyright laws to the Internet age by making it illegal to circumvent technology-based protections of copyrighted materials?

A colleague at work takes small amounts of office supplies for her own personal use,saying that this is a tiny loss to the company.You tell her that if everyone were to take office supplies,then the loss would no longer be minimal.Your rationale expresses which of the following ethical principles?

Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?

Liability is a feature of political systems and allows individuals to recover damages done to them by others.

What is NORA and how does it work?

Which of the following resulted in an outage for Netflix customers on Christmas Eve 2012?

Which of the following forms of protection of intellectual property requires that the property be the subject of a nondisclosure agreement?

COPPA is a set of five principles developed by the FTC that most American and European privacy law is based on.

The rate of global software piracy in 2015 was approximately 50%.

Information Systems in Global Business Today

Global E-Business and Collaboration

Information Systems,organizations,and Strategy

It Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies

Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management

Telecommunications,the Internet,and Wireless Technology

Securing Information Systems

Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy: Enterprise Applications

E-Commerce: Digital Markets,digital Goods

Managing Knowledge

Enhancing Decision Making

Building Information Systems

Managing Projects

Managing Global Systems

Filters