Exam 15: Making Decisions About Computers, Information, and Society

Technically, ____ is still illegal to export to other countries, but it is available globally via the Internet.

The digital representation of audio information can produce massive and unwieldy data files. To reduce these files to a more manageable size, you can compress them using a compression algorithm such as FTP.

The power of analogy is that it can transfer our understandings and intuitions about something well-known to a situation or entity that is less well-known.

What is the final step of the paramedic method?

Since there are many more music publishers than listeners, MP3 copying is OK.

In 1991, a software engineer named ____ developed an encryption algorithm that he humorously called "Pretty Good Privacy," nicknamed PGP.

Using the utilitarians' criterion requires subjective judgements.

According to the Web site, Wikipedia, the "hacker ethic" makes ____ claims.

What would a careful utilitarian declare an act if HAPPINESS_AFTER = HAPPINESS BEFORE?

Some proponents of hacking believe that the consequence of hacking is improved security against malicious hackers.