Question 1

In academic discussions of surveillance, however, the dominant metaphor has been that of the synopticon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

The use of fingerprinting has expanded to include privileged cardholders, frequent flyers, club members, library users, and children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

______ was known as the first and now surpassed wave of electronic visual surveillance.

Accepted Answer

A)   CCTV
B)   Wiretaps
C)   Ankle bracelet
D)   Facial recognition A

Question 4

A smart phone has more computing power than the machines used by NASA in ______ to place two astronauts on the moon.

Accepted Answer

A)   1960
B)   1965
C)   1969
D)   1971

Question 5

Among Snowden's revelations were that the NSA, together with the British Intelligence Agency, collected the phone records of millions of citizens, accessed and collected data from Google and Facebook accounts via a program called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   prism
B)   Trojan Horse
C)   malware
D)   none of these

Question 6

According to the authors, a great deal of surveillance is directed toward doing all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   monitoring.
B)   codifying.
C)   helping.
D)   controlling.

Question 7

Snowden's fate remains uncertain but, while the U.S. Government have branded him a traitor and criminal, his alter-ego as patriot and hero.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

For Foucault, panoptic surveillance targets the soul.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

ALPR units affixed to police patrol cars automatically geocode each vehicle a specific location, thereby creating a massive searchable database of vehicle locations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

There exists software capable of sifting through any written communication and spotting when the writer is lying or confused about the facts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

CCTV systems that operate in public spaces, such as streets, are monitored continuously.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Panopticon has been a useful metaphor for the notion of surveillance as social control and has given rise to all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   synopticism.
B)   super-panopticism.
C)   super-synopticism.
D)   postpanopticism.

Question 13

Which of the following films uses technology to predict crime?

Accepted Answer

A)   Minority Report
B)   The Public Enemy
C)   Kill Bill
D)   Goodfellas

Question 14

Which of the following have been dubbed the "surveillant assemblage"?

Accepted Answer

A)   ALPRs
B)   CCTV
C)   DMV records
D)   all of these

Question 15

The ______ were a period of rapid expansion for CCTV.

Accepted Answer

A)   1970s
B)   1980s
C)   1990s
D)   2000s

Question 16

What did the USA PATRIOT Act do?

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

What is the panopticon's purpose? Was the design ever realized? Do you believe that the panopticon would be effective for social institutions? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

In the landmark 5-4 Supreme Court ruling in Maryland v. King, the legality of DNA collection prior to conviction was upheld.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

DNA cannot be cloned.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Set in a police state, circa 2054, Minority Report seamlessly combines current allegiances to proactive "pre-crime" strategies with an equally contemporary faith in "new age" prescience to raise questions about the ethics of taking predictions as "facts." Do you believe that thinking about criminal acts is the same as committing them? What civil liberties issues can arise from this?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 8: Crime and the Surveillance Culture

In academic discussions of surveillance, however, the dominant metaphor has been that of the synopticon.

The use of fingerprinting has expanded to include privileged cardholders, frequent flyers, club members, library users, and children.

______ was known as the first and now surpassed wave of electronic visual surveillance.

A smart phone has more computing power than the machines used by NASA in ______ to place two astronauts on the moon.

Among Snowden's revelations were that the NSA, together with the British Intelligence Agency, collected the phone records of millions of citizens, accessed and collected data from Google and Facebook accounts via a program called ______.

According to the authors, a great deal of surveillance is directed toward doing all of the following except:

Snowden's fate remains uncertain but, while the U.S. Government have branded him a traitor and criminal, his alter-ego as patriot and hero.

For Foucault, panoptic surveillance targets the soul.

ALPR units affixed to police patrol cars automatically geocode each vehicle a specific location, thereby creating a massive searchable database of vehicle locations.

There exists software capable of sifting through any written communication and spotting when the writer is lying or confused about the facts.

CCTV systems that operate in public spaces, such as streets, are monitored continuously.

The Panopticon has been a useful metaphor for the notion of surveillance as social control and has given rise to all of the following except:

Which of the following films uses technology to predict crime?

Which of the following have been dubbed the "surveillant assemblage"?

The ______ were a period of rapid expansion for CCTV.

What did the USA PATRIOT Act do?

What is the panopticon's purpose? Was the design ever realized? Do you believe that the panopticon would be effective for social institutions? Why or why not?

In the landmark 5-4 Supreme Court ruling in Maryland v. King, the legality of DNA collection prior to conviction was upheld.

DNA cannot be cloned.