Question 1

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age does spamming raise?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Which U.S. act restricts the information the federal government can collect and regulates what they can do with the information?

Accepted Answer

A) Privacy Act of 1974 
B) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 
C) Freedom of Information Act 
D) HIPAA of 1996

Question 3

Which of the following statements does not describe a key difference between software and books?

Accepted Answer

A) Software contains more information than a book. 
B) Software is less easily inspected than a book. 
C) Software products are more easily compared to each other than books. 
D) Software is understood to be more fallible than a book.

Question 4

The term "________ divide" refers to large disparities in access to computers and the Internet among different social groups and different locations.

Accepted Answer

A) computer 
B) technology 
C) digital 
D) electronic

Question 5

Even in today's legal climate, there is little incentive for firms to cooperate with prosecutors investigating financial crimes at their firm.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A(n)________ model of informed consent permits the collection of personal information until the consumer specifically requests that the data not be collected.

Accepted Answer

A) opt-in 
B) opt-out 
C) P3P 
D) PGP

Question 7

The strength of patent protection is that it:

Accepted Answer

A) puts the strength of law behind copyright. 
B) allows protection from Internet theft of ideas put forth publicly. 
C) is easy to define. 
D) grants a monopoly on underlying concepts and ideas.

Question 8

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of ChoicePoint raise?

Accepted Answer

A) Property rights and obligations 
B) System quality 
C) Accountability and control 
D) Information rights and obligations

Question 9

A classic ethical dilemma is the hypothetical case of a man stealing from a grocery store in order to feed his starving family. If you used the Utilitarian Principle to evaluate this situation, you might argue that stealing the food is:

Accepted Answer

A) acceptable, because the grocer suffers the least harm. 
B) acceptable, because the higher value is the survival of the family. 
C) wrong, because the man would not want the grocer to steal from him. 
D) wrong, because if everyone were to do this, the concept of personal property is defeated.

Question 10

The last step in analyzing an ethical issue should be to identify the stakeholders - people who have a vested interest in the outcome of the decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The commission of acts involving the computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical is called computer abuse.

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

Question 13

What legal mechanism protects the owners of intellectual property from having their work copied by others?

Accepted Answer

A) Patent protection 
B) Intellectual property law 
C) Copyright law 
D) Fair Use Doctrine

Question 14

The feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action is called:

Accepted Answer

A) due process. 
B) accountability. 
C) the courts of appeal. 
D) the judicial system.

Question 15

Which of the following is not one of the five steps discussed in the chapter as a process for analyzing an ethical issue?

Accepted Answer

A) Assign responsibility. 
B) Identify the stakeholders. 
C) Identify the options you can reasonably take. 
D) Identify and clearly describe the facts.

Question 16

Most American and European privacy law is based on a set of five principles called COPPA.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Online Privacy Alliance:

Accepted Answer

A) encourages self regulation to develop a set of privacy guidelines for its members. 
B) protects user privacy during interactions with Web sites. 
C) has established technical guidelines for ensuring privacy. 
D) is a government agency regulating the use of customer information.

Question 18

How does a cookie work?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How does a cookie work?...

Question 19

NORA is a:

Accepted Answer

A) profiling technology used by the EU. 
B) federal privacy law protecting networked data. 
C) new data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources. 
D) sentencing guideline adopted in 1987 mandating stiff sentences on business executives.

Question 20

One of the capabilities of Internet communication is the ability of the individual to appear essentially anonymous by using made-up user names. Is anonymity the same thing as privacy, and should it be a right? What ethical issues are raised by increased anonymity?

Accepted Answer

The answer of One of the capabilities of Internet communication...

Exam 4: Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age does spamming raise?

Which U.S. act restricts the information the federal government can collect and regulates what they can do with the information?

Which of the following statements does not describe a key difference between software and books?

The term "________ divide" refers to large disparities in access to computers and the Internet among different social groups and different locations.

Even in today's legal climate, there is little incentive for firms to cooperate with prosecutors investigating financial crimes at their firm.

A(n) ________ model of informed consent permits the collection of personal information until the consumer specifically requests that the data not be collected.

The strength of patent protection is that it:

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of ChoicePoint raise?

A classic ethical dilemma is the hypothetical case of a man stealing from a grocery store in order to feed his starving family. If you used the Utilitarian Principle to evaluate this situation, you might argue that stealing the food is:

The last step in analyzing an ethical issue should be to identify the stakeholders - people who have a vested interest in the outcome of the decision.

The commission of acts involving the computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical is called computer abuse.

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

What legal mechanism protects the owners of intellectual property from having their work copied by others?

The feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action is called:

Which of the following is not one of the five steps discussed in the chapter as a process for analyzing an ethical issue?

Most American and European privacy law is based on a set of five principles called COPPA.

The Online Privacy Alliance:

How does a cookie work?

NORA is a:

One of the capabilities of Internet communication is the ability of the individual to appear essentially anonymous by using made-up user names. Is anonymity the same thing as privacy, and should it be a right? What ethical issues are raised by increased anonymity?