Section 2: Test

Question 1

Which challenge associated with data overload in IT is addressed with predictive coding?

a) Consumer profiling

b) Advanced surveillance

c) Electronic discovery of a large volume of documents

d) Oversight of cyberloafing by many users

Answer 1

c) Electronic discovery of a large volume of documents

redictive coding helps to address challenges associated with data overload in IT in electronic discovery.

Question 2

A company encourages its employees and their families to wear fitness trackers to promote healthy lifestyles and help address the cost of insurance benefits.

Which regulation is related to the legal and ethical challenges within this scenario?

a) HIPAA

b) CALEA

c) COPPA

d) FERPA

Answer 2

a) HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that protects sensitive patient health information.

Why not the others:
b) CALEA - The Communication Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) requires telecommunications industries to build eavesdropping tools into their products.
c) COPPA - The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) regulates websites that cater to children.
d) FERPA - The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) gives parents certain rights to their child’s education records.

Question 3

What are TWO implications of using advanced surveillance technologies in public locations from the technical, legal, and ethical standpoints?

a) Diminishing individual privacy

b) Proliferation of stalking apps

c) Violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

d) Violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Answer 3

a) Diminishing individual privacy
b) Proliferation of stalking apps

Diminishing individual privacy is one of the implications of using advanced surveillance technologies in public locations from the technical, legal, and ethical standpoints. The proliferation of stalking apps is an implication of using advanced surveillance technologies in public locations from the technical, legal, and ethical standpoints.

Question 4

What are TWO challenges of using stalking apps from the technical, legal, and ethical standpoints?

a) Selling and buying stalking apps over the internet is not prohibited by law.

b) Stalking apps allow for remote activation of the built-in microphone.

c) Installation of stalking apps without the explicit permission of the device owner is not prohibited by law.

d) Stalking apps are allowed to access vehicle event data recorder (EDR) data.

Answer 4

a) Selling and buying stalking apps over the internet is not prohibited by law.
b) Stalking apps allow for remote activation of the built-in microphone.

Why not the others:
c) Installation of stalking apps without the explicit permission of the device owner is prohibited by law. d) Stalking apps are not allowed to access vehicle EDR data. Ownership and access to EDR data is dictated by state laws, but retrieving the data requires permission from the owner of a vehicle.

Question 5

A private company decides to curb cyberloafing by its employees.

What are TWO implications of this decision from the technical, legal, and ethical standpoints?

a) Increased privacy rights infringement

b) Decreased legal liabilities

c) Violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

d) Violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Answer 5

a) Increased privacy rights infringement
b) Decreased legal liabilities

Infringement of privacy rights increases because the company monitors all its employees’ online activities. Legal liabilities are decreased because access to potentially offensive online content is more limited.

Why not the others:
c) The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution does not cover this scenario because this is a private company.
d) The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution does not apply here at all because there are no free speech considerations.

Question 6

What are TWO technical implications of fake news proliferation?

a) Decreased data accuracy in the public domain

b) Increased bandwidth usage on the public internet

c) Increased data accuracy in private data sources

d) Decreased bandwidth usage within private networks

Answer 6

a) Decreased data accuracy in the public domain
b) Increased bandwidth usage on the public internet