Question 1 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has to do with: A. freedom of speech and religion. | | B. search warrants. | | C. the right to bear arms. | | D. quartering of soldiers in private homes. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 2 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
Who wrote that every violation of a "privacy right" is also a violation of another right? A. Stanley Benn | | B. Louis Brandeis | | C. Morton Levine | | D. Judith Jarvis Thomson | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 3 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
Most commentators cite the benefits of privacy as a reason why people ought to have some privacy rights. A right that benefits society is called a __________ right. A. Constitutional | | B. legal | | C. natural | | D. prudential | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 4 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
Information that you have provided to an organization that has the right to share it with other organizations is called: A. public information. | | B. personal information. | | C. a public record. | | D. transparent information. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 5 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The Fair Credit Reporting Act: A. gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year. | | B. ensures that information about criminal convictions does not haunt a consumer's credit report forever. | | C. is designed to promote the accuracy of credit reports. | | D. makes it possible for a consumer to declare bankruptcy without harming his or her credit rating. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 6 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: A. gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year. | | B. allows credit bureaus to sell personal financial information they have gathered. | | C. makes it possible for a consumer to declare bankruptcy without harming his or her credit rating. | | D. ensures that people with criminal convictions are still able to obtain credit. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 7 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
According to the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, which organization(s) cannot administer lie detector tests to job applicants? A. Local governments | | B. State governments | | C. Federal government | | D. Private employers | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 8 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The Video Privacy Protection Act: A. prohibits video stores from disclosing rental records without the written consent of the customer. | | B. prohibits DVD manufacturers from installing software that sends reports over the Internet every time a DVD is played. | | C. makes it legal to send "adult" DVDs through the mail without a warning label on the envelope. | | D. prohibits the government from prosecuting minors who play "adult" DVDs in their own home. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 9 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act: A. makes it illegal for an online service to request a credit card number from a child 17 years old and younger. | | B. requires online services to create aliases for all customers who are 17 years old and younger. | | C. makes it illegal for children 12 years and younger to participate in chat rooms. | | D. requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children 12 years old and younger. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 10 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: A. ensures that a consumer can keep the same health care provider even when he or she changes employers. | | B. attempts to limit the exchange of information among health care providers to that information necessary to care for the patient. | | C. ensures that a consumer can sue doctors and hospitals for medical malpractice. | | D. ensures that doctors and hospitals can counter sue patients who file frivolous medical malpractice claims. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 11 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The Census Bureau has not always kept confidential the information it has collected. According to the textbook, this became apparent: A. during the Civil War. | | B. after the attack on Pearl Harbor. | | C. during the Vietnam War. | | D. during the first Gulf War. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 12 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The FBI's National Crime Information Center database: A. contains more than 39 million records. | | B. has information about every American citizen. | | C. has never led to a false arrest. | | D. is updated only once a week to give the FBI time to check the accuracy of the data. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 13 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The OneDOJ database: A. is a new, national database that consolidates records from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. | | B. will give state and local police officers access to information provided by five federal law enforcement agencies. | | C. combines records from all U.S. governmental agencies into a single database that can be used by data mining by the FBI. | | D. received the endorsement of the ACLU for its innovative privacy-protection measures. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 14 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has to do with: A. freedom of speech and religion. | | B. search warrants. | | C. the right to bear arms. | | D. quartering of soldiers in private homes. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 15 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
After Congress ruled that wiretapping was illegal, the FBI: A. ceased all wiretapping activity. | | B. continued wiretapping people secretly. | | C. convinced Congress to grant it an exemption from the ban. | | D. began wiretapping every member of Congress. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 16 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
What was the original purpose of Operation Shamrock? A. Intercept all international telegrams entering or leaving the United States | | B. Wiretap all calls made from public telephone booths | | C. Scan email messages to identify drug dealers | | D. Read all letters going between the United States and Ireland | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 17 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
Which of the following laws does NOT provide some sort of authorization for governmental wiretapping? A. Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act | | B. Electronic Communications Privacy Act | | C. Federal Communications Act | | D. Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 18 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which U.S. governmental agency collected telephone call records of tens of millions of Americans without a court order? A. Central Intelligence Agency | | B. Department of Homeland Security | | C. Federal Bureau of Investigation | | D. National Security Administration | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 19 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
A policy that requires the consumer to explicitly give permission before an organization can share information with another organization is called: A. fair use. | | B. full disclosure. | | C. nondisclosure. | | D. opt-in. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |
Question 20 of 20 | 5.0 Points |
Some people support the development of digital cash because it would: A. allow anonymous electronic transactions. | | B. make it easier for law enforcement agencies to detect money laundering. | | C. eliminate the problem of identity theft. | | D. increase the amount of money given to charitable organizations. | |
Reset Selection
Mark for Review What's This? |