WGU Ethics in Technology Exam 113 Questions
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"the right to be left alone -- the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most
valued by a free people - CORRECT ANSWER right of privacy
The combination of *communications privacy* (the ability to communicate with
others without those communications being monitored by other persons or
organizations) and *data privacy* (the ability to limit access to one's personal data
by other individuals and organizations in order to exercise a substantial degree of
control over that data and its use). - CORRECT ANSWER information privacy
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no
Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,
and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to
be seized. - CORRECT ANSWER Fourth Amendment
There is no single, overreaching national data privacy policy for which country? -
CORRECT ANSWER United States
act that regualtes operations of credit reporting bureaus - CORRECT ANSWER Fair
Credit Act
protects the rights of financial institution customers to keep their financial records
private and free from unjust government investigation - CORRECT ANSWER Right
to Financial Privacy Act of 1978
,established mandatory guidelines for the collection and disclosure of personal
financial information by financial institutions. It requires financial institutions to
document their data security plans and encourages institutions to implement
safeguards against pretexting. - CORRECT ANSWER GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
allows consumers to request and obtain a free credit report each year from each
of the three consumer credit reporting agencies. - CORRECT ANSWER The Fair and
Accurate Credit Transaction Act
included strong privacy provisions for EHRs, including banning the sale of health
information, promoting the use of audit trails and encryption, and providing rights
of access for patients. It also mandated that each individual whose health
information has been exposed be notified within 60 days after discovery of a data
breach. - CORRECT ANSWER The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
provides students and their parents with specific rights regarding the release of
student records. - CORRECT ANSWER FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act)
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (1998)
requires commercial online content providers (websites) to obtain verifiable
parental consent of children under the age of 13 before they can collect, archive,
use, or resell any personal information pertaining to that child - CORRECT
ANSWER COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act)
, (also known as the Wiretap Act) regulates the interception of wire (telephone)
and oral communications. - CORRECT ANSWER Title III of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act
describes procedures for the electronic surveillance and collection of foreign
intelligence information between foreign powers and agents of foreign powers. -
CORRECT ANSWER FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act)
identifies the various government intelligence-gathering agencies and defines
what information can be collected, retained, and disseminated by the agencies. It
allows for the tangential collection of U.S. citizen data—even when those citizens
are not specifically targeted. - CORRECT ANSWER Executive Order 12333
deals with the protection of communications while in transit from sender to
receiver; the protection of communications held in electronic storage; and the
prohibition of devices from recording dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling
information without a search warrant. - CORRECT ANSWER ECPA (Electronic
Communications Privacy Act)
requires the telecommunications industry to build tools into its products that
federal investigators can use—after gaining a court order—to eavesdrop on
conversations and intercept electronic communications. - CORRECT ANSWER
CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act)
modified 15 existing statutes and gave sweeping new powers both to domestic
law enforcement and to international intelligence agencies, including increasing
the ability of law enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on telephone
communication; intercept email messages; and search medical, financial, and
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"the right to be left alone -- the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most
valued by a free people - CORRECT ANSWER right of privacy
The combination of *communications privacy* (the ability to communicate with
others without those communications being monitored by other persons or
organizations) and *data privacy* (the ability to limit access to one's personal data
by other individuals and organizations in order to exercise a substantial degree of
control over that data and its use). - CORRECT ANSWER information privacy
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no
Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,
and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to
be seized. - CORRECT ANSWER Fourth Amendment
There is no single, overreaching national data privacy policy for which country? -
CORRECT ANSWER United States
act that regualtes operations of credit reporting bureaus - CORRECT ANSWER Fair
Credit Act
protects the rights of financial institution customers to keep their financial records
private and free from unjust government investigation - CORRECT ANSWER Right
to Financial Privacy Act of 1978
,established mandatory guidelines for the collection and disclosure of personal
financial information by financial institutions. It requires financial institutions to
document their data security plans and encourages institutions to implement
safeguards against pretexting. - CORRECT ANSWER GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
allows consumers to request and obtain a free credit report each year from each
of the three consumer credit reporting agencies. - CORRECT ANSWER The Fair and
Accurate Credit Transaction Act
included strong privacy provisions for EHRs, including banning the sale of health
information, promoting the use of audit trails and encryption, and providing rights
of access for patients. It also mandated that each individual whose health
information has been exposed be notified within 60 days after discovery of a data
breach. - CORRECT ANSWER The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
provides students and their parents with specific rights regarding the release of
student records. - CORRECT ANSWER FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act)
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (1998)
requires commercial online content providers (websites) to obtain verifiable
parental consent of children under the age of 13 before they can collect, archive,
use, or resell any personal information pertaining to that child - CORRECT
ANSWER COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act)
, (also known as the Wiretap Act) regulates the interception of wire (telephone)
and oral communications. - CORRECT ANSWER Title III of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act
describes procedures for the electronic surveillance and collection of foreign
intelligence information between foreign powers and agents of foreign powers. -
CORRECT ANSWER FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act)
identifies the various government intelligence-gathering agencies and defines
what information can be collected, retained, and disseminated by the agencies. It
allows for the tangential collection of U.S. citizen data—even when those citizens
are not specifically targeted. - CORRECT ANSWER Executive Order 12333
deals with the protection of communications while in transit from sender to
receiver; the protection of communications held in electronic storage; and the
prohibition of devices from recording dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling
information without a search warrant. - CORRECT ANSWER ECPA (Electronic
Communications Privacy Act)
requires the telecommunications industry to build tools into its products that
federal investigators can use—after gaining a court order—to eavesdrop on
conversations and intercept electronic communications. - CORRECT ANSWER
CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act)
modified 15 existing statutes and gave sweeping new powers both to domestic
law enforcement and to international intelligence agencies, including increasing
the ability of law enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on telephone
communication; intercept email messages; and search medical, financial, and
