Question 1
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.
Question 2
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
Question 3
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
Question 4
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.
Question 5
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.
Question 6
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.
Question 7
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
Question 8
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.
Question 9
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.
Question 10
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.
Question 11
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.
Question 12
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.
Question 13
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.
Question 14
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.
Question 15
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.
Question 16
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
Question 17
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
Question 18
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
Question 19
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.
Question 20
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.