Deck 9: Freedom of Information

Question 1

In 2011,the Supreme Court said in AT&T v.FCC that FOIA Exemption ___ should not apply to companies.

A)5.
B)8.
C)7(c).
D)1.
E)4.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Under the federal Freedom of Information Act,all of the following records are closed (not open for public inspection)except:

A)material relating to national security.
B)internal personnel records of federal agencies.
C)records of ongoing law enforcement investigations.
D)individual and corporate income tax returns.
E)records of the ownership of private land.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The Supreme Court in 2011 in Milner v.Dept.of the Navy eliminated the "high/low" distinction from FOIA Exemption ___.

A)2.
B)8.
C)5.
D)1.
E)9.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In Reno v.Condon,a 2000 decision,the U.S.Supreme Court upheld:

A)the Drivers Privacy Protection Act.
B)the Bagley-Keene Act.
C)the Freedom of Information Act.
D)the Buckley Amendment.
E)the Brown Act.

Question 5

The U.S.Supreme Court in 2004 extended the Freedom of Information Act's personal privacy exemption to protect family members from disclosure of photographs taken at the scene of a suicide.The case:

A)CIA v.Sims.
B)FBI v.Abramson.
C)National Archives and Records Administration v.Favish.
D)Forsham v.Harris.
E)Bauer v.Kincaid.

Question 6

In 2012,the Second Circuit said that the government may withhold certain redactions dealing with waterboarding as an interrogation method in what case?

A)New York Times v.U.S. .
B)Bauer v.Kincaid.
C)Nat'l Archives and Records Administration v.Favish.
D)ACLU v.Dep't of Justice.
E)AT&T,Inc.v.FCC.

Question 7

"Glomarization" means that an agency:

A)must confirm the existence of a record.
B)must deny the existence of a record.
C)sends all records asked for by a requester.
D)neither confirms nor denies the existence of a record.
E)none of the above.

Question 8

The Government in the Sunshine Act applies to all of the following except:

A)the Federal Communications Commission.
B)the Federal Trade Commission.
C)the Los Angeles City Council.
D)the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
E)the Federal Election Commission.

Question 9

The D.C.Circuit said that foreign government entities may obtain information under FOIA in what 2014 case?

A)New York Times v.U.S. .
B)All Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition v.Dep't of Defense.
C)Judicial Watch,Inc.v.U.S.Secret Serv. .
D)Milner v.Dept.of the Navy.
E)Nat'l Archives and Records Administration v.Favish.

Question 10

A broad right for individuals to examine their own federal government records was created by the:

A)federal Private Information Act of 1970.
B)Miranda v.Arizona Supreme Court decision.
C)Privacy Act of 1974.
D)the U.S.v.Nixon Supreme Court decision.
E)the "Buckley Amendment."

Question 11

In a case called In re Cheney,a federal appeals court followed up an earlier Supreme Court decision by holding that records of a presidential task force were:

A)public under the federal FoI Act.
B)confidential because all members of the task force were government officials.
C)confidential because the task force's mission was to investigate terrorism.
D)public under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
E)confidential because the task force was reviewing private medical information.

Question 12

The "Buckley Amendment" requires that:

A)schools allow parents to see their children's educational records.
B)colleges allow students over 18 to see their own educational records.
C)schools allow persons over 18 to see their school records.
D)schools deny the general public access to student records.
E)all of these.

Question 13

The Supreme Court ruled that the "Buckley Amendment" does not give individuals the right to sue schools that release their personal information in the case of:

A)Owasso Independent School District v.Falvo.
B)Gonzaga University v.Doe.
C)Vaughn v.Rosen.
D)U.S.v.Miami University.
E)Bauer v.Kincaid.

Question 14

Under the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996,federal agencies are directed to respond to formal FoI requests within:

A)24 hours.
B)ten working days.
C)20 working days.
D)five years.
E)ten years.

Question 15

The D.C Circuit said in 2013 that the CIA could not Glomarize requests for information about ______ since government officials had already discussed the issue in the press (ACLU v.CIA).

A)the Department of Defense.
B)the FBI.
C)the FISA court.
D)PRISM.
E)drones.

Question 16

In what 2013 case did the Supreme Court say that the Drivers Privacy Protection Act prohibits the use of certain data from state drivers' databases to solicit clients?

A)Milner v.Dept.of the Navy.
B)Maracich v.Spears.
C)National Archives and Records Administration v.Favish.
D)Los Angeles Free Press v.City of Los Angeles.
E)Bauer v.Kincaid.

Question 17

Under the OPEN Government Act of 2007:

A)the presumption favoring government secrecy adopted after 9/11 was reversed.
B)non-proprietary information held by many government contractors was made subject to the FoI Act.
C)ombudsmen were added to many government agencies to resolve disputes over requests for information.
D)fees are to be waived in many instances when an agency fails to meet the deadline for responding to FoI requests.
E)all of these.

Question 18

The Third Circuit said that the FOIA personal privacy exemption could apply to companies (later overturned)in the case of:

A)New York Times v.U.S. .
B)Los Angeles Free Press v.City of Los Angeles.
C)Worthy v.Herter.
D)Cantrell v.Forest City Publishing.
E)AT&T,Inc.v.FCC.

Question 19

The Clery Act requires colleges to:

A)keep student financial records confidential.
B)disclose student financial records.
C)release a log of criminal incidents on campus.
D)disclose campus disciplinary records.
E)disclose students' grades to their parents.

Question 20

A journalist's constitutional right of access to government documents was established in the case of:

A)New York Times v.U.S. .
B)Los Angeles Free Press v.City of Los Angeles.
C)Worthy v.Herter.
D)Cantrell v.Forest City Publishing.
E)none of these because no such right exists.

Question 21

In Cause of Action v.Nat'l Archives & Records Admin. ,the D.C.Circuit in 2014 said that the fact that information is ________ does not remove it from exemption from public release.

A)Glomarized.
B)private.
C)disclosed.
D)archived.
E)classified.