Deck 3: Networked Communications

Question 1

Sexting refers to

A) sending text messages with nude or nearly nude photographs.
B) sending emails with nude or nearly nude photographs.
C) posting nude or nearly nude photographs to a Web site.
D) A and B.
E) A, B, and C.

Answer 1

A and B.

Question 2

Resource limitations of smartphones, including limited screen size, help explain the popularity of
a) desktop computers.
b) Google docs.
c) magnifying glasses.
d) mobile apps.
e) Web browsers.

Answer 2

mobile apps

Question 3

In the United States, freedom of expression

A) is a positive right.
B) is not an absolute right.
C) is limited to political speech.
D) has been abolished by decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
E) is guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Answer 3

is not an absolute right.

Question 4

According to John Stuart Mill's Principle of Harm, the only ground on which the government should intervene in the conduct of an individual is when
a) the individual is breaking the law.
b) it would clearly be to the benefit of the individual.
c) the individual is under 18 or over 65.
d) it would prevent harm to others.
e) According to Mill, the government should intervene if any of the above conditions are true.

Question 5

A Korean cybercafé where people play on-line, persistent games is called a
a) coffee clubhouse.
b) computer commons.
c) PC bang.
d) Tenretni Internet spelled backwards).
e) virtual reality theater.

Question 6

A Web filter is a piece of software that
a) keeps track of the pages your Web browser displays.
b) sends Google information about your Web surfing habits.
c) prevents certain Web pages from being displayed by your browser.
d) prevents unauthorized people from using your computer to surf the Web.
e) A and B.

Question 7

Many people are now using the Web not simply to download content, but to build communities and upload and share content they have created. This trend has been given the name
a) Persistent online reality
b) Online networking
c) Web 2.0
d) Interactive hypermedia
e) Virtual reality

Question 8

What percentage of American adults are victims of identity theft each year?
a) Less than 1 percent.
b) About 7 percent.
c) About 13 percent.
d) About 19 percent.
e) More than 25 percent.

Question 9

Networks of compromised computers are called
a) botnets.
b) the Internet of Things.
c) slave systems.
d) virtual computers.
e) None of the above

Question 10

Which of these is not an example of direct censorship?
a) government monopolization
b) self-censorship
c) pre-publication review
d) licensing and registration
e) All of the above are examples of direct censorship.

Question 11

Some businesses have resorted to spam because

A) they have found it to be effective.
B) it is 30,000 times less expensive than a traditional flyer sent via the U.S. mail.
C) some people respond to spam advertisements.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 12

Every object on the Web has a unique address called its
a) hashtag.
b) IP address.
c) name.
d) server.
e) uniform resource locator URL).

Question 13

Which two companies get the lion's share of online advertising revenue?
a) Amazon and Apple.
b) Amazon and Google.
c) Facebook and Google.
d) Google and Microsoft.
e) Microsoft and Apple.

Question 14

A wiki is
a) An online encyclopedia.
b) A personal journal kept on the Web.
c) An electronic profile constructed automatically by a Web browser.
d) A piece of software that allows ISPs to monitor who visits which Web sites.
e) A Web site that allows multiple people to contribute and edit its content.

Question 15

Agents of which country were indicted for interfering in the US presidential election of 2016?
a) China
b) France
c) Germany
d) Israel
e) Russia

Question 16

Which of the following laws was upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court?
a) Communications Decency Act
b) Child Online Protection Act
c) Child Internet Protection Act
d) All of these laws were upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
e) None of these laws were upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Question 17

Sexting is causing a legal crisis because
a) police and prosecutors refuse to get involved in sexting cases.
b) police and prosecutors are treating sexting as a felony offense.
c) prisons are starting to fill up with people convicted of sexting.
d) police have been charged with possession of child pornography.
e) B and C.

Question 18

What is the principal reason why point-of-sale credit card fraud has declined rapidly?
a) More people are going online to purchase major items.
b) Credit cards now have embedded chips in them.
c) Police are apprehending more identity thieves.
d) States increased prison terms for those convicted of identity theft.
e) All of the above factors have contributed to the decline in point-of-sale credit card fraud.

Question 19

What do you call an online method of getting goods or services from a large group of people?
a) Cannibalizing.
b) Co-opting.
c) Corralling.
d) Craiglist.
e) Crowdsourcing.

Question 20

A blog is
a) a character in Lineage, a popular on-line game.
b) a personal journal kept on the Web.
c) a person who assumes a false identity in a chat room.
d) a special symbol visible on displays that show Unicode characters.
e) the Web version of a "couch potato."

Question 21

Revenge porn is a special case of
a) cyberbullying.
b) Internet addiction.
c) child abuse.
d) identity theft.
e) censorship.

Question 22

The Enlightenment view of addiction is that

A) there is nothing wrong with addiction.
B) addiction is not real.
C) addiction can never be overcome by will-power alone.
D) society is responsible for the bad choices people make.
E) people are responsible for the choices they make.

Question 23

Which of the following is not a variant of Internet addiction, according to psychiatrist Jerald Block?
a) excessive gaming
b) sexual preoccupations
c) cyberbullying
d) e-mail/text messaging
e) Actually, all of the above are variants of Internet addiction, according to Block.

Question 24

Cyberbullying is defined as inflicting psychological harm on another person using
a) the phone system.
b) the Internet.
c) broadcast media such as radio or television.
d) A and B.
e) A, B, and C.

Question 25

How many people trust a business more after reading positive online reviews?
a) A very small percentage of consumers.
b) About one-third of consumers.
c) About three-quarters of consumers.
d) Nearly 100% of consumers.
e) No one has ever conducted such a study.

Question 26

What is one reason why college students are five times more likely than other adults to be victims of identity theft?
a) Most college students use their parents' credit cards.
b) Most college students have at most one personal credit card.
c) College students are particularly vulnerable to phishing attacks.
d) Many students live in close proximity with others and do not do a good job securing checkbooks and financial documents.
e) All of the above.