IBA 1.14 Quizzes and Answers 2022

Which of the following is an example of a trademark? The apple icon on the covers of many Beatles albums Employers can monitor their employees' e-mail messages sent to and from the company network because: all information carried by the company's communication system is company property. All IT professionals are faced with ethical and legal issues related to: the security of network and individual computer use by employees. Which choice lists the basic elements of authorship, according to copyright law? Expression and originality Which of the following can protect your company's data, prevent data from being intercepted by malicious outsiders, and deter hackers? Encryption Your IT department enforces the use of 128-bit encryption on all company transmissions. Your department also protects the company encryption keys to ensure secure transmissions. Which choice lists an important reason for encrypting the company's network transmissions? Preventing data from being intercepted by malicious outsiders You are a network administrator for your company. When establishing the company encryption policies, you must determine the risk of sending unencrypted data based on the nature of the data and its risk to the company if obtained by unauthorized users. Much of the data your company sends is proprietary and sensitive in nature, so you determine that encrypting company transmissions is critical. What is the disadvantage of your decision to encrypt company transmissions? Encrypting transmissions slows communication because each data packet must be encrypted and decrypted. Which of the following protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression, and defines an original work by the basic elements of expression and originality? Copyright Your company has provided you with a desktop computer to use at work. You have configured your e-mail client on this work computer to include your personal e-mail account so that you can conveniently download messages and check your personal e-mail. Which of the following is true? The company can read your personal e-mail messages. Which choice lists security-related ethical and legal issues that IT professionals face? Privacy concerns, copyright and trademark issues, and encryption policies You are a network administrator for a medium-sized organization. The receptionist has had several problems with malware recently. The receptionist does not need to access external Web sites to perform his job, but he does use his computer for company documentation and internal communication with co-workers. Which of the following will help prevent additional malware from being installed on his computer? Restrict this employee's access to the Internet. You avoid adding yourself to unwanted mailing lists, you conduct online transactions through secure Web sites, and you are selective when posting information to newsgroups. These actions will help you: minimize the amount of spam you receive. Your company's strength is marketing and sales. Your production team is assigned to rebrand the content obtained from an independent author so your sales team can sell it under your company's name. The author's original work is protected under her legal ownership. So your project manager obtains permission from the author to use her work, in exchange for a royalty fee and a contributor credit in the book. Which term describes this permission arrangement? License The level of secrecy offered by encryption is dependent on: the type of encryption used and the size of the key. Which statement is true regarding international copyrights of digital information? An international copyright does not exist. Harley works in the sales department at his company. He feels that the company's marketing team is not doing a good job, so without direction or permission, he starts his own social networking page to help. His page has a name similar to the company's. He posts company logos on it and uses text copied from the company Web site. He posts news and sends tweets to customers and others interested in the company. When the company learns of this, what action is it most likely to take? Human Resources will issue a cease-and-desist letter, take control of Harley's page, and terminate Harley's employment for copyright and trademark infringement. Your company is about to release a proprietary product. Suddenly a competitor releases a very similar product that uses design data exactly like that from your company's product. You later learn that the proprietary data was leaked to the competitor. What preventive measure would have ensured that your company's proprietary information was protected from this type of action? Monitoring employees' messages Spam can be considered an invasion of privacy because: it is sent to recipients uninvited. You are ultimately responsible for your Internet use and the possible ramifications of posting personal information to the Web. The explosion in social networking via the Web has given rise to the "Right to Be Forgotten" argument, which asks: whether people have the right to remove damaging information about themselves on the Internet. Which organization was created by the United Nations to help protect ownership of work and creations globally? World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Which of the following is protected by copyright? The lessons explaining DNA concepts on the www.DNA Web site