WGU D333 Ethics in Technology – LAWS
exam with answers
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An agreement of the World Trade Organization that
requires member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can
be enforced under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough
enough to deter further violations.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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 the
discovery of a data breach.
anti-SLAPP laws - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Laws designed to reduce
frivolous SLAPPs (strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP),
which is a lawsuit filed by corporations, government officials, and others
against citizens and community groups who oppose them on matters of
concern).
Child Online Protection Act (COPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An act signed
into law in 1998 with the aim of prohibiting the making of harmful material
available to minors via the Internet; the law was ultimately ruled largely
unconstitutional.
, Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An act
passed in 2000; it required federally financed schools and libraries to use some
form of technological protection (such as an Internet filter) to block computer
access to obscene material, pornography, and anything else considered harmful
to minors.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Requires websites that cater to children to offer comprehensive privacy
policies, notify parents or guardians about their data collection practices, and
receive parental consent before collecting any personal information from
children under the age of 13.
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔An act passed in 1994 that amended the Wiretap Act and
Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which required the
telecommunications industry to build tools into its products that federal
investigators could use—after obtaining a court order—to eavesdrop on
conversations and intercept electronic communications.
Communications Decency Act (CDA) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Title V of
the Telecommunications Act, it aimed at protecting children from
pornography, including imposing $250,000 fines and prison terms of up to two
years for the transmission of "indecent" material over the Internet.
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-
SPAM) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A law that specifies that it is legal to spam,
provided the messages meet a few basic requirements—spammers cannot
exam with answers
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An agreement of the World Trade Organization that
requires member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can
be enforced under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough
enough to deter further violations.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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 the
discovery of a data breach.
anti-SLAPP laws - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Laws designed to reduce
frivolous SLAPPs (strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP),
which is a lawsuit filed by corporations, government officials, and others
against citizens and community groups who oppose them on matters of
concern).
Child Online Protection Act (COPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An act signed
into law in 1998 with the aim of prohibiting the making of harmful material
available to minors via the Internet; the law was ultimately ruled largely
unconstitutional.
, Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An act
passed in 2000; it required federally financed schools and libraries to use some
form of technological protection (such as an Internet filter) to block computer
access to obscene material, pornography, and anything else considered harmful
to minors.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Requires websites that cater to children to offer comprehensive privacy
policies, notify parents or guardians about their data collection practices, and
receive parental consent before collecting any personal information from
children under the age of 13.
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔An act passed in 1994 that amended the Wiretap Act and
Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which required the
telecommunications industry to build tools into its products that federal
investigators could use—after obtaining a court order—to eavesdrop on
conversations and intercept electronic communications.
Communications Decency Act (CDA) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Title V of
the Telecommunications Act, it aimed at protecting children from
pornography, including imposing $250,000 fines and prison terms of up to two
years for the transmission of "indecent" material over the Internet.
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-
SPAM) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A law that specifies that it is legal to spam,
provided the messages meet a few basic requirements—spammers cannot
