ITEC 2110 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
copyright - ANSWER refers to the right of a creator (author, painters, inventor,
composer, etc.) to maintain control over his or her creative works.
published and unpublished - ANSWER copyright protection extends to both
______ and ______ works.
fair use - ANSWER copyright principle based on the belief that the public is
entitled to freely use proteins of copyrighted materials for purposes of
commentary and criticism.
four criteria for determining fair use - ANSWER 1. purpose
2. nature
3. amount/substantiality
4. effect on market potential
attribution - ANSWER can distribute remix, tweak, build upon as long as you give
credit to the original author.
attribution share-alike - ANSWER can distribute remix, tweak, build upon as long
as you give credit to the original author and license the new creation under the
identical terms.
attribution no derivatives - ANSWER allows for redistribution as long as you pass
it along unchanged.
attribution non commercial - ANSWER you can distribute remix, tweak, build
upon as long as you give credit to the original author and the new work is not
used commercially.
analog - ANSWER -everything around us
-infinite, continuous information
-not measurable
digital - ANSWER -discrete information
digitization - ANSWER converting analog info into digital date that computers
can handle
, sampling and quantization - ANSWER what are the two steps of digitization?
sampling rate - ANSWER how often you take data
quantization - ANSWER rounding the data
8 bits - ANSWER 1 byte = how many bits?
1000 bytes - ANSWER 1 KB = how many bytes?
1000 KB - ANSWER 1 MB = how many KB?
1000 MB - ANSWER 1 GB = how many MB
All the above - ANSWER Which of the following is a violation of copyright laws
a. Using existing media for a class project and later distributing the project over
the internet for profit
b. Creating a new song using very small samples from other songs and
broadcasting it on your personal web site
c. Posting clips from last night's football game over the internet
d. Using existing text, images, or videos in their entirety and presenting them as
my own original work.
e. All the above
True - ANSWER True/False
For the educational purposes, it is OK to use existing media for class projects as
long as I cite my sources and the project is not redistributed outside of the class
environment or over the internet.
False - ANSWER True/False
Given the Fair Use doctrine, it is impossible for someone to sue you if you use a
small sample of his or her work in your own work.
Manipulabililty - ANSWER Which of the following is not a criteria of the Fair Use
Doctrine
Amount
Commercial/Market Impact
Manipulabililty
Purpose
Nature of Use
Correct Answers
copyright - ANSWER refers to the right of a creator (author, painters, inventor,
composer, etc.) to maintain control over his or her creative works.
published and unpublished - ANSWER copyright protection extends to both
______ and ______ works.
fair use - ANSWER copyright principle based on the belief that the public is
entitled to freely use proteins of copyrighted materials for purposes of
commentary and criticism.
four criteria for determining fair use - ANSWER 1. purpose
2. nature
3. amount/substantiality
4. effect on market potential
attribution - ANSWER can distribute remix, tweak, build upon as long as you give
credit to the original author.
attribution share-alike - ANSWER can distribute remix, tweak, build upon as long
as you give credit to the original author and license the new creation under the
identical terms.
attribution no derivatives - ANSWER allows for redistribution as long as you pass
it along unchanged.
attribution non commercial - ANSWER you can distribute remix, tweak, build
upon as long as you give credit to the original author and the new work is not
used commercially.
analog - ANSWER -everything around us
-infinite, continuous information
-not measurable
digital - ANSWER -discrete information
digitization - ANSWER converting analog info into digital date that computers
can handle
, sampling and quantization - ANSWER what are the two steps of digitization?
sampling rate - ANSWER how often you take data
quantization - ANSWER rounding the data
8 bits - ANSWER 1 byte = how many bits?
1000 bytes - ANSWER 1 KB = how many bytes?
1000 KB - ANSWER 1 MB = how many KB?
1000 MB - ANSWER 1 GB = how many MB
All the above - ANSWER Which of the following is a violation of copyright laws
a. Using existing media for a class project and later distributing the project over
the internet for profit
b. Creating a new song using very small samples from other songs and
broadcasting it on your personal web site
c. Posting clips from last night's football game over the internet
d. Using existing text, images, or videos in their entirety and presenting them as
my own original work.
e. All the above
True - ANSWER True/False
For the educational purposes, it is OK to use existing media for class projects as
long as I cite my sources and the project is not redistributed outside of the class
environment or over the internet.
False - ANSWER True/False
Given the Fair Use doctrine, it is impossible for someone to sue you if you use a
small sample of his or her work in your own work.
Manipulabililty - ANSWER Which of the following is not a criteria of the Fair Use
Doctrine
Amount
Commercial/Market Impact
Manipulabililty
Purpose
Nature of Use
