WGU D333 Ethics in Technology Questions
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• Ethics . ANSWER: A code of behavior that is defined by the group to which an
individual belongs
• Morals . ANSWER: The personal principles upon which an individual bases his or her
decisions about what is right and wrong
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) . ANSWER: Makes it a crime to bribe a foreign
official, a foreign political party official, or a candidate for foreign political office
• US-CERT . ANSWER: A partnership between DHS and the public and private sectors
that was established to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure against cyberattacks
by serving as a clearinghouse for information on new viruses, worms, and other
computer security topics
• Internal Control . ANSWER: the process established by an organization's board of
directors, managers, and IT group to provide reasonable assurance for the
effectiveness and efficiency of operations, the reliability of financial reporting, and
compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Best achieved through separation of duties
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) . ANSWER: Established mandatory guidelines for the
collection and disclosure of personal financial information by financial institutions;
requires financial institutions to document their data security plans; and encourages
institutions to implement safeguards against pretexting
• The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act . ANSWER: Allows consumers to
request and obtain a free credit report each year
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) . ANSWER: Provides students
and their parents with specific rights regarding the release of student records
• Executive Order 12333 . ANSWER: Defines the various government intelligence-
gathering agencies and defines what information can be collected, retained, and
disseminated by the agencies. It allows for the tangential collection of U.S. citizen
data—even when those citizens are not specifically targeted
• Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA) . ANSWER: 1) Protection of
communication while in transfer from sender to receiver
2) Protection of communications held in electronic storage
3) Prohibition of devices from recording, dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling
information without a search warrant
, -Passed as an amendment to Wiretap Act
• Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act / Wiretap Act . ANSWER:
Regulates interception of wire/telephone and oral communication. A warrant must be
obtained from a judge to conduct a wiretap, who can approve the warrant only if there is
probable cause
• Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) . ANSWER: Requires
the telecommunications industry to build tools into its products that federal investigators
can use—after gaining a court order—to eavesdrop on conversations and intercept
electronic communications
• USA Patriot Act . ANSWER: Modified 15 existing statutes and gave sweeping new
powers both to domestic law enforcement and to international intelligence agencies,
including increasing the ability of law enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on telephone
communication, intercept email messages, and search medical, financial, and other
records; the act also eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering in the United
States
• USA Freedom Act . ANSWER: Terminated the bulk collection of telephone metadata
by the NSA instead requiring telecommunications carriers to hold the data and respond
to NSA queries for data. The act also restored authorization for roving wiretaps and the
tracking of lone wolf terrorists
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for the Protection of
Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data (OECD) . ANSWER: Created a set of
fair information practices that are often held up as the model for organizations to adopt
for the ethical treatment of consumer data. International organization consisting of 35
countries
• European Union Data Protection Directive . ANSWER: Requires member countries to
ensure that data transferred to non-EU countries is protected. It also bars the export of
data to countries that do not have data privacy protection standards comparable to
those of the EU, included stopgap measure between EU and US
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) . ANSWER: Addresses the export of
personal data outside the EU enabling citizens to see and correct their personal data,
standardizing data privacy regulations within the EU, and establishing substantial
penalties for violation of its guidelines
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) . ANSWER: Grants citizens the right to access
certain information and records of the federal government upon request
• Privacy Act . ANSWER: Prohibits U.S. government agencies from concealing the
existence of any personal data record-keeping system
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• Ethics . ANSWER: A code of behavior that is defined by the group to which an
individual belongs
• Morals . ANSWER: The personal principles upon which an individual bases his or her
decisions about what is right and wrong
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) . ANSWER: Makes it a crime to bribe a foreign
official, a foreign political party official, or a candidate for foreign political office
• US-CERT . ANSWER: A partnership between DHS and the public and private sectors
that was established to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure against cyberattacks
by serving as a clearinghouse for information on new viruses, worms, and other
computer security topics
• Internal Control . ANSWER: the process established by an organization's board of
directors, managers, and IT group to provide reasonable assurance for the
effectiveness and efficiency of operations, the reliability of financial reporting, and
compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Best achieved through separation of duties
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) . ANSWER: Established mandatory guidelines for the
collection and disclosure of personal financial information by financial institutions;
requires financial institutions to document their data security plans; and encourages
institutions to implement safeguards against pretexting
• The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act . ANSWER: Allows consumers to
request and obtain a free credit report each year
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) . ANSWER: Provides students
and their parents with specific rights regarding the release of student records
• Executive Order 12333 . ANSWER: Defines the various government intelligence-
gathering agencies and defines what information can be collected, retained, and
disseminated by the agencies. It allows for the tangential collection of U.S. citizen
data—even when those citizens are not specifically targeted
• Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA) . ANSWER: 1) Protection of
communication while in transfer from sender to receiver
2) Protection of communications held in electronic storage
3) Prohibition of devices from recording, dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling
information without a search warrant
, -Passed as an amendment to Wiretap Act
• Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act / Wiretap Act . ANSWER:
Regulates interception of wire/telephone and oral communication. A warrant must be
obtained from a judge to conduct a wiretap, who can approve the warrant only if there is
probable cause
• Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) . ANSWER: Requires
the telecommunications industry to build tools into its products that federal investigators
can use—after gaining a court order—to eavesdrop on conversations and intercept
electronic communications
• USA Patriot Act . ANSWER: Modified 15 existing statutes and gave sweeping new
powers both to domestic law enforcement and to international intelligence agencies,
including increasing the ability of law enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on telephone
communication, intercept email messages, and search medical, financial, and other
records; the act also eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering in the United
States
• USA Freedom Act . ANSWER: Terminated the bulk collection of telephone metadata
by the NSA instead requiring telecommunications carriers to hold the data and respond
to NSA queries for data. The act also restored authorization for roving wiretaps and the
tracking of lone wolf terrorists
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for the Protection of
Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data (OECD) . ANSWER: Created a set of
fair information practices that are often held up as the model for organizations to adopt
for the ethical treatment of consumer data. International organization consisting of 35
countries
• European Union Data Protection Directive . ANSWER: Requires member countries to
ensure that data transferred to non-EU countries is protected. It also bars the export of
data to countries that do not have data privacy protection standards comparable to
those of the EU, included stopgap measure between EU and US
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) . ANSWER: Addresses the export of
personal data outside the EU enabling citizens to see and correct their personal data,
standardizing data privacy regulations within the EU, and establishing substantial
penalties for violation of its guidelines
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) . ANSWER: Grants citizens the right to access
certain information and records of the federal government upon request
• Privacy Act . ANSWER: Prohibits U.S. government agencies from concealing the
existence of any personal data record-keeping system
