FSU CIS 3250 Exam 2 Gann
(Chapter 6 – 10)
1. The fair use doctrine denies portions of patented materials to be
used without permission under any circumstance. Ans: False
2. Which of the following claims as its invention some feature or
process embodied in instructions executed by a computer? Ans:
Software Patent
3. Which of the following increased trademark and copyright
enforcement and substantially increased penalties for infringement?
Ans: Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-
IP) Act
4. A patent is a grant of a property right issued by which entity?
Ans: USPTO
5. Using reverse engineering, a developer can use the code of the
current database programming language to recover the design of
the information system application. Ans: True
6. Copyright and patent protection was established through which of
the following?
Ans: U.S. Constitution
7. Which of the following is a logo, package design, phrase, sound,
or word that enables a consumer to differentiate one company's
products from another's? Ans: Trademark
8. Patent law protects which of the following? Ans: Inventions
9. The process of taking something apart in order to understand it,
build a copy of it, or improve it is known as which of the following?
Ans: Reverse Engineering
10. Which of the following imposes penalties of up to $10 million and
15 years in prison for the theft of trade secrets? Ans: The Economic
Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996
,11. The Lanham Act (also known as the Trademark Act) defines the
use of a trademark, the process for obtaining a trademark, and the
penalties associated with trademark infringement. Ans: True
12. One of the tests that an invention must pass to be eligible for a
patent is which of the following? Ans: it must be obvious to a person
having ordinary skill in the same field
13. A trademark permits its owner to exclude the public from
making, using, or selling a protected invention, and allows for legal
action against violators.- Ans: False
14. Which of the following 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? Ans: TRIPS agreement
15. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright
Treaty of 1996 eliminated many of the original copyright protections
for electronic media. Ans: False
16. A trademark is business information that represents something
of economic value, has required effort or cost to develop, has some
degree of uniqueness or novelty, is generally unknown to the public,
and is kept confidential. Ans: False
17. The courts have ruled in favor of using reverse engineering to
Ans: enable interoperability
18. Industrial espionage and competitive intelligence are essentially
the same. Ans: False
19. Under which act was the U.S. patent system changed from a
"first-to-invent" to a "first-inventor-to-file" system? Ans: Leahy-
Smith America Invents Act
20. Cross-licensing agreements between organizations allow each
party to sue the other over patent infringements. Ans: False
21. Copyright infringement is the act of stealing someone's ideas or
words and passing them off as one's own Ans: False
22. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was signed into law
in 1998 and implements two 1996 WIPO treaties. Ans: True
, 23. Firefox and OpenOffice are all examples of which of the
following? Ans: open source software
24. Software, video games, multimedia works, and Web Pages can
all be copyrighted. Ans: True
25. Which of the following terms is defined as the existing body of
knowledge available to a person of ordinary skill in the art? Ans:
Prior art
26. The main body of law that governs patents is contained in Title
35 of the U.S. Code Ans: True
27. A common use of open source software is to move data from one
application to another and extract, transform, and load business
data into large databases. Ans: True
28. In what year was the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
signed into law? Ans: 1998
29. Which of the following can read the machine language of a
software program and produce the source code? Ans: decompiler
30. Copyright law protects authored works such as art, books, and
film Ans: True
31. Which of the following allows portions of copyrighted materials
to be used without permission under certain circumstances? Ans:
Fair use doctrine
32. Which of the following established the minimum levels of
protection that each country must provide to all WTO members?
Ans: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS)
33. Unlike traditional copyright law, which of the following acts does
not govern copying; instead, it focuses on the distribution of tools
and software that can be used for copyright infringement as well as
for legitimate non-infringing use? Ans: Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA)
34. How many classes of items did the U.S. Supreme Court rule could
not be patented?
Ans: Three
(Chapter 6 – 10)
1. The fair use doctrine denies portions of patented materials to be
used without permission under any circumstance. Ans: False
2. Which of the following claims as its invention some feature or
process embodied in instructions executed by a computer? Ans:
Software Patent
3. Which of the following increased trademark and copyright
enforcement and substantially increased penalties for infringement?
Ans: Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-
IP) Act
4. A patent is a grant of a property right issued by which entity?
Ans: USPTO
5. Using reverse engineering, a developer can use the code of the
current database programming language to recover the design of
the information system application. Ans: True
6. Copyright and patent protection was established through which of
the following?
Ans: U.S. Constitution
7. Which of the following is a logo, package design, phrase, sound,
or word that enables a consumer to differentiate one company's
products from another's? Ans: Trademark
8. Patent law protects which of the following? Ans: Inventions
9. The process of taking something apart in order to understand it,
build a copy of it, or improve it is known as which of the following?
Ans: Reverse Engineering
10. Which of the following imposes penalties of up to $10 million and
15 years in prison for the theft of trade secrets? Ans: The Economic
Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996
,11. The Lanham Act (also known as the Trademark Act) defines the
use of a trademark, the process for obtaining a trademark, and the
penalties associated with trademark infringement. Ans: True
12. One of the tests that an invention must pass to be eligible for a
patent is which of the following? Ans: it must be obvious to a person
having ordinary skill in the same field
13. A trademark permits its owner to exclude the public from
making, using, or selling a protected invention, and allows for legal
action against violators.- Ans: False
14. Which of the following 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? Ans: TRIPS agreement
15. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright
Treaty of 1996 eliminated many of the original copyright protections
for electronic media. Ans: False
16. A trademark is business information that represents something
of economic value, has required effort or cost to develop, has some
degree of uniqueness or novelty, is generally unknown to the public,
and is kept confidential. Ans: False
17. The courts have ruled in favor of using reverse engineering to
Ans: enable interoperability
18. Industrial espionage and competitive intelligence are essentially
the same. Ans: False
19. Under which act was the U.S. patent system changed from a
"first-to-invent" to a "first-inventor-to-file" system? Ans: Leahy-
Smith America Invents Act
20. Cross-licensing agreements between organizations allow each
party to sue the other over patent infringements. Ans: False
21. Copyright infringement is the act of stealing someone's ideas or
words and passing them off as one's own Ans: False
22. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was signed into law
in 1998 and implements two 1996 WIPO treaties. Ans: True
, 23. Firefox and OpenOffice are all examples of which of the
following? Ans: open source software
24. Software, video games, multimedia works, and Web Pages can
all be copyrighted. Ans: True
25. Which of the following terms is defined as the existing body of
knowledge available to a person of ordinary skill in the art? Ans:
Prior art
26. The main body of law that governs patents is contained in Title
35 of the U.S. Code Ans: True
27. A common use of open source software is to move data from one
application to another and extract, transform, and load business
data into large databases. Ans: True
28. In what year was the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
signed into law? Ans: 1998
29. Which of the following can read the machine language of a
software program and produce the source code? Ans: decompiler
30. Copyright law protects authored works such as art, books, and
film Ans: True
31. Which of the following allows portions of copyrighted materials
to be used without permission under certain circumstances? Ans:
Fair use doctrine
32. Which of the following established the minimum levels of
protection that each country must provide to all WTO members?
Ans: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS)
33. Unlike traditional copyright law, which of the following acts does
not govern copying; instead, it focuses on the distribution of tools
and software that can be used for copyright infringement as well as
for legitimate non-infringing use? Ans: Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA)
34. How many classes of items did the U.S. Supreme Court rule could
not be patented?
Ans: Three
