Test Bank
Appendix B for Unit Two
Questions on the Features
N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new, modified, or unchanged, as follows.
N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank.
+ A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank.
= A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank.
chapter 5—insight into e-commerce: do computers have free speech rights?
1. FastBreak Inc. is dissatisfied with its ranking in Google Inc.’s search results. FastBreak files a suit against Google, seeking an injunction. Google argues that its search results are constitutionally protected speech. FastBreak’s best argument against Google’s position is that
a. the First Amendment protects humans against state censorship and …show more content…
protecting a computer’s speech is not related to that purpose.
b. the trillions of decisions made by computers each day do not all constitute protected speech.
c. computerized algorithms, which generate computer language, do not constitute speech.
d. search results constitute commercial speech, for which the First Amendment provides only limited protection.
ANSWER: A PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Legal
chapter 7—insight into the global environment: even smartphones are vulnerable to international cyber attacks
2.
Recent advances have fostered the growth of a relatively new industry to profit from crime. Statistics show that criminals have learned it is easier, less risky, and more profitable to
a. rob banks using traditional means.
b. steal via the Internet.
c. engage in legitimate activities such as stock trading via the Internet.
d. sell their stories to movie, music, and TV producers or video-game makers.
ANSWER: B PAGES: Section 6 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Critical Thinking
chapter 8—insight into the global environment: border searches of your electronic devices
3. When Maja, an attorney and a U.S. citizen, crosses the border between the United States and Canada, she expects the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to search her laptop. To avoid disclosing confidential client data during the search, Maja could
a. keep client files on a device that she does not take abroad.
b. carry client files abroad only in hard copy.
c. refuse to consent to a border search of her laptop.
d. assert her right to be free from unwarranted government
intrusion.
ANSWER: A PAGES: Introduction TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Legal
Unit TWO—focus on legal ethics:
The public and international environment
4. Facetime Social Media Inc. sells its users’ personal information. This may violate
a. businesses’ duties to their customers.
b. individuals’ rights to their privacy.
c. governments’ duties and rights with respect to public welfare.
d. no rights or duties.
ANSWER: B PAGES: Focus on Ethics TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Critical Thinking
5. ReadIt, Inc., develops an internationally popular Web site, tailoring its features to the censorship requirements of various governments. Critics charge ReadIt with “decapitating the voice of dissent.” Ethically, the best argument in favor of ReadIt’s policy is
a. ReadIt is merely following the lead of governments everywhere.
b. ReadIt is only seeking profits in lucrative markets.
c. ReadIt’s action is a common international practice.
d. ReadIt’s approach is a move toward more open access in the future.
ANSWER: D PAGES: Focus on Ethics TYPE: = BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Critical Thinking
Questions on the Features
N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new, modified, or unchanged, as follows.
N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank.
+ A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank.
= A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank.
chapter 5—insight into e-commerce: do computers have free speech rights?
1. FastBreak Inc. is dissatisfied with its ranking in Google Inc.’s search results. FastBreak files a suit against Google, seeking an injunction. Google argues that its search results are constitutionally protected speech. FastBreak’s best argument against Google’s position is that
a. the First Amendment protects humans against state censorship and …show more content…
protecting a computer’s speech is not related to that purpose.
b. the trillions of decisions made by computers each day do not all constitute protected speech.
c. computerized algorithms, which generate computer language, do not constitute speech.
d. search results constitute commercial speech, for which the First Amendment provides only limited protection.
ANSWER: A PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Legal
chapter 7—insight into the global environment: even smartphones are vulnerable to international cyber attacks
2.
Recent advances have fostered the growth of a relatively new industry to profit from crime. Statistics show that criminals have learned it is easier, less risky, and more profitable to
a. rob banks using traditional means.
b. steal via the Internet.
c. engage in legitimate activities such as stock trading via the Internet.
d. sell their stories to movie, music, and TV producers or video-game makers.
ANSWER: B PAGES: Section 6 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Critical Thinking
chapter 8—insight into the global environment: border searches of your electronic devices
3. When Maja, an attorney and a U.S. citizen, crosses the border between the United States and Canada, she expects the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to search her laptop. To avoid disclosing confidential client data during the search, Maja could
a. keep client files on a device that she does not take abroad.
b. carry client files abroad only in hard copy.
c. refuse to consent to a border search of her laptop.
d. assert her right to be free from unwarranted government
intrusion.
ANSWER: A PAGES: Introduction TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Legal
Unit TWO—focus on legal ethics:
The public and international environment
4. Facetime Social Media Inc. sells its users’ personal information. This may violate
a. businesses’ duties to their customers.
b. individuals’ rights to their privacy.
c. governments’ duties and rights with respect to public welfare.
d. no rights or duties.
ANSWER: B PAGES: Focus on Ethics TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Critical Thinking
5. ReadIt, Inc., develops an internationally popular Web site, tailoring its features to the censorship requirements of various governments. Critics charge ReadIt with “decapitating the voice of dissent.” Ethically, the best argument in favor of ReadIt’s policy is
a. ReadIt is merely following the lead of governments everywhere.
b. ReadIt is only seeking profits in lucrative markets.
c. ReadIt’s action is a common international practice.
d. ReadIt’s approach is a move toward more open access in the future.
ANSWER: D PAGES: Focus on Ethics TYPE: = BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Critical Thinking