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EXAM 2 Please put Your NameCSC309 on the Back of the LastMiller Fall 99 Page1. While the use of copy right with software tends to make the software more expensive it isargued that the impact on software quality is ____________________________________________ because_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. While patents offer a higher level of protection for software than does either trade secrets or copyrights, they are usually not a very practical choice because:a. ___________________________________________________________b. ___________________________________________________________c. ___________________________________________________________3. Trade secret protection is not very practical for software. For example, if John Doe purchases trade secret protected software then his obligations to honor the trade secret are ____________________________________________________________________________________________________4. Sam teaches at a university and has purchased a book that contains material that Sam would like to share with his class. He goes to the Xerox machine and copies the copyrighted material he will distribute to his class.Sam’s actions of copying and distributing copyrighted material are legal if________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Sam’s actions of copying and distributing copyrighted material are not legal if________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. If you purchase copyright protected software then legally your limitations on making copies of that software are (a. You can’t make copies, b. You can make a copy if you are going touse the copy to 1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________)____________________________________________________________6. Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press....” (First Amendment). We do however see certain unevenness in how the first amendment is applied. If we consider TV, Cable TV, and Print, then a high protection to low protection listing of the three would be:Highest ____________________________ ___________________________Lowest ______________________________7. We know that the author of a book can be sued for libel, while the bookstore that sells it can’t. What is libel?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8. Give two arguments against requiring the Telephone Company, a common carrier, to be responsible for the content of messages it transmits.a. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________b. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9. A remailing service can let you post messages to a news group anonymously.a. Give an argument against allowing remailing services________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________b. Give an argument in support of remailing services________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10. Your typical (if there is such a thing) person who poses the major threat to a company's computer systems isa. An employee programmer. b. A company manager. c. A hacker.11. What is the over-billing scam and why is it so hard to stop?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. Why was the "salami" scheme a rather unreasonable approach to making big money through a life of crime prior to the advent of computers?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13. A worm is a program which reproduces itself, but unlike a virus it__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________14. A SYN attack (also called a _________________________attack) is an attack against a computer that _______________________________________________________________________________________________15. It is argued that accountability in the computer field is needed because the lack of it leadsto __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________16. The four barriers to accountability in the computer field that were presented in the article were 1. The problem of many hands, 2. Bugs, 3. It’s the computers fault, and 4. Ownership without liability. We know that large complex programs are going to contain bugs so there can be no accountability. Agree or disagree and give reasons why.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________17. To be held responsible for an act you need to have__________________________________________________________________________ and____________________________________________________________18. The article on Accountability pointed out that accountability and liability were two differentthings. Earlier this year, in a lawsuit against GM, it was reported that GM had determined thatfixing a dangerous condition would cost $8.59 per car but dealing with lawsuits resulting from accidents would only be $2.40. They chose to not fix the problem. If they had been more concerned with ((accountability than liability), (liability than accountability)) they probably would have made a different choice.19. In the chapter on Whistle Blowing the authors offered a very reasoned, non-emotional setof steps to take in determining if there was a problem and how if there was, it might be solved withminimal heartburn to all concerned. You identify a situation where your immediate boss is doing something that you are not happy


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