GEE PRELIMS PART 2

Question 1

Messages embedded in files transferred between computers

Answer 1

Email

Question 2

Uniquely identifies cyberspace mailbox
Format: user @ domain

Answer 2

Email address

Question 3

the set of all mail servers and connectors within a company or organization.

Answer 3

Network Cloud

Question 4

Unsolicited, bulk email

Answer 4

Spam

Question 5

Senders and receivers do not derive equal benefit from emails.

Answer 5

Social contract theory evaluation

Question 6

Innocent users are used as a means for an end (eliminating spams

Answer 6

Kantian evaluation

Question 7

Blacklisting will affect innocent users, receivers, and marketing firms, this will reduce the benefits of internet utility as a whole.

Answer 7

Utilitarian evaluation

Question 8

A website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language.

Answer 8

Wiki

Question 9

usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary.

Answer 9

Blogs

Question 10

DIRECT CENSORSHIP

Answer 10

Government monopolization
Prepublication review
Licensing and registration

Question 11

The most common form of censorship

Answer 11

SELF-CENSORSHIP

Question 12

Used for movies, TV shows, CDs, and video games

Answer 12

RATING SYSTEMS CENSORSHIP

Question 13

CHALLENGES POSED BY THE INTERNET

Answer 13

Many-to-Many Communication
Dynamic Connections
Huge Number of Websites
Global Reach
Age Verification Issues

Question 14

shutting down a website is difficult due to millions of contributors

Answer 14

Many-to-Many Communication

Question 15

Millions of new PCs connect to the internet each year

Answer 15

Dynamic Connections

Question 16

No feasible way to monitor all content

Answer 16

Huge Number of Websites

Question 17

Extends beyond national borders and laws

Answer 17

Global Reach

Question 18

Adult websites cannot reliably confirm a user’s age

Answer 18

Age Verification Issues

Question 19

3 ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CENSORSHIP

Answer 19

Kant on Censorship
Mill on Censorship
Mill’s Principle of Harm

Question 20

Believed in “having the courage to use your own reason”

Answer 20

Kant on Censorship

Question 21

No one is infallible; even unpopular opinions may contain a kernel of truth

Answer 21

Mill on Censorship

Question 22

Government intervention is justified only to prevent harm to others

Answer 22

Mill’s Principle of Harm

Question 23

Software prevents display of certain websites

Answer 23

Web Filtering

Question 24

Introduced to enhance child safety online

Answer 24

Child Internet Protection Acts

Question 25

2 types of FILTERING METHOD

Answer 25

Blacklist approach Content analysis

Question 26

Blocks objectionable sites

Answer 26

Blacklist approach

Question 27

Scans for objectionable words/phrases

Answer 27

Content analysis

Question 28

CYBER SECURITY THREATS

Answer 28

Identity Theft Phishing Chat Room Predators

Question 29

Occurs when someone steals another person’s digital identity

Answer 29

Identity Theft

Question 30

Fake emails or websites deceive users into revealing personal information

Answer 30

Phishing

Question 31

Real-time discussions in chat rooms and IMs used to lure children

Answer 31

Chat Room Predators

Question 32

refers to measures used by digital content owners to protect intellectual property rights.

Answer 32

DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (DRM)

Question 33

a transient (temporary) network connecting computers running the same networking software.

Answer 33

PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) NETWORKS

Question 34

Launched in 1999 as a peer-to-peer music-sharing service.

Answer 34

NAPSTER

Question 35

Broadband connections have ____ download speeds but ____ upload speeds.

Answer 35

fast download, slow upload

Question 36

Examples of Open-Source Software

Answer 36

BIND Apache Sendmail Programming Languages & Frameworks GNU Compilers

Question 37

DNS server for the internet

Answer 37

BIND

Question 38

Powers half of web servers

Answer 38

Apache

Question 39

Perl, Python, Ruby, TCL/TK, PHP, Zope

Answer 39

Programming Languages & Frameworks

Question 40

Email transfer agent

Answer 40

Sendmail

Question 41

Supports C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada

Answer 41

GNU Compilers

Question 42

IMPACT OF OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE

Answer 42

Quality concerns Fragmentation risk Weaker graphical user interfaces Weak incentives for innovation