CHAPTER 4

Self-Assessment Questions
The answers to the Self-Assessment Questions can be found in Appendix B.
1. The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to:
a. grant additional powers to the federal government
b. identify exceptions to specific portions of the Constitution
c. identify additional rights of individuals
d. identify requirements for being a “good” U.S. citizen

2. Discovery is part of the pretrial phase of a lawsuit in which each party can obtain evidence
from the other part by various means.

3. Like many other countries, the United States has developed a single, overarching national
data privacy policy. True or False? False

4. The ....... Act is enforced by the FTC and is designed to ensure the accuracy, fairness, and
privacy of information in the files of credit-reporting companies and to check those systems
that gather and sell information about people:
a. Gramm-Leach-Bliley
b. Fair Credit Reporting
c. HIPAA
d. USA PATRIOT

5. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act allows consumers to request and obtain a
free credit report once each year from each of the three primary consumer credit reporting
companies. True or False? True

6. Under the provisions of HIPAA , healthcare providers must obtain written consent from
patients prior to disclosing any information in their medical records.

7. According to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, a Web site that caters to
children must:
a. offer comprehensive privacy policies
b. notify parents or guardians about its data collection practices
c. receive parental consent before collecting any personal information from preteens
d. all of the above
8. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is a federal law that assigns certain rights to
parents regarding their children’s educational records.
9. Katz v. United States is a famous court ruling that helped form the basis for the requirement
that there be a reasonable expectation of privacy for the Fourth Amendment to apply.

10. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Act describes procedures for the electronic
surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information in communications between
foreign powers and agents of foreign powers. It also created a special court which meets in
secret to hear applications for orders approving electronic surveillance anywhere within
the United States.

11. Which of the following identifies the numbers dialed for outgoing calls?
a. pen register
b. wiretap
c. trap and trace
d. all of the above

12. In 2011, the Department of Justice submitted 1,745 applications for electronic surveillance
to the FISA court and none of those applications were denied. True or False? True

13. The Usa Patriot Act Act gave sweeping new powers both to domestic law enforcement
and U.S. international intelligence agencies, including increasing the ability of law
enforcement to search telephone, email, medical, financial, and other records.

14. The European philosophy of addressing privacy concerns employs strict government
regulation, including enforcement by a set of commissioners; it differs greatly from the
U.S. philosophy of having no federal privacy policy. True or False? True

15. Fair Information Practices is a term for a set of guidelines that govern the collection and
use of personal data.

16. Nearly half the cost of a data breach is a result of lost business opportunity associated with
customers whose patronage is lost due to the incident. True or False? True

17. A(n) Cookie is a text file that a Web site can download to a visitor’s hard drive to identify
visitors on subsequent visits.
18. The agency that is responsible for protecting the privacy of U.S. consumers is the:
a. FBI
b. SEC
c. Department of Homeland Security
d. FTC