Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The following agency is charged with the regulation of electronic communications:
(a) National Security Agency
(b) Federal Trade Commission
(c) Federal Communications Commission
(d) None of the above
2. Because Blaine Blogger reviews movies on his blog, cinemas allow him in for free. Nellie Newspaper Reporter also gets free admission to movies. Blaine ________ disclose on his blog that he receives free tickets. Nellie _________ disclose in her articles that she receives free tickets.
(a) Must/must
(b) Need not/need not
(c) Must/need not
(d) Need not/must
3. An employer has the right to monitor workers' electronic communications if
(a) The employee consents
(b) The monitoring occurs in the ordinary course of business
(c) The employer provides the computer system
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above
4. Spiro Spammer sends millions of emails a day asking people to donate to his college tuition fund. Oddly enough, many people do. Everything in the emails is accurate (including his 1.9 GPA). Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Spiro has violated the Can-Spam Act because he has sent unsolicited commercial emails.
(b) Spiro has violated the Can-Spam Act if he has not offered recipients an opportunity to unsubscribe.
(c) Spiro has violated the Can-Spam Act because he is asking for money.
(d) Spiro has violated the Can-Spam Act unless the recipients have granted permission to him to send these emails.
5. Sushila suspects that her boyfriend is being unfaithful. While he is asleep, she takes his iPod out from under his pillow and goes through all his playlists. Then she finds what she has been looking for: Plum's Playlist. It is full of romantic songs. Sushila sends Plum an email that says, "You are the most evil person in the universe!" Which law has Sushila violated?
(a) The First Amendment
(b) The CDA
(c) The ECPA
(d) The CFAA
(e) None