Question: What is the act that entices whistle-blowers to come forward by offering them a share of the money recovered?

Answer Choices:
The Whistle-Blowers Act
Electronic Product Environmental Act
Statement on Standards for Protection
False Claims Act

Answer: False Claims Act

 

Question: A qui tam plaintiff can receive between 15 and 30 percent of the total recovery from the defendant, depending on how helpful the person was to the success of the case.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: Which of the following is a part of the False Claims Act that allows a private citizen to file a suit in the name of the U.S. government, charging fraud by government contractors and other entities who receive or use government funds?

Answer Choices:
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
reverse writage provision
qui tam provision
Affordable Care Act

Answer: qui tam provision

 

Question: In an attempt to limit their liability in the event of nonperformance, software suppliers frequently write which of the following?

Answer Choices:
sureties
warranties
manuals
warnings

Answer: warranties

 

Question: Violators of the False Claims Act are liable for the exact dollar amount for which the government was defrauded.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: False

 

Question: Under the Right to Financial Privacy Act, a financial institution can release a customer’s financial records without the customer’s authorization as long as it is a government authority that is seeking the records.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: False

 

Question: Violators of the False Claims Act are liable for how many times the dollar amount for which the government was defrauded?

Answer Choices:
five
four
two
three

Answer: three

 

Question: Under the USA PATRIOT Act, the FBI can issue a National Security Letter to compel banks, ISPs, and credit reporting companies to turn over customer information without a court order if the information is needed for an ongoing investigation.

Answer Choices:
False
True

Answer: True

 

Question: What exploit is characterized as the abuse of email systems to send unsolicited email to large numbers of people?

Answer Choices:
A worm
A botnet
Logic bombing
Spam

Answer: Spam

 

Question: Which term describes an effort to attract public attention to a negligent, illegal, unethical, abusive, or dangerous act by an individual or organization?

Answer Choices:
offshore outsourcing
whistle-blowing
green computing
private contracting

Answer: whistle-blowing