Question: Which of the following enables a DVD player or a computer drive to decrypt, unscramble, and play back motion pictures on DVDs, but not copy them?
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Answer: Content Scramble System (CSS)
Question: Which of the following claims as its invention some feature or process embodied in instructions executed by a computer?
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Answer: software patent
Question: Open source code is any program whose source code is made available for use or modification, as users or other developers see fit.
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Answer: True
Question: Which of the following terms is defined as the existing body of knowledge available to a person of ordinary skill in the art?
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Answer: Prior art
Question: A trademark is business information that represents something of economic value, has required effort or cost to develop, has some degree of uniqueness or novelty, is generally unknown to the public, and is kept confidential.
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Answer: False
Question: Because organizations can risk losing trade secrets when key employees leave, they often try to prohibit employees from revealing secrets by adding more-complete clauses to employment contracts.
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Answer: True
Question: Which of the following requires member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can be enforced under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough enough to deter further violations?
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Answer: TRIPS agreement
Question: Which act allows trademark owners to challenge foreign cybersquatters who might otherwise be beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts?
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Answer: ACPA
Question: The courts have ruled in favor of using reverse engineering to:
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Answer: enable interoperability
Question: Which of the following established the minimum levels of protection that each country must provide to all WTO members?
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Answer: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Question: Which of the following allows portions of copyrighted materials to be used without permission under certain circumstances?
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Answer: Fair use doctrine
Question: One key advantage that trade secret law has over the use of patents and copyrights in protecting companies from losing control of their intellectual property is:
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Answer: there is no need to file an application or disclose a trade secret to gain protection
Question: Which of the following terms is used to describe the act of stealing someone’s ideas or words and passing them off as one’s own?
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Answer: Plagiarism
Question: Which of the following can read the machine language of a software program and produce the source code?
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Answer: decompiler
Question: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty of 1996 eliminated many of the original copyright protections for electronic media.
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Answer: False
Question: Cybersquatters:
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Answer: register domain names for famous trademarks or company names to which they have no connection
Question: What type of system enables physicians to place orders electronically, with the order transmitted directly to the recipient?
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Answer: computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system
Question: Which of the following typically involves the use of social networks to communicate and promote the benefits of products and services?
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Answer: Social media marketing