Question 1

Which organization was implicated in one of the earliest cases of software piracy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Masters of Deception
B)   Homebrew Computer Club
C)   Cult of the Dead Cow
D)   The Pirate BayE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 2

In terms of scope and scale, this commercial sector reports the largest financial losses to piracy at $52.24 billion according to 2016 data.?

Accepted Answer

A)   Music industry
B)   Book publishing
C)   Motion pictures
D)   Computer softwareE) A) and C)
F) A) and B) D

Question 3

The following are all factors that have possibly contributed toward the low prosecutions of piracy except for _______________.?

Accepted Answer

A)   the absolute rarity of piracy (less than 1% of all cybercrimes) 
B)   the lack of public concern and political emphasis on harm
C)   the difficulties in policing and intelligence gathering
D)   the reluctance of public prosecutors to actE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

_______________ is a type of technology used to prevent illegal copying of digital files.?

Accepted Answer

A)   Digital rights management
B)   Copy-stop protection
C)   Bittorrent
D)   Digital rights securityE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

This privacy-enhancing measure allows users to hide their IP addresses by rerouting network traffic, thereby bypassing attempts by regulatory bodies to block access to websites hosting or indexing pirated content.?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bootstrapping
B)   Virtual private networks
C)   Jailbreaking
D)   Subnet maskingE) None of the above
F) B) and C) B

Question 6

Shawn Fanning developed this peer-to-peer service in 1999 which lead to a massive increase in illegal music downloads.?

Accepted Answer

A)   eMule
B)   BitTorrent
C)   Napster
D)   BearshareE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

What is a major reason peer-to-peer file-sharing remains extraordinarily resilient to shutdown attempts?

Accepted Answer

A)   Laws pertaining to copyright infringement are disproportionately applied to digital piracy
B)   Software developers are unconcerned with peer-to-peer file-sharing
C)   The decentralized and fragmented nature of the Internet make it difficult
D)   Federal agencies are largely unaware of the phenomena of file-sharingE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

This website generated controversy by hosting a free-to-access repository of scholarly publications.?

Accepted Answer

A)   Research Now
B)   Sci-Hub
C)   CyberScholar
D)   ElsevierE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

In the early 2000s, the UK released a series of anti-piracy ads featuring a singing troubadour slandering a man for engaging in activities like buying counterfeit goods and downloading pirated movies, dubbing the man _______________.?

Accepted Answer

A)   'Pirate Pete'
B)   'Illicit Irvine'
C)   'The Copyright Crusader'
D)   'Knock-Off Nigel'E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Despite issues surrounding the measurement of cybercrime generally, piracy statistics are surprisingly accurate and trustworthy.?

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

All of the following pieces of legislation deals, in some capacity, with piracy except for _______________.?

Accepted Answer

A)   CPPA
B)   DMCA
C)   TRIPS
D)   ACTAE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

In 2001, Bram Cohen released this decentralized protocol for peer-to-peer filesharing that was extraordinarily resilient to shutdown attempts.?

Accepted Answer

A)   eMule
B)   BitTorrent
C)   Napster
D)   BearshareE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

In 2013, Electronic Arts caused controversy after their "always-on" copy-protection mechanisms locked legitimate users out of this game.?

Accepted Answer

A)   Gears of War
B)   Battlefield 4
C)   Railroad Tycoon
D)   SimCityE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

According to recent estimates, 80 per cent of all music downloaders consumer music legally.?

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The UK introduced _______________ that required ISPs to send warning letters to customers who had been identified of breaching copyright.?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Stop Online Piracy Act
B)   The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property
C)   The Digital Economy Act
D)   The Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade ActE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

_______________ is the process of converting streaming data into files which can be stored locally and is an increasingly popular strategy for piracy.?

Accepted Answer

A)   BitTorrent
B)   Stream ripping
C)   Stream siphoning
D)   Stream savingE) A) and B)
F) A) and C) B

Question 17

What is the BSA's "No Piracy" program?

Accepted Answer

A)   A program where persons can get paid to turn over co-workers using unauthorized copies of software
B)   A program where anti-piracy speakers give educational seminars to primary and secondary schools
C)   A program where netizens can subscribe to weekly news of piracy lawsuits across the globe
D)   A program were users can offer and gift software programs to those who may not be able to afford itE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and trademarks are best classified as forms of _______________.?

Accepted Answer

A)   physical property
B)   intellectual property
C)   personal property
D)   governmental propertyE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a motivation for piracy as described in the textbook.?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sampling
B)   Sharing is caring
C)   Desire to avoid going to "brick-and-mortar" stores and being in public
D)   Rebellion/resistanceE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Created in the late 1990s, the _______________ was crafted to address copyright issues in the age of the Internet by providing legal protections for copy-protection mechanisms.?

Accepted Answer

A)   Copyright Act
B)   Digital Millennium Copyright Act
C)   Technological Protection Act
D)   Computer Fraud and Abuse ActE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Exam 5: Virtual Pirates

Which organization was implicated in one of the earliest cases of software piracy?

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In terms of scope and scale, this commercial sector reports the largest financial losses to piracy at $52.24 billion according to 2016 data.?

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The following are all factors that have possibly contributed toward the low prosecutions of piracy except for _______________.?

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_______________ is a type of technology used to prevent illegal copying of digital files.?

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This privacy-enhancing measure allows users to hide their IP addresses by rerouting network traffic, thereby bypassing attempts by regulatory bodies to block access to websites hosting or indexing pirated content.?

Correct AnswerverifiedB

Shawn Fanning developed this peer-to-peer service in 1999 which lead to a massive increase in illegal music downloads.?

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What is a major reason peer-to-peer file-sharing remains extraordinarily resilient to shutdown attempts?

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This website generated controversy by hosting a free-to-access repository of scholarly publications.?

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In the early 2000s, the UK released a series of anti-piracy ads featuring a singing troubadour slandering a man for engaging in activities like buying counterfeit goods and downloading pirated movies, dubbing the man _______________.?

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Despite issues surrounding the measurement of cybercrime generally, piracy statistics are surprisingly accurate and trustworthy.?

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All of the following pieces of legislation deals, in some capacity, with piracy except for _______________.?

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In 2001, Bram Cohen released this decentralized protocol for peer-to-peer filesharing that was extraordinarily resilient to shutdown attempts.?

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In 2013, Electronic Arts caused controversy after their "always-on" copy-protection mechanisms locked legitimate users out of this game.?

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According to recent estimates, 80 per cent of all music downloaders consumer music legally.?

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The UK introduced _______________ that required ISPs to send warning letters to customers who had been identified of breaching copyright.?

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_______________ is the process of converting streaming data into files which can be stored locally and is an increasingly popular strategy for piracy.?

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What is the BSA's "No Piracy" program?

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Copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and trademarks are best classified as forms of _______________.?

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Which of the following is NOT a motivation for piracy as described in the textbook.?

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Created in the late 1990s, the _______________ was crafted to address copyright issues in the age of the Internet by providing legal protections for copy-protection mechanisms.?

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