Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport

College of Computing and Information Technology

Course Title: Computer & Society

Course Code: CS481
Lecturers: Prof. Hatem Abd-Elkader, Dr. Sherif M. Tawfik
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7th Week Exam

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Question 1 (10 marks): Multiple Choice Questions.
Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions:
1. An association of people organized under a system of rules designed to advance the good of its
members over time is called a

a) business.
b) constitution.
c) government.
d) monopoly.
e) society.
2. Ethics is
a) a rational examination of people’s moral beliefs.
b) a branch of philosophy.
c) one way to determine which activities are “good” and which are “bad.”
d) a field of study more than 2,000 years old.
e) All of the above

3. Rules of conduct describing what people ought and ought not to do in various situations are
called

a) denominations.
b) ideals.
c) morality.
d) philosophy.
e) virtues.

4. Which of these is not an example of direct censorship?

a) government monopolization
b) self-censorship
c) pre-publication review
d) licensing and registration
e) All of the above are examples of direct censorship.

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5. A Web filter is a piece of software that
a) keeps track of the pages your Web browser displays.
b) sends Google information about your Web surfing habits.
c) prevents certain Web pages from being displayed by your browser.
d) prevents unauthorized people from using your computer to surf the Web.
e) A and B.

Question 2 (20 marks): Essays

Answer only ten
1- Give the differences between Ethics and Morals

2- Why is Internet Censorship Hard?

3- Give two Internet technologies as tools for censorship?

4- What are the advantages and disadvantages of Internet monitoring and

Censorship?

5- How is Cyberbullying Different from Traditional Bullying?

6- Define the following terms 1- Carnivore, 2- ECPA, 3- Computer Crime?

7- What are the two types of symmetric encryption algorithms?
8- Why you are taking this course?
9- What are the types of Cyber squatting?
10- What are the actions taken if Cyber squatting happened?
11- Give five examples of online crimes, then give details for one of those crimes?
12- What are threats to individual privacy?
13- Define the following terms: Online Predators, Fake review and Spam
epidemic?