CEN4021 Software Engineering II
Gift Of Fire Chapter 1 Quiz
Discussion Questions
1. Reviewing Facebook as one of the first social-networking sites, discuss the ethical
ramifications of this site especially in light of the more recent news.
2. Discuss the ethical considerations of Blogs.
3. What are the ethical considerations of the following : flaming, spamming, lurking
and pinging?
4. Using the example of an ATM described in your text, discuss the negative aspects
of the introduction of this device to our society. What ethical considerations
should we have considered?
Multiple Choice, Short Answer, and True False
1. Which of the following is an example of a negative right or liberty:
(a) freedom of speech, as provided in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
(b) freedom of religion, as provided in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
(c) the right to use your labor, skills or mind to create goods and services
(d) all of the above
2. Claim rights or positive rights:
(a) are rights to act without interference
(b) are guaranteed in the First Amendment
(c) impose an obligation on some people to provide certain things for others
(d) all of the above
3. Facebook, one of the first social-networking sites, was started as an online version of
hardcopy student directories available at many colleges. Where did Facebook start?
(a) UCLA
(b) Georgetown
(c) Fordham
(d) Harvard
4, Blog is a word made up from
a) Babble Log
b) Booking Log
c) Web Log
d) Brilliant Log
5. According to the notes, “Ethics” is the
a) study of the mental reasoning of values
b) study of what it means to do the right thing
c) study of values in judgement
d) study of right and wrong issues
6. Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between the
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP)?
a. TCP is used to put messages back together after they are mixed up by IP.
b. TCP is the set of rules used by IP to determine how best to route a message to its
destination.
c. TCP is the four-piece address used by IP.
d. TCP is a kind of computer used to route messages written in IP.
7. In Internet terms, a mail server is
a. a person who composes an e-mail message.
b. the computer upon which an e-mail message is composed.
c. the computer upon which an e-mail message is received.
d. the computer that "stores and forwards" an e-mail message.
8. Which statement best characterizes the relationship of the World Wide Web (WWW) to
the Internet?
a. The WWW is a subset of the Internet.
b. The WWW is a collection of computers on the Internet that allow transmission of
distributed hypermedia documents.
c. The Internet provides a network upon which the WWW protocol and programs can run.
d. The WWW provides a network upon which TCP/IP is implemented.
9. The control center for the Internet is located:
a. in New York
b. in Washington, D.C.
c. near Paris
d. nowhere, because there is none
10. A computer address of the form 3.156.210.33 is called a(n)
a. IP address
b. URL
c. E-mail address
d. domain
11. A computer address of the form
http://www.fsu.edu/~gsmith/COP3502/page3.html
is called a(n)
a. IP address
b. URL
c. E-mail address
d. domain
12. The www.fsu.edu
a. IP address
b. URL
c. E-mail address
d. domain
part of the address above is called the
13. Word processors began as models of
a. printing presses
b. books
c. typewriters
d. touchtone telephones
14. On the Internet, the independently routed pieces of information are called
a. chunks
b. bytes
c. packets
d. files
15. Sending hateful or angry material over E-mail is known as
a. flaming
b. spamming
c. lurking
e. pinging
16. Using the example of an ATM, A Gift of Fire identified several negative aspects of the
ATM’s introduction to our society. Which of the following was not on that list
a. unemployment
b. crime
c. loss of privacy
d. cost