Ethical Principles in Computing Quiz

What is the ethical principle that emphasizes the importance of contributing to society and human well-being?

What is the ethical principle that emphasizes the avoidance of causing harm?

What is the ethical principle that stresses the importance of being honest and trustworthy?

What is the ethical principle that emphasizes the need to be fair and to avoid discrimination?

What is the ethical principle that underscores the respect for privacy?

True or false: Hacking was initially considered a positive term in the early 1960s to 1970s?

True or false: The term 'hacktivism' refers to the use of hacking to promote a political cause?

True or false: Companies began using hackers in the phase 2 of hacking to spread computer worms and viruses?

True or false: Denial-of-service (DoS) attacks are used to spread viruses and worms rapidly?

True or false: Hacktivism is a form of civil disobedience and should not be punished?

True or false: The growth of the Web in the mid 1990s resulted in the rapid spread of viruses and worms?

White hat hackers use their skills to demonstrate system vulnerabilities and improve security.

The Pentagon has announced it would consider and treat some cyber attacks as acts of war, and the U.S. might respond with military force.

Firewalls are used to monitor and filter out communication from trusted sites or that fit a profile of suspicious activity.

According to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), it outlaws hacking activities such as DoS, malware, unauthorized access, fraud, and impairing government operations.

Bahrain's Personal Data Protection Law covers computer crimes related to attacks on data and systems used for IT, illegal access to data, fraud crimes, and content crimes such as pornography.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted by the United States to govern the collection, processing, and storage of personal data.

Home users have a responsibility to ask questions and educate themselves on the tools to maintain security, such as personal firewalls, anti-virus, and anti-spyware.

The USA Patriot Act expanded the definition of loss to include the cost of responding to an attack, assessing damage, and restoring systems.

The Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and... is responsible for enforcing Bahrain's PDPL.

Ethical hacking courses focus on teaching hacking techniques for malicious purposes.