Instructions: There are three (3) topic areas listed below that are designed
to measure your knowledge level specific to learning outcome (LO 5) shown
in your course syllabus. You must respond to #2 and select any other
one of these topic areas providing appropriate responses in essay form. In
most cases the topic area has several components. Each must be
addressed to properly satisfy requirements.

State-wide and in most professional industries, there has been a mandate
that college students be more proficient in their writing. While this is not a
writing class, all writing assignments will be graded for grammar, syntax and
typographical correctness to help address this mandate.

Pay attention to what you are being asked to do (see Grading Rubric below).
For example, to describe does not mean to list, but to tell about or
illustrate in more than two or three sentences, providing appropriate
arguments for your responses using theories discussed in our text. Be sure
to address all parts of the topic question as most have multiple parts. A
verifiable current event (less than 4 years old) relevant to at least one of the
topics you respond to is a fundamental component of your quiz as
well. You cannot use information from the text book or any book/article
by the author of the text book as a current event. Make sure that your
reference has a date of publication. For each chapter quiz and final quiz you
are required to find and include at least one reference and reference citation to a

current event less than 4 years old (a reference with no date (n.d.) is not

acceptable) in answer to at least one question. This requires a reference citation

in the text of your answer and a reference at the end of the question to which the

reference applies. You must include some information obtained from the

reference in your answer. The references must be found on the internet and you

must include a URL in your reference so that the reference can be verified.

You should type your responses directly under the appropriate question. Be
sure to include your name on your quiz. Only the first two (2) questions with
an answer will be graded. Include your name in the document filename
(see rubric below for example). Your completed quiz must be uploaded into
the appropriate eCollege Dropbox, no later than 11:59pm on the due
date. Do well.

1. Consumer surveys have suggested that many Internet users are
concerned about losing bits of their privacy when they are engaged in
online activities. In fact, many Internet users identify privacy as their
number one concern, ahead of concerns about ease of use, security,
cost, spam, and so forth. (a) Do only individuals who elect to use the
Internet have reason to be concerned about losing their
privacy? (b) Should those who have never even used a computer also
worry? (c) Lastly, are issues of privacy a major concern in Canada (you
must provide an appropriate reference that supports your answer

to this question, i.e., url, news article, etc.)? Please elaborate
(beyond a yes or no answer) and provide your “theoretical”
rationale in support of your responses. (knowledge)

2. In the days and weeks immediately following the tragic events of

September 11, 2001, some political leaders claimed that
“extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures”; in times of war,
basic civil liberties and freedoms, such as privacy, need to be severely
restricted for the sake of national security and safety. Perhaps, as a
nation, the value that we have traditionally attached to privacy has
diminished significantly since then. Consider that the majority of
American citizens strongly supported the USA (United and
Strengthening America) PATRIOT (Provide Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act, which passed by an
overwhelming margin in both houses of Congress and was enacted into
law on October 21, 2001. Privacy advocates have since expressed their
concerns about this act, noting that it might have gone too far in
eroding basic civil liberties. Some critics also fear that certain
provisions included in the act could easily be abused; for example,
those in power could use those provisions to achieve controversial
political ends under the convenient guise of national defense. Examine
some of the details of USA PATRIOT Act (go
to http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html). (a) Determin
e whether its measures are as extreme as its critics suggest. (b) Are
those measures consistent with the value of privacy, which Americans
claim to embrace? (c) Do privacy interests need to be reassessed, and
possibly recalibrated, in light of recent attacks by and ongoing threats
from terrorists? (d) What similar acts or laws exist in the United
Kingdom? Please elaborate (beyond a yes or no answer) and provide
your

“theoretical” rationale in support of your
responses. (comprehension)

3. Through the use of currently available online tools and search

facilities, ordinary users can easily acquire personal information about
others. In fact, anyone who has Internet access can, via a search
engine such as Google, find information about us that we ourselves
might have had no idea is publicly available there. (a) Is it true that
individual privacy is threatened by the use of search engines? (b) Give
some examples how that might occur. (c) Do individuals/hackers
from anywhere on the globe access personal information of citizens of
other countries? (d) Give some examples illustrating that has
occurred. (be specific and provide support for your answer) Please
elaborate (beyond a yes or no answer) and provide your

http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html

“theoretical” rationale in support of your
responses. (comprehension)

Grading Rubric for Quizzes
Grading criterion Unit

Points Total Points
Uploaded

to correct Dropbox 2

2
Submitted on

time 15 15

Document Filename:
Your Last Name,first and middle initial with correct quiz

number 5 5
(Example only: Creider_RD_q1)

Rationally expressed opinions, experiences (personal or observed), 8
arguments and premises (where appropriate) to support responses
(did not simply restate/summarize author/textbook

Clearly presented classical ethics theories relative to topic 8
Included ‘URL’ for appropriate verifiable current

event 12 28
(i.e., example of topic being discussed WITH EXPLANATION)
NOTE: Must be less than 4 years old

Grammatically correct and appropriate tone 10
(professional, non offensive language)

Typographically
correct 10 20

Included full citations as needed 3
Used correct APA
format 7 10

Addressed each item within selected topic
area 20 20

Maximum
grade 100 100