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37. Which of the following established the minimum levels of protection that each country must provide to all
WTO members?
a.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
b.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
c.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
d.
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
38. Which of the following can read the machine language of a software program and produce the source code?
a.
compiler
b.
open source decoder
c.
re-engineering device
d.
decompiler
39. What is the name of the agreement that prohibits a departing employee from working for any competitors
for a period of time?
a.
noncompete agreement
b.
license agreement
c.
nondisclosure agreement
d.
union agreement
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40. Unlike traditional copyright law, which of the following acts does not govern copying; instead, it focuses on
the distribution of tools and software that can be used for copyright infringement as well as for legitimate non-
infringing use?
a.
TRIPS Agreement
b.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
c.
WIPO Copyright Treaty
d.
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act
41. Which of the following allows portions of copyrighted materials to be used without permission under
certain circumstances?
a.
Plagiarism
b.
Copyright infringement
c.
Fair use doctrine
d.
Use of prior art
42. One of the tests that an invention must pass to be eligible for a patent is which of the following?
a.
it must be a machine
b.
it must not be economical to produce
c.
it must be capable of providing economic benefit
d.
it must be obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the same field
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43. Which act allows trademark owners to challenge foreign cybersquatters who might otherwise be beyond the
jurisdiction of U.S. courts?
a.
ACPA
b.
PRO-IP Act
c.
Economic Espionage Act
d.
CAN-SPAM Act
44. Which of the following was a legislator and former singer and entertainer who co-sponsored the Copyright
Term Extension Act?
a.
Frank Sinatra
b.
Sonny Bono
c.
Dean Martin
d.
Sammy Davis Jr.
45. Which of the following requires member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can be
enforced under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough enough to deter further violations?
a.
TRIPS agreement
b.
DMCA
c.
PRO-IP Act
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d.
WIPO Copyright Agreement
46. Which of the following claims as its invention some feature or process embodied in instructions executed by
a computer?
a.
trade secret
b.
software patent
c.
cross-licensing agreement
d.
patent infringement
47. The redistribution of a program code with no copyright as a proprietary software can be avoided by using
which of the following?
a.
nondisclosure clause
b.
open source license
c.
patent protection
d.
copyright term
48. Firefox and OpenOffice are all examples of which of the following?
a.
Web browsers
b.
utility software
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c.
products developed through re-engineering
d.
open source software
49. One key advantage that trade secret law has over the use of patents and copyrights in protecting companies
from losing control of their intellectual property is:
a.
the time limitation for a trade secret is longer than for patents and copyrights
b.
no royalties must be paid on trade secrets
c.
trade secrets can become part of the prior art and be used to protect patents and copyrights
d.
there is no need to file an application or disclose a trade secret to gain protection
50. Which of the following is a logo, package design, phrase, sound, or word that enables a consumer to
differentiate one company’s products from another’s?
a.
trade secret
b.
watermark
c.
trademark
d.
earmark
51. Cybersquatters:
a.
frequently launch denial-of-service attacks against popular Web sites
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b.
register domain names for famous trademarks or company names to which they have no connection
c.
remain connected to popular Web sites for extremely long periods of time making it difficult for
others to obtain service
d.
employ phishing tactics using the domain names of popular Web sites
52. The courts have ruled in favor of using reverse engineering to:
a.
allow the domination of a particular software market by a single manufacturer
b.
provide access to protected elements of an original work
c.
circumvent restrictive trade secrets
d.
enable interoperability
53. Under which act was the U.S. patent system changed from a “first-to-invent” to a “first-inventor-to-file”
system?
a.
Economic Espionage Act
b.
Lanham Act
c.
Uniform Trade Secrets Act
d.
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
54. Legally obtained information that is gathered to help a company gain an advantage over its rivals is called
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which of the following?
a.
prior art
b.
industrial espionage
c.
competitive intelligence
d.
trade secrets
55. Which of the following terms is used to describe the act of stealing someone’s ideas or words and passing
them off as one’s own?
a.
Plagiarism
b.
Cybersquatting
c.
Reverse engineering
d.
Patent trolling
Subjective Short Answer
56. What conditions must be met for a defendant to successfully use the nominative fair use defense?
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57. State the background and purpose of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights.
58. What is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)?
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59. Identify what types of work are eligible to be copyrighted.
60. Discuss the uses of cross-licensing agreements by large software manufacturers and how their use can place
smaller companies at a disadvantage.
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