12.9.4 Practice Questions

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Your organization has 20 employees who need an accounting software update installed. Due to a miscommunication, the purchaser only paid to update 10 licenses. The software company issued a paper license and a single key for updating 10 users. Since this is an enterprise paper license, there is no mechanism that enforces a limit to the number of times the key can be used, so you decide to go ahead and update all 20 users. What are the possible consequences of this decision? (Select TWO.)
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1. You risk losing your job. 2. You expose your company to litigation by violating the software license agreement.
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Which of the following is true of the way many large digital media vendors are using Digital Rights Management technology? (Select TWO.)
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1. They are adopting alternatives to DRM such as encouraging customers to not illegally share digital files. 2. They are moving away from DRM because of several key shortcomings in the technology.
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Which of the following is true of online software activation? (Select THREE.)
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1. With personal software licenses, the limit is usually one to three online activations. 2. Persistent activation may require the license to be continuously re-activated online at a preconfigured interval. 3. Before running a newly installed application, the user must activate their license online on the software vendor's website.
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One software license model allows software to be freely distributed, downloaded, and installed without paying a license fee, but often requires a fee for support, training, or added functionality. What is the name of this model?
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Open source
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What is the technology that protects the intellectual property rights of publishers and restricts the use of copyrighted works to those who have paid the necessary licensing fees?
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DRM