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20 May 2020, 03:03
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Question 1
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Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
75%
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Question Stats:
43% (03:04) correct
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Question 2
B
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
15%
(low)
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78% (00:54) correct 22%
(01:13) wrong
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Question 3
B
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
35%
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67% (01:21) correct 33%
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Passage # 99, Date: 20-May-2020
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Passage # 99, Date: 20-May-2020
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Revelations made by journalist Vance Packard in his “The Naked Society” on the incredibly enormous amounts of private information being gathered by government databases created an uproar over data privacy for the first time in 1964. The publication also featured how big corporations were profitably using personal information collected by them about their American consumers.However, between the two entities, Vance focused on the then-biggest user of mainframe computing power – the United States government, which created the National Data Bank that captured ginormous amounts of private data.“There are banks of giant memory machines that conceivably could recall in a few seconds every pertinent action — including failures, embarrassments or possibly incriminating acts — from the lifetime of each citizen,” he wrote in his book.
The uproar created by this publication led to hearings being convened by the Congress on the government’s invasion of privacy. The chant “the computer never forgets.” became unanimous.As a result, the National Data Bank took a hit, as many data privacy legislations were enforced including the Fair Credit Reporting Act in 1970, the Freedom of Information Act in 1967, and the Privacy Act in 1974.The thing about these acts was that they were solely focused on individuals’ right to information held by the databases. None of these acts questioned the right to gather such personal information by large corporations.As a result, the corporate biggies continued their surveillance unbridled which was not surprising given the U.S.’ history of preference for free flow of information to the protection of individual privacy.
Today, amid growing concerns in Silicon Valley and Washington that the current data privacy laws require change, the Congress is now struggling to maintain the balance between freedom of information and protection of individual privacy.It is time the government understood that the latter is more critical than merely snuffing out databanks or restricting a handful of companies and that proposals for more transparency are the need of the hour.
The uproar created by this publication led to hearings being convened by the Congress on the government’s invasion of privacy. The chant “the computer never forgets.” became unanimous.As a result, the National Data Bank took a hit, as many data privacy legislations were enforced including the Fair Credit Reporting Act in 1970, the Freedom of Information Act in 1967, and the Privacy Act in 1974.The thing about these acts was that they were solely focused on individuals’ right to information held by the databases. None of these acts questioned the right to gather such personal information by large corporations.As a result, the corporate biggies continued their surveillance unbridled which was not surprising given the U.S.’ history of preference for free flow of information to the protection of individual privacy.
Today, amid growing concerns in Silicon Valley and Washington that the current data privacy laws require change, the Congress is now struggling to maintain the balance between freedom of information and protection of individual privacy.It is time the government understood that the latter is more critical than merely snuffing out databanks or restricting a handful of companies and that proposals for more transparency are the need of the hour.
A
A. To discuss the beginning of the end of privacy and the current situation in the US
B. To criticize the government’s role in loss of data privacy
C. To discuss the problems resulting from the loss of data privacy
D. To describe the ways in which data privacy can be protected.
E. To point out the significance of the data privacy laws in today’s context
B
A. Congress should find a balance between upholding free flow of information and protecting individual privacy.
B. Upholding an individual’s right to privacy is more important than squashing out a few agencies that collect such personal information.
C. The government should not misuse the private data collected by its agencies.
D. The government should enact laws to facilitate an individual’s right to information.
E. The corporate giants should not use private data to make profits.
B
A. "The Naked Society” was hailed as a rebellious piece of work which caused an uproar.
B. People were probably unaware of the kind of data the government and corporates were gathering on them prior to the early 1960s.
C. The United States government was using data collected through private surveillance of its citizens to control them.
D. The corporate giants of America as a whole were the biggest users of computing power.
E. The National Data Bank was created as a result of the uproars.
20 May 2020, 11:18
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shivangishar
Let me answer your query. But before I go into the specifics, B is by far the better answer choice, it is not even close. So there are major issues with A, which I will try to explain.
First the question is an "inference" question. This means you need to infer something which is not obviously stated in the paragraph. Secondly, you have to infer this information from the first paragraph only. Now we understood what the question asked, let us proceed.
A. "The Naked Society” was hailed as a rebellious piece of work which caused an uproar.
Can we infer that this piece was "rebellious"? No. Why does it have to be rebellious, in fact from the information provided we just know that it uncovered dirty secrets of the US government.
Secondly, The Naked Society definitely created an uproar. it is clearly mentioned here - "Revelations made by journalist Vance Packard in his “The Naked Society” on the incredibly enormous amounts of private information being gathered by government databases created an uproar over data privacy for the first time in 1964."
So this is pretty much stated. Do we have to infer this information? No. But the questions asks you to infer a piece of information which the author has not explicitly stated.
Now let us look at B.
B. People were probably unaware of the kind of data the government and corporates were gathering on them prior to the early 1960s.
Were people unaware? Yes it can be reasonably inferred they were not aware. Otherwise why would there be an uproar?
Also this is further strengthened by the first word of the paragraph "Revelations". This word means that the Vance Packard actually revealed something which was unknown to the common public.
Does it all make sense?
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20 May 2020, 10:32
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SajjadAhmad
Please provide explanation for Q3. Why is the answer B, not A?
Passage :Revelations made by journalist Vance Packard in his “The Naked Society” on the incredibly enormous amounts of private information being gathered by government databases created an uproar over data privacy for the first time in 1964.
How can this mean that people were not aware about what the government was doing? Probably they were aware but there was nothing strong enough to cause the mass hysteria?
If you see Option A :
The Naked Society” was hailed as a rebellious piece of work which caused an uproar.
This option clearly tells us that a particular piece of work caused the uproar.
For example : People in India were against Britishers but the revolt of 1857 caused the uproar. This cannot mean that people were not aware of the torture done by Britishers, right?
Please provide explanation for Q3. Why is the answer B, not A?
Passage :Revelations made by journalist Vance Packard in his “The Naked Society” on the incredibly enormous amounts of private information being gathered by government databases created an uproar over data privacy for the first time in 1964.
How can this mean that people were not aware about what the government was doing? Probably they were aware but there was nothing strong enough to cause the mass hysteria?
If you see Option A :
The Naked Society” was hailed as a rebellious piece of work which caused an uproar.
This option clearly tells us that a particular piece of work caused the uproar.
For example : People in India were against Britishers but the revolt of 1857 caused the uproar. This cannot mean that people were not aware of the torture done by Britishers, right?
