1. Jurisdiction can be described as

a. the study of law.

b. court cases involving the U.S. Constitution or a federal statute.

c. the authority of a court to hear and decide a particular type of case.

d. the burden of proof.

2. Rachel works for the Internal Revenue Service, and keeps some personal information on her computer at work. There has been suspicion that Rachel has not been keeping tax return information confidential. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures, protects Rachel from having the government review the personal information she has on her computer.

True

False

3. Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act

a .only the unauthorized interception of e-mail messages by the government or an ISP constitutes a violation.

b. violators may be subject to civil, but not criminal, penalties.

c. only the unauthorized disclosure of e-mail messages constitutes a violation.

d. violators are subject to both criminal and civil penalties.