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Which of the following is the organization that is established by selecting personnel from related departments, who have the required skills and experiences, to perform system development?

• Divisional organization

• Project organization

• Matrix organization

• Functional organization

Among the actions involving a commercially available book of landscape pictures without obtaining the author’s permission, which of the following is illegal under the Copyright Act?

• Taking a photograph of the same object as a photograph you like

• Cutting out a photograph from the book and putting it on the wall of your room

• Placing and publishing a photograph from the book on your Web page

• Describing comments about the photograph book in your blog

Which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning the use of a single-licensed software package purchased for one PC or a computer at a company?

• Since the program purchased for a PC is owned by the company, it can be freely copied to other PCs in the company.

• The purchased program can be installed on a LAN server and downloaded into multiple PCs connected to the server.

• When the purchased program is upgraded to a new version, the unnecessary old version can be used for personal purposes outside the company.

• When a computer manufactured by Company A is replaced with another manufactured by Company B, the program can be altered without the permission of the copyright holder within the extent necessary for the replacement.

Which of the following describes the characteristics of the QR code in the figure shown below?

• It is the code developed for use in IC tags and can be used for noncontact-based merchandise management.

• It is a kind of two-dimensional bar code and can record much information, including alphanumeric characters, Kanji characters, etc.

• It contains only about 10 bytes of information and is used for encryption of commercial product codes.

• It compresses and symbolizes an image and is used for communication of information.

Company X, which is “a business operator handling personal information,” held a seminar for individual customers to promote the sales of their products, which included a questionnaire for the participants at the end. The questionnaire sheet stated that the purpose for obtaining personal information was to offer information about future products; the company asked for the customer’s name, address, telephone number, and whether or not they wanted the information.

Which of the following actions by Company X is illegal in light of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information?

• A list of customers was created from the collected questionnaires, and direct mails were sent to the customers who wanted information about products.

• The collected questionnaires and the customer list created after the seminar were stored in a locker with a key, except when they were necessary.

• The collected questionnaires and the customer list created after the seminar were stored in a locker with a key, except when they were necessary.

• A customer who had wanted information about products contacted Company X to change the address, so Company X changed the customer list after verifying the identity of the customer and the desire to receive further information.

Which of the following explains the Labor Standards Act?

• A law that regulates minimum standards for labor conditions, such as working hours, breaks, and vacations

• A law about businesses that dispatches workers with the required skills to companies

• A law enacted to improve the welfare of part-time workers

• A law that guarantees minimum wages for the stability of lives and the improvement in manpower quality

Which of the following is considered unauthorized access under the Act on the Prohibition of Unauthorized Computer Access?

• Having access to a shared server and copying a software package illegally without permission

• Having access to a computer via the Internet by using other people’s passwords

• Posting accessible information that libels others on the Internet

• Having access to a website with obscene pictures

When you create a webpage, which of the following uses of published work is legal to do without asking the copyright holder?

• Modifying an illustration appeared in a magazine and using it for your own corporate advertising on the webpage

• Scanning a pattern created by a famous designer in a curtain catalog, changing the color, and using it on the webpage because it is a fitting background graphic

• Scanning a photo released in a newspaper and using it on the webpage to provide up-to-date information

• Using statistical data published in a white paper on trade as the basis for creating a chart on the webpage to illustrate vehicle sales volume answer

Which of the following is an explanation of the just-in-time production method?

• The production process is started after a customer order is accepted.

• Products are manufactured based on the demand forecast made at the time of starting the production.

• Only the necessary items are produced, in the necessary quantity at the necessary time.

• The entire production process is performed by one or a few workers.

Which of the following is the most appropriate activity based on CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)?

• Providing products differentiated from competitors’ products by adding new functions

• Providing products that meet various market needs by adopting a cell production system

• Providing products that the company did not offer, by acquiring other companies

• Providing products that require less material used and also consume less electricity