When Information Gatherers Employ Techniques That Cross a Legal or Ethical

question 69

Multiple Choice

When information gatherers employ techniques that cross a legal or ethical threshold, they are conducting __________.

• A) industrial espionage 
• B) competitive intelligence 
• C) opposition research 
• D) hostile investigation

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Definitions:

-cidal

A suffix indicating a substance or agent that kills or destroys a specified type of organism, such as bactericidal, which kills bacteria.

Killing

The act of causing death deliberately or due to negligence.

Large

Referring to something of significant size, volume, or extent, larger than most others of the same category.

Megalo-

A prefix derived from Greek, meaning 'large' or 'great', used in medical and scientific terms.