Ethics in Technology: Final Exam

Ethics in Technology: Final Exam

Leave the first rating Students also studied Terms in this set (60) Western Governors UniversityD 333 Save Ethics in Technology 216 terms imsoshort91Preview ethics questions 258 terms igilliland323Preview C961 Review 48 terms Elber_FunezPreview Pre-ass 23 terms THE Evaluation BenchmarkWhile on vacation, an IT leader leaves a manager in charge of a major client project. Because the IT leader's team abides by a strong code of ethics, the IT leader knows the manager has the tools to perform ethical self-assessment during and after any challenging situations that may arise. Which benefit of following a professional code of ethics do these self-assessment tools provide?CorruptionA police department employee has access to data related to an ongoing investigation. A local politician whom the employee supports has come under investigation. The employee accesses the data relating to the investigation and provides the file to the politician anonymously. How should this behavior be classified?LicenseWhich verification should a software engineer obtain from the state to serve as proof of professional ability?Limited WarrantyA company is releasing a new financial software package. Along with the installation program, the company includes a written assurance that the program meets appropriate levels of quality. It also provides for specific remedies in the case of malperformance. What did the company use to limit its legal liabilities?LayeredAn IT manager implements security measures at the organization, network, application, and employee levels. Which approach to security is the manager using?Breach of ContractA financial services company hires a consultant to help build its data analytics capabilities. The company and consultant have a binding agreement for a list of deliverables and a delivery schedule. The consultant completes the work but delivers it six weeks late. Which ethical problem is this consultant engaged in?

AccuracyAn organization enters customer information in different formats, styles, and varieties into a database. Two customers placed an order on January 12, 2022, but one customer's purchase date is entered as 01/12/22, whereas the other's is entered as 12/01/22. Which aspect of data could be negatively impacted by the format issue?Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)An international organization based in a foreign country invites a U.S. ambassador to help promote its communications business. In exchange for the promotion, the president of the organization offers the ambassador a family trip package for 15 days as a thank-you gesture, with a bonus check of an undisclosed amount. Which law did the organization potentially violate?WhistleblowingAn employee of a large tech company notices that the company is not taking the proper steps to protect consumer information. The employee has raised concerns to management multiple times but has been ignored. The employee finds that the company is harming the public interest and takes steps to attract public attention.Which action is the employee demonstrating?PropertyWhich ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an organization's intangible creative activities?Health Information Exchange (HIE)A hospital wants to improve patient outcomes while reducing the amount of time it takes to send and receive a patient's treatment records to and from a neighboring hospital. The hospital engages a technology organization to create an electronic bridge to better facilitate faster data transfer while minimizing the threat of external parties compromising the data. Which type of technology solution does the hospital implement?Unethical and IllegalA software sales company is currently struggling with low sales. The company is aware that one of its competitor's senior sales managers is dissatisfied with the competitor due to having been overlooked for a promotion to the position of a vice president (VP). The company approaches the sales manager and offers them a position as VP for sales on the condition of bringing the manager's existing customer list and contacts to the new role. The sales manager is bound by a noncompete clause. Which type of decision-making process did the company follow?Peer Networks and Skill BuildingWhat are two reasons technical workers should become members of IT professional organizations?Zip CodeA company provides machine learning software that helps judges make decisions in parole hearings by assigning each person up for parole a score estimating the probability that they will commit another crime if paroled. The model was trained on the profiles of incarcerated people and information on whether they were sent back to prison after release. Race was not a variable that was included in the training data. However, it was uncovered that the model gave higher probabilities to members of certain races. It was found that a proxy variable was inadvertently included. Which data point in the incarcerated peoples' profiles was likely the variable understood by the machine learning models as a proxy for race?

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)An IT company holds itself accountable for how its actions affect its shareholders, consumers, employees, community, the environment, and suppliers. What is this company demonstrating?General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)A U.S. company launched an e-commerce platform in the European Union (EU).The board of directors raised concerns about compliance with applicable privacy regulations and the collection of customer information. Which regulation applies to this scenario?Lifelong LearningA software engineering company offers its employees free technical training every year. Many of its software engineers are taking the training to further their knowledge in the design, development, and testing of software. Which concept of the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice are the engineers following?Network Security and Insider AccessA company is engaged as a third party to perform debt collection on behalf of a telecommunications provider. The company operates an outbound call center to contact debtors and set up payment arrangements. The company needs to ensure that the debtors' data privacy is not at risk. Which two areas should the company ensure are properly managed?VirtueA developer creates video games based on real war scenarios and designs characters that mimic real people from world events. The video game has content perceived as excessively violent and rewards players who inflict the most harm on other players' virtual characters. The developer knows that these are simulated acts that depict real war scenarios to create an immersive experience for players but is concerned about the impact on their moral character. Which ethical theory does this situation represent?Regulatory Authority and Operator AirlinesAn aircraft company has developed an updated model of one of its best-selling airliners. It has attempted to keep new systems to a minimum so that existing pilots do not require expensive simulator retraining. During development, the company authorized a new software system to keep the aircraft in balanced flight.In rare circumstances during testing, the system caused uncommand nose-down inputs, which in the worst case could lead to a crash. Which two groups should the company inform to mitigate the potential liability?ConsequentialismA homeowners' association (HOA) installs license plate readers after an increase in reported crime in the neighborhood. Two domestic workers petitioned the HOA, requesting that their data be deleted to protect their privacy. The HOA considers this but denies their request, citing the greater need for security protection for residents. Which ethical theory does this represent?Lack of Employee LoyaltyA new tech startup in the U.S. is considering hiring a large group of workers to complete a new project. It has considered the pros and cons of hiring temporary foreign workers versus training full-time employees for this project. To lower costs, the company has decided to hire H 1B workers. What is a potential risk the new company faces by hiring these H1-B workers?

RansomwareAn attending physician at a local hospital receives an email with a link that appears to be from a neighboring clinic. When the physician clicks the link, computers throughout the hospital freeze, and patient information can no longer be accessed. A message appears demanding payment of five bitcoins within 48 hours to decrypt the hospital database and threatening that without payment, all information will be deleted. Which type of exploit is this?Tools and InventionsWhich two intellectual property items are protected by a patent?ChoiceA social media website collected personal information about consumers when they subscribed to the service. Subscribers opted in or out before creating their online profiles. Which European Union Data Protection Directive did the website follow?Protected Attribute (PA)A researcher develops a new model based on artificial intelligence (AI) to assist with tracking the movement of foreign nationals into and out of the United States.Due to ongoing civil unrest in Middle Eastern countries, the researcher wants to ensure that the nationality marker within the data set is not affected by AI bias.Which concept should be applied to the data set to reduce or eliminate AI bias?The lack of a nationwide unique patient identifier impedes error-free matching of an individual's files.A patient visited a primary care doctor for headaches and was referred to a specialist clinic that deals with neuroimaging. After visiting the specialist, the patient receives results that do not seem to match their symptoms. After calling the clinic, the patient discovers that their electronic health records (EHRs) from the primary care provider were mismatched with another patient's records when the patient visited the specialist.The Urgent Care FacilityA patient received treatment at an urgent care facility. Prior to being seen, the patient completed the required Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) forms. The doctor recorded all relevant treatment data in the urgent care facility's electronic medical record (EMR) system. Which entity is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the patient's medical information stored in the EMR?Ethical dilemmas from employment with no benefits and e mployees feeling disconnected from the company.A newly founded IT startup has ambitious goals for the upcoming year and decides to rapidly onboard many contingent workers. What are two potential disadvantages of hiring contingent workers from the startup's perspective?Competitive salary offers and increas ed hiring demand. What are two reasons IT job seekers should invest in obtaining a vendor's product certification?The Wiretap Act (1968)A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent monitors a telephone conversation between a 12 year-old child and the child's stepfather. The monitoring is part of a criminal investigation. A warrant was not obtained prior to commencement of the monitoring. Which law or regulation did the agent violate?File a John Doe LawsuitAn organization wants to take steps against an anonymous person who posts inaccurate negative reviews about the organization on its website. Which tactic can the organization employ?Ethics reflect a societal code of behavior, whereas morals reflect personal principles.What is the difference between ethics and morals?