WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM
400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (2024)
What may providing unrestricted access to consumers' data without protecting each
individual's privacy or identity be to consumers? - ANSWER--Unethical and
risky
Which element states what actions will be taken against an individual who violates
an acceptable use policy aka AUP? - ANSWER--Sanctions
What may be a representation of data that may be inappropriately shared by an IT
professional? - ANSWER--Employee records
In an effort to reduce costs, a start-up organization is running pirated software.
How may the actions of these leaders be characterized? - ANSWER--Illegal and
unethical
Which scenario is a violation of a code of conduct? - ANSWER--An employee
makes a copy of company software and takes it home to share with his friends.
What issue can be avoided when a well-defined problem statement and exceptional
communication are present during an IT project? - ANSWER--Scope creep
Most organizations with a published code of ethics have a provision for an
employee to report expected wrongdoing by others within the organization.
What is the person exercising this right known as? - ANSWER--A whistle-blower
Which entity provides a technology code of ethics to its constituents? - ANSWER-
-A professional organization
What is the first step in investigating an ethical challenge? - ANSWER--Gather
the facts
, WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM
400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (2024)
Which best practice should help reduce the different ethical problems IT
professionals face on a daily basis? - ANSWER--Establishing and implementing
an acceptable use policy
A man uses ex's social security number and mother's maiden name to reset
password for her cell. What is this action an example of? - ANSWER--
Misrepresentation
Why have many IT manufacturers made supply chain sustainability a priority? -
ANSWER--These policies allow IT companies to sell their products in the
European Union countries
Bathsheba syndrome - ANSWER--The moral corruption of people in power,
which is often facilitated by a tendency for people to look the other way when
their leaders act inappropriately.
Ethics - ANSWER--A code of behavior that is defined by the group to which
an individual belongs.
Integrity - ANSWER--Adherence to a personal code of principles.
Morals - ANSWER--The personal principles upon which an individual bases
his or her decisions about what is right and what is wrong.
In the context of deontological ethics, how would you assess actions based on
personal feelings such as love or anger? - ANSWER--Actions motivated by
personal feelings do not have moral worth.
You are a doctor who is asked by a terminally ill patient about the diagnosis. In the
context of Kant's ethics, what would you do? - ANSWER--The decision should be
based on the truth of the situation, independent of family wishes or legal
requirements.
consequentialism - ANSWER--form of consequentialism is utilitarian ethics,
which uses the principle of the "greatest good" to determine what the moral
, WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM
400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (2024)
obligations are in any given situation. The "good" in utilitarian ethics is
measured in terms of happiness or pleasure
What is the difference between Bentham's conception of utility and Epicurus's
understanding of pleasure as a foundation of moral life? - ANSWER--The
conception of utility is focused only on maximizing happiness for all affected
by one's actions while Epicurus's moral philosophy is focused on one's own
personal life.
What is the difference between the ethics of hedonism advocated by Epicurus and
utilitarian ethics as developed by J. S. Mill? - ANSWER--While utilitarian ethics
emphasizes the role of a moral agent as a disinterested spectator, hedonism is
focused on pursuing one's own interests.
vice - ANSWER--A habit of unacceptable behavior.
virtue - ANSWER--A habit that inclines people to do what is acceptable.
Social Audit - ANSWER--A process whereby an organization reviews how well
it is meeting its ethical and social responsibility goals and communicates its
new goals for the upcoming year.
What best represents an example of the problem statement identifying the needs of
relevant stakeholders? - ANSWER--Our online customers often abandon their
merchandise search, even though we have the needed items in stock. As a
result, we cannot sell the products online that are in demand with customers
in our physical stores, and our online sales revenue declined by 10% over the
last quarter.
PRISM - ANSWER--a NASA system employed to collect internet data
including search histories; photos sent and received; the contents of email, file
transfers, and voice and video chats; and other internet communication data
, WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM
400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (2024)
Executive Order 12333 - ANSWER--Approves the use of any intelligence
collection techniques that are in accordance with procedures established by
the head of the intelligence community and approved by the attorney general.
Freedom of Information Act - ANSWER--request must acknowledge that the
request has been received and indicate when the request will be fulfilled, with
an initial response within 20 working days unless an unusual circumstance
occurs.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act aka FISA - ANSWER--Describes
procedures for the electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence
between foreign powers and agents of foreign powers. It also created a special
court which meets in secret to hear applications for orders approving
electronic surveillance anywhere within the United States.
General Data Protection Regulation aka GDPR - ANSWER--designed to
strengthen the data protection for individuals within the EU and includes stiff
penalties for privacy violations.
Predictive coding - ANSWER--a process that couples human guidance with
computer-driven concept searching in order to train document review
software to recognize relevant documents with a document universe
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - ANSWER--Beginning with the
model year 2011 vehicles, the National Highway Safety Administration
defined a minimum set of 15 data elements that must be captured for
manufacturers who voluntarily install Electronic Data Recorders on their
vehicles.
A litigation hold is sent when - ANSWER--Often organizations are engaged in
litigation. A notice is sent to employees or to the opposing party to save
relevant data and to suspend data that might be due to be destroyed based on
normal data-retention rules.
400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (2024)
What may providing unrestricted access to consumers' data without protecting each
individual's privacy or identity be to consumers? - ANSWER--Unethical and
risky
Which element states what actions will be taken against an individual who violates
an acceptable use policy aka AUP? - ANSWER--Sanctions
What may be a representation of data that may be inappropriately shared by an IT
professional? - ANSWER--Employee records
In an effort to reduce costs, a start-up organization is running pirated software.
How may the actions of these leaders be characterized? - ANSWER--Illegal and
unethical
Which scenario is a violation of a code of conduct? - ANSWER--An employee
makes a copy of company software and takes it home to share with his friends.
What issue can be avoided when a well-defined problem statement and exceptional
communication are present during an IT project? - ANSWER--Scope creep
Most organizations with a published code of ethics have a provision for an
employee to report expected wrongdoing by others within the organization.
What is the person exercising this right known as? - ANSWER--A whistle-blower
Which entity provides a technology code of ethics to its constituents? - ANSWER-
-A professional organization
What is the first step in investigating an ethical challenge? - ANSWER--Gather
the facts
, WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM
400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (2024)
Which best practice should help reduce the different ethical problems IT
professionals face on a daily basis? - ANSWER--Establishing and implementing
an acceptable use policy
A man uses ex's social security number and mother's maiden name to reset
password for her cell. What is this action an example of? - ANSWER--
Misrepresentation
Why have many IT manufacturers made supply chain sustainability a priority? -
ANSWER--These policies allow IT companies to sell their products in the
European Union countries
Bathsheba syndrome - ANSWER--The moral corruption of people in power,
which is often facilitated by a tendency for people to look the other way when
their leaders act inappropriately.
Ethics - ANSWER--A code of behavior that is defined by the group to which
an individual belongs.
Integrity - ANSWER--Adherence to a personal code of principles.
Morals - ANSWER--The personal principles upon which an individual bases
his or her decisions about what is right and what is wrong.
In the context of deontological ethics, how would you assess actions based on
personal feelings such as love or anger? - ANSWER--Actions motivated by
personal feelings do not have moral worth.
You are a doctor who is asked by a terminally ill patient about the diagnosis. In the
context of Kant's ethics, what would you do? - ANSWER--The decision should be
based on the truth of the situation, independent of family wishes or legal
requirements.
consequentialism - ANSWER--form of consequentialism is utilitarian ethics,
which uses the principle of the "greatest good" to determine what the moral
, WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM
400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (2024)
obligations are in any given situation. The "good" in utilitarian ethics is
measured in terms of happiness or pleasure
What is the difference between Bentham's conception of utility and Epicurus's
understanding of pleasure as a foundation of moral life? - ANSWER--The
conception of utility is focused only on maximizing happiness for all affected
by one's actions while Epicurus's moral philosophy is focused on one's own
personal life.
What is the difference between the ethics of hedonism advocated by Epicurus and
utilitarian ethics as developed by J. S. Mill? - ANSWER--While utilitarian ethics
emphasizes the role of a moral agent as a disinterested spectator, hedonism is
focused on pursuing one's own interests.
vice - ANSWER--A habit of unacceptable behavior.
virtue - ANSWER--A habit that inclines people to do what is acceptable.
Social Audit - ANSWER--A process whereby an organization reviews how well
it is meeting its ethical and social responsibility goals and communicates its
new goals for the upcoming year.
What best represents an example of the problem statement identifying the needs of
relevant stakeholders? - ANSWER--Our online customers often abandon their
merchandise search, even though we have the needed items in stock. As a
result, we cannot sell the products online that are in demand with customers
in our physical stores, and our online sales revenue declined by 10% over the
last quarter.
PRISM - ANSWER--a NASA system employed to collect internet data
including search histories; photos sent and received; the contents of email, file
transfers, and voice and video chats; and other internet communication data
, WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM
400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (2024)
Executive Order 12333 - ANSWER--Approves the use of any intelligence
collection techniques that are in accordance with procedures established by
the head of the intelligence community and approved by the attorney general.
Freedom of Information Act - ANSWER--request must acknowledge that the
request has been received and indicate when the request will be fulfilled, with
an initial response within 20 working days unless an unusual circumstance
occurs.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act aka FISA - ANSWER--Describes
procedures for the electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence
between foreign powers and agents of foreign powers. It also created a special
court which meets in secret to hear applications for orders approving
electronic surveillance anywhere within the United States.
General Data Protection Regulation aka GDPR - ANSWER--designed to
strengthen the data protection for individuals within the EU and includes stiff
penalties for privacy violations.
Predictive coding - ANSWER--a process that couples human guidance with
computer-driven concept searching in order to train document review
software to recognize relevant documents with a document universe
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - ANSWER--Beginning with the
model year 2011 vehicles, the National Highway Safety Administration
defined a minimum set of 15 data elements that must be captured for
manufacturers who voluntarily install Electronic Data Recorders on their
vehicles.
A litigation hold is sent when - ANSWER--Often organizations are engaged in
litigation. A notice is sent to employees or to the opposing party to save
relevant data and to suspend data that might be due to be destroyed based on
normal data-retention rules.
