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Concepts for Computing and
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Section 1
This section overviews the course layout.
Section 2
In this section, three competencies are covered across four modules. This
section of the course contains Modules 1, 2, and 3, as follows:
● Module 1: An Overview of Ethics
● Module 2: Introduction to Ethical Frameworks
● Module 3: Professional Ethics
● Module 3: Cyberattacks and Cybersecurity
Module 1 An Overview of Ethics
From Computing and Technology Ethics: Engaging Through
Science Fiction, Chapter 1
Define the following terms:
- Normative statement: assessment of how things should be rather than how they
are. for example, “he was wrong to do that” or “being kind is more important than being
the most successful.”
- Descriptive statement: furnishing you, the decision maker, with a critical framework
that enables you to understand what is happening in a given situation and what is at
stake in any action you might take.
- Ethical framework: frameworks that include important features of some ethical
theories.
Why is fostering good business ethics (also known as Corporate Social
Responsibility or CSR) important?
CSR practices help companies mitigate risk by avoiding troubling situations. This
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, includes preventing adverse activities such as discrimination against employee groups,
disregard for natural resources, unethical use of company funds, and activity that leads
to lawsuits, and litigation
What are three basic/perennial problems in ethics discussed in the chapter?
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Competing kind of goods
Different ideas about what is good
What trends have increased the risk that information technology will be used in an
unethical manner?
When the ancient Greeks argued over the ideal values to instill in their children and
which methods of education that would be most effective, they were grappling with
many of the same issues that roboticists and programmers grapple with today when
they contemplate the value and risks of artificial intelligence (AI). When educators and
scholars in fifteenth-century Europe debated how the printing press might democratize
(or destroy) established bodies of knowledge, they were struggling with many of the
same issues that, in contemporary times, plague social media platforms like Facebook
and Twitter (Greenfield 2017).
What is the "invisibility factor" of computing technologies, as described by James
Moor? List the three issues stemming from this factor.
One of the features of computing technologies that Moor argued makes them unique is
what he called the “invisibility factor.” Think for instance of the numerous computer
chips and programs running silently in your car or on your smartphone.
Invisible Abuse
Invisible Programming Values
Invisible Complex Calculations
Why does the chapter argue that computing professionals have a particular
responsibility to consider ethical issues?
As a professional who works with the design, implementation, and deployment of
computing technologies, you will be able to do far more good in the world if you take
the time to understand what other people value and why, instead of trying to make
them conform to your own assumptions about what they should need or want. Although
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Concepts for Computing and
Technology Exam Study
Guide – Practice Questions
with Verified Answers.
GRADED A+. Latest
2026/2027 Update
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, D333 Study Guide
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(If the links are not working, all the videos and quiz resources can be found under
“course search” on your course page.)
Section 1
This section overviews the course layout.
Section 2
In this section, three competencies are covered across four modules. This
section of the course contains Modules 1, 2, and 3, as follows:
● Module 1: An Overview of Ethics
● Module 2: Introduction to Ethical Frameworks
● Module 3: Professional Ethics
● Module 3: Cyberattacks and Cybersecurity
Module 1 An Overview of Ethics
From Computing and Technology Ethics: Engaging Through
Science Fiction, Chapter 1
Define the following terms:
- Normative statement: assessment of how things should be rather than how they
are. for example, “he was wrong to do that” or “being kind is more important than being
the most successful.”
- Descriptive statement: furnishing you, the decision maker, with a critical framework
that enables you to understand what is happening in a given situation and what is at
stake in any action you might take.
- Ethical framework: frameworks that include important features of some ethical
theories.
Why is fostering good business ethics (also known as Corporate Social
Responsibility or CSR) important?
CSR practices help companies mitigate risk by avoiding troubling situations. This
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, includes preventing adverse activities such as discrimination against employee groups,
disregard for natural resources, unethical use of company funds, and activity that leads
to lawsuits, and litigation
What are three basic/perennial problems in ethics discussed in the chapter?
Limited Resources
Competing kind of goods
Different ideas about what is good
What trends have increased the risk that information technology will be used in an
unethical manner?
When the ancient Greeks argued over the ideal values to instill in their children and
which methods of education that would be most effective, they were grappling with
many of the same issues that roboticists and programmers grapple with today when
they contemplate the value and risks of artificial intelligence (AI). When educators and
scholars in fifteenth-century Europe debated how the printing press might democratize
(or destroy) established bodies of knowledge, they were struggling with many of the
same issues that, in contemporary times, plague social media platforms like Facebook
and Twitter (Greenfield 2017).
What is the "invisibility factor" of computing technologies, as described by James
Moor? List the three issues stemming from this factor.
One of the features of computing technologies that Moor argued makes them unique is
what he called the “invisibility factor.” Think for instance of the numerous computer
chips and programs running silently in your car or on your smartphone.
Invisible Abuse
Invisible Programming Values
Invisible Complex Calculations
Why does the chapter argue that computing professionals have a particular
responsibility to consider ethical issues?
As a professional who works with the design, implementation, and deployment of
computing technologies, you will be able to do far more good in the world if you take
the time to understand what other people value and why, instead of trying to make
them conform to your own assumptions about what they should need or want. Although
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