D333: Ethics in Technology: Final
Exam with Accurate Answers.
Evaluation Benchmark - Answer While 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 this self-assessment tools provide?
Corruption - Answer A 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?
License - Answer Which verification should a software engineer obtain from the state to
serve as proof of professional ability?
Limited Warranty - Answer A 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?
Layered - Answer An IT manager implements security measures at the organization, network,
application, and employee levels. Which approach to security is the manager using?
Breach of Contract - Answer A 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?
Accuracy - Answer An 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) - Answer 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?
, Whistleblowing - Answer An 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?
Property - Answer Which ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an
organization's intangible creative activities?
Health Information Exchange (HIE) - Answer 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 Illegal - Answer A 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 Building - Answer What are two reasons technical workers should
become members of IT professional organizations?
Zip Code - Answer A 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) - Answer 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) - Answer 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?
Exam with Accurate Answers.
Evaluation Benchmark - Answer While 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 this self-assessment tools provide?
Corruption - Answer A 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?
License - Answer Which verification should a software engineer obtain from the state to
serve as proof of professional ability?
Limited Warranty - Answer A 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?
Layered - Answer An IT manager implements security measures at the organization, network,
application, and employee levels. Which approach to security is the manager using?
Breach of Contract - Answer A 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?
Accuracy - Answer An 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) - Answer 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?
, Whistleblowing - Answer An 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?
Property - Answer Which ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an
organization's intangible creative activities?
Health Information Exchange (HIE) - Answer 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 Illegal - Answer A 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 Building - Answer What are two reasons technical workers should
become members of IT professional organizations?
Zip Code - Answer A 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) - Answer 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) - Answer 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?
