D333 PreAssessment Ethics in Technology questions
with correct answers
A homeowners' association (HOA) installs license plate readers after an
increase in reported crime in the neighborhood. Two domestic workers
petition 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? Correct Answer-
Consequentialism - Best overall consequence, benefit the majority.
Two programmers disagree about which philosophical theory is best
suited for their autonomous vehicles. One programmer suggests their
vehicle should always choose the greatest good for the greatest number
of people.
Which philosophical theory encapsulates this stance? Correct Answer-
Utilitarianism - similar to consequentialism meaning the most good to
Benefit the majority.
What is the difference between ethics and morals? Correct Answer-
Ethics reflect a societal code of behavior, whereas morals reflect
personal principles.
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? Correct Answer-Corporate social
responsibility
A 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? Correct Answer-
Virtue - Habit of acceptable behavior.
A project team at an animal welfare agency is using predictive analytics
to help take animals out of abusive environments. The algorithm the
team designed has a false positive rate that is higher than zero, which
means that some animals could be removed erroneously if the
algorithm's recommendations are followed. The project owner
understands that pets may wrongfully be removed from loving healthy
homes but decides to use the algorithm anyway because it will happen
only a small percentage of the time.
Which ethical theory does this represent? Correct Answer-
Consequentialism - Best overall consequence, benefit the majority.
,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?
Correct Answer-Unethical and illegal
A municipality decides to use the data it has on household water usage
to build an algorithm that can identify welfare fraud. This would result
in a list of potential fraudsters that could be used to make welfare
decisions. Although the municipality is the rightful owner and processor
of the data, citizens have raised privacy issues with the application. The
citizens object that they have no way of knowing whether they are on the
list and have no possibility of redress if they are.
Which decision-making process did the municipality follow? Correct
Answer-Legal but unethical
The marketing department of a financial services institution asks data
scientists to build a consumer profile based on transaction data.
Although company lawyers approve the request to explicitly signal
customers with potential gambling addiction problems, the data
scientists refuse to build the profiles.
, What describes this request? Correct Answer-Unethical and legal
Which ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an
organization's intangible creative activities? Correct Answer-Property
An IT company that specializes in software development has an
organizational structure that consists of a chief executive officer, chief
ethics officer, chief finance officer, and chief operating officer.
Which of these executives provides the company with vision and
leadership in business conduct? Correct Answer-Chief ethics officer
What is a reason for organizations to pursue corporate social
responsibility (CSR) goals? Correct Answer-Gain goodwill
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? Correct Answer-Corruption
An IT manager implements security measures at the organization,
network, application, and employee levels.
with correct answers
A homeowners' association (HOA) installs license plate readers after an
increase in reported crime in the neighborhood. Two domestic workers
petition 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? Correct Answer-
Consequentialism - Best overall consequence, benefit the majority.
Two programmers disagree about which philosophical theory is best
suited for their autonomous vehicles. One programmer suggests their
vehicle should always choose the greatest good for the greatest number
of people.
Which philosophical theory encapsulates this stance? Correct Answer-
Utilitarianism - similar to consequentialism meaning the most good to
Benefit the majority.
What is the difference between ethics and morals? Correct Answer-
Ethics reflect a societal code of behavior, whereas morals reflect
personal principles.
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? Correct Answer-Corporate social
responsibility
A 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? Correct Answer-
Virtue - Habit of acceptable behavior.
A project team at an animal welfare agency is using predictive analytics
to help take animals out of abusive environments. The algorithm the
team designed has a false positive rate that is higher than zero, which
means that some animals could be removed erroneously if the
algorithm's recommendations are followed. The project owner
understands that pets may wrongfully be removed from loving healthy
homes but decides to use the algorithm anyway because it will happen
only a small percentage of the time.
Which ethical theory does this represent? Correct Answer-
Consequentialism - Best overall consequence, benefit the majority.
,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?
Correct Answer-Unethical and illegal
A municipality decides to use the data it has on household water usage
to build an algorithm that can identify welfare fraud. This would result
in a list of potential fraudsters that could be used to make welfare
decisions. Although the municipality is the rightful owner and processor
of the data, citizens have raised privacy issues with the application. The
citizens object that they have no way of knowing whether they are on the
list and have no possibility of redress if they are.
Which decision-making process did the municipality follow? Correct
Answer-Legal but unethical
The marketing department of a financial services institution asks data
scientists to build a consumer profile based on transaction data.
Although company lawyers approve the request to explicitly signal
customers with potential gambling addiction problems, the data
scientists refuse to build the profiles.
, What describes this request? Correct Answer-Unethical and legal
Which ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an
organization's intangible creative activities? Correct Answer-Property
An IT company that specializes in software development has an
organizational structure that consists of a chief executive officer, chief
ethics officer, chief finance officer, and chief operating officer.
Which of these executives provides the company with vision and
leadership in business conduct? Correct Answer-Chief ethics officer
What is a reason for organizations to pursue corporate social
responsibility (CSR) goals? Correct Answer-Gain goodwill
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? Correct Answer-Corruption
An IT manager implements security measures at the organization,
network, application, and employee levels.
