Professional Code of Ethics Quiz

What is the purpose of a professional code of ethics?

• To discourage self-assessment

• To confuse practitioners

• To outline the rules and principles of a profession

• To promote unethical behavior

What are the benefits of a professional code of ethics?

• Ethical decision making, low standards of practice, distrust from the public, lack of evaluation benchmark

• Unethical decision making, low standards of practice, distrust from the public, lack of evaluation benchmark

• Encouraging fraud, low standards of practice, distrust from the public, lack of evaluation benchmark

• Ethical decision making, high standards of practice, trust from the public, evaluation benchmark

What are the strengths of professional codes of ethics?

• Inspire unethical behavior, confuse practitioners, lack discipline, ignore professional obligations

• Encourage fraud, provide vague guidance, ignore professional obligations, lack discipline

• Promote unethical behavior, confuse practitioners, discourage self-assessment, lack discipline

• Inspire ethical behavior, guide in ethical choices, educate about professional obligations, discipline violators

What are the weaknesses of professional codes of ethics?

• Directives are specific, effective in disciplinary matters, consistent, altruistic

• Directives are too general, ineffective in disciplinary matters, consistent, altruistic

• Directives are too general, ineffective in disciplinary matters, inconsistent, self-serving

• Directives are too vague, effective in disciplinary matters, inconsistent, self-serving

What is computer ethics concerned with?

• Encouraging computer crimes

• Ignoring moral actions and responsibility

• Promoting unethical behavior in computing

• Placing a value on acts according to their morality

What are the Ten Commandments of computer ethics?

• Rules for stealing software

• Rules regarding ethical use of computers

• Rules promoting harmful use of computers

• Rules for snooping on others' files

What are the properties that make computers a special case?

• Emotional Malleability, Impact on Environment, Invisibility Factor

• Logical Malleability, Impact on Society, Invisibility Factor

• Logical Malleability, Impact on Society, Visibility Factor

• Physical Malleability, Isolation from Society, Visibility Factor

What are the three levels of computer ethics?

• POP computer ethics, PARA computer ethics, Theoretical computer ethics

• POP computer ethics, Basic computer ethics, Advanced computer ethics

• Basic computer ethics, Advanced computer ethics, Expert computer ethics

• Simple computer ethics, Complex computer ethics, Theoretical computer ethics

What are some problems in computer ethics?

• Illegal use of hardware, deletion of software, computer transparency, data storage

• Authorized use of hardware, sharing of software, computer honesty, programming

• Unauthorized use of hardware, theft of software, computer fraud, hacking

• Legal use of hardware, purchase of software, computer security, networking

What is the Hacking Community's Constitution about?

• Beliefs against free speech, democracy, hacking, and technological advancements

• Beliefs promoting censorship, dictatorship, anti-hacking, and technological limitations

• Beliefs promoting misinformation, oppression, anti-technology, and censorship

• Beliefs regarding free speech, democracy, hacking as a tool, and the role of technology