Social Issues and Professional Practice - Semis Exam

Which statement best captures the definition of ethics as presented?

• A set of legal rules enforced by government authorities

• The discipline concerned with what is good or bad, involving moral duty and obligation

• A collection of personal preferences unrelated to decision-making

• Techniques for optimizing computational performance

According to the material, ethics is primarily concerned with which of the following?

• Opinions and beliefs about human conduct

• Calculations and algorithms for data analysis

• Physical laws governing hardware devices

• Economic efficiency in resource allocation

Which description distinguishes ethics from morals in the provided material?

• Ethics are innate feelings; morals are legal mandates

• Ethics are a system or code of morals for a person, group, or profession; morals are generally accepted standards of goodness or rightness in conduct or character

• Ethics are purely economic; morals are purely political

• Ethics and morals are identical with no meaningful difference

Why is ethics described as hard to define in the excerpt attributed to Gross (1996)?

• Because ethical theories rely exclusively on mathematical proofs

• Because most moral responses are based more on intuitions and feelings than on reasoning and logical deduction, and humans are not always fully rational

• Because ethics changes daily with technology updates

• Because there is universal agreement on right and wrong across all cultures

Complete the statement based on the material: An act is ethical if everyone were to act the same way, ________.

• individuals with the most power would benefit

• society as a whole would benefit

• minority groups would be disadvantaged

• economic output would remain unchanged

Which ethical principle aligns with treating people as ends and not merely as means?

• Societal benefit principle

• Respect for persons principle

• Fairness principle

• Utility maximization principle

In the context of computer ethics, what does the issue of Accuracy primarily require from data collectors?

• To encrypt all information before storage

• To authenticate information and ensure its correctness

• To limit access only to managers

• To assign ownership rights to software vendors

Based on the slide titled "Why study Computer Ethics," which statement best captures a primary reason for studying computer ethics?

• To memorize historical timelines of computing hardware

• To apply an ethical point of view to real-world computing contexts

• To prioritize speed of development over user safety

• To avoid working in specialized fields of computing

Which statement best differentiates a code of ethics from an individual moral code as described?

• A code of ethics governs only private decisions, while moral codes govern professional life

• A code of ethics is personal and subjective, while a moral code is formal and written

• A code of ethics sets broad, professional rules; a moral code governs particular decisions in private and professional life

• A code of ethics applies only to legal matters; moral codes apply to etiquette

Which commandment explicitly addresses harm prevention in computer use?

• Thou shalt not snoop around in other people’s computer files

• Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people

• Thou shalt not appropriate other people’s intellectual output

• Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness