Online Quiz on Information Technology Ethics

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User Varun Patlola
Course Topics in Information Technology Ethics
Test Online Quiz (15% value)
Started 04/04/18 21:50
Submitted 04/04/18 22:24
Due Date 08/04/18 23:59
Status Completed
Attempt
Score
9 out of 15 points
Time Elapsed 33 minutes out of 40 minutes
Instructions There will be 10 multiple choice questions that you need to complete in 40 minutes. Once
you start, you must finish.
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Question 1
A small software company is working on an integrated inventory control system for a very
large national shoe manufacturer. The system will gather sales information daily from
shoe stores nationwide. This information will be used by the accounting, shipping, and
ordering departments to control all of the functions of this large corporation. The
inventory functions are critical to the smooth operation of the system. Jane, a quality
assurance engineer with the software company, suspects that the inventory functions of
the system are not sufficiently tested, although they have passed all their contracted
tests. She is pressured by her employers to sign off on the software. Legally she is only
required to perform those tests which have been agreed to in the original contract.
However, her considerable experience in software testing has led her to be concerned
over risks of the system. Her employers say that they will go out of business if they do not
deliver the software on time. Jane contends if the Inventory sub-system fails, it will
significantly harm their client and its employees. If the potential failure were to threaten
lives, it would be clear to Jane that she should refuse to sign off. But since the degree of
threatened harm is less, Jane is faced with a difficult moral decision.
Select the most relevant clauses of the ACS code of professional conduct from the
following options.
Selected Answer:
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4/4/2018 Review Test Submission: Online Quiz (15% value) – ...
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Public Interest, Quality of Life, Professionalism
Question 2
Bynum and Rogerson (2004) identify five important functions that professional codes
serve. These functions are:
Selected
Answer: Inspiration, Education, Guidance, Accountability,
Enforcement
Question 3
When two or more moral duties clash, we have to look at individual situations in order to
determine which duty will override another, without considering the consequences of
those actions.
This statement most accurately describes the following ethical theory:
Selected Answer: Act Deontology
Question 4
Which of the following additional discussion stoppers do you think might also block or
shut down moral discourse?
Selected Answer: Religion
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