ITC506 IT Ethics: Online Quiz on ACS Code - CSU, Semester 1, 2018

This document presents a completed online quiz for the course Topics in Information Technology Ethics (ITC506) at CSU. The quiz consists of multiple-choice questions addressing various ethical scenarios and concepts relevant to IT professionals. Key topics covered include the ACS Code of Professional Conduct, moral duties, ethical theories such as Act Deontology and Virtue Ethics, privacy issues, and discussion stoppers that hinder moral discourse. The quiz also presents practical scenarios requiring the application of ethical principles, such as a software engineer facing pressure to release insufficiently tested software and a consultant recommending a system in which they have a financial interest. The solutions provided offer insights into the correct application of ethical frameworks in these situations. Desklib provides a repository of similar solved assignments for students.

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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.
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 ve
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 o
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 n
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 o
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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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 t
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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Question 5
A software consultant is a member of ACS and he is negotiating a contract with a local
community to design their traffic control system (TCS). He recommends they select
one particular TCS system out of several available systems on the market. The consulta
fails to mention that he is a major shareholder of the company producing the TCS
software he is recommending. As a member of ACS, the consultant should follow the AC
code of professional conduct. Select the most relevant action for the consultant from th
following options.
Selected
Answer: I must make myself aware of relevant standards and legislation,
and act accordingly.
Question 6
Mary enters her university’s computer lab at 11:00 p.m. to work on a research paper th
is due the next day. No one else is in the lab at the time that Mary arrives there, and no
one enters the lab until 11:45 p.m., when Tom - the computer lab coordinator - returns
close the lab for the evening. As Tom enters, he sees Mary typing on one of the desktop
computers in the lab. Mary seems startled as she looks up from her computer and
discovers that Tom is gazing at her.
Choose the most appropriate response about Mary's privacy in this situation.
Selected
Answer: We should infer that Mary's privacy was violated in this incident,
because Tom's behaviour was creepy and the university has a duty of
care to protect Mary.
Question 7
_______________ is the combination of communications privacy (the ability to
communicate with others without those communications being monitored by other
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persons or organizations) and data privacy (the ability to limit access to one’s personal
data by other individuals and organizations in order to exercise a substantial degree of
control over that data and its use).
Selected Answer: Information privacy
Question 8
Which of the following statements describes Virtue Ethics?
Selected
Answer: Assumes good persons will make good decisions and personal
qualities affect decisions
Question 9
When evaluating the overall strength of reasoning of an argument, we test whether the
argument is:
Selected Answer: Valid, Invalid, Reasonable, Feasible
Question 10
Each of the following answers contain atermfollowed by a definition. Which of the
following terms is correctly defined?
Selected Answer: All of the above.
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