Ethics-In-Technology Practice Exam Questions and Answers

Employee A works as a developer for a software company. Their sibling is also a developer at a competitor company. Both companies are working on a similar application. The sibling's company struggles to get a feature to work, so the sibling copies the source code for the relevant sections of the application from Employee A's laptop after it was left unattended.

How should this behaviorbe classified?

Aninsurance company develops an artificial intelligence (Al) system to manage claims automatically. Although this technology benefits most customers, people from neighborhoods associated with a low socioeconomic status find it harder to get their claims approved. The company decides to keep using the system.

Which ethical theory justifies the company to come to this decision?

A company needs to fill a specialized, long-term engineering role. The worker in this role needs to work on-site and use a company-provided laptop for security. The company's corporate code of ethics dictates that it should prioritize economic empowerment in its local community. The company has not been successful in sourcing local candidates.

Which type of worker should the company consider expanding its candtdate pool to include?

What is a Gramm-Leach-BIiley Act (GLBA) financial privacy rule that presents a threat to data privacy?

An organization is implementing a new computerized manufacturing system. The organization is concerned about proving the level of quality based on standards related to the system and associated processes.

Which International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard certification should the organization seek to achieve this specific goal?

A factory manager must decide whether to replace assembly-line workers with robots but is concerned about employees losing their jobs. The factory manager also believes this automation would enhance worker safety, save the factory money, raise corporate profits, and lower the prices of goods produced. The factory manager weighs all possible outcomes and chooses the action that produces the greatest good.

Which ethical theory does this approach represent?

To gather data for improved customer profiles, a social media platform uses microphone data from its users in the United States. Which U.S. Constitulional amendment does this action violate?

A university brought legal proceedings against a student who posted negative comments anonymously on the internet about the university's dean. Which type of lawsuit is this?

An internet company develops a search engine to index websites and documents published online. The index displays short excerpts from search results in response to queries. Many of the indexed sites and documents are copyrighted.

Which doctrine covers the company's employment and reproduction of these materials?

An organization gathers data using various technologies to optimize sales processes for its current and prospective customers. The data consists of demographic, geographic, and behavioral customer changes.

Which data collection method is the organization using?