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WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGYTwo programmers disagree about which philosophical theory is best suited for
their autonomous vehicles. One programmer suggests their vehicle should always
choose the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Which philosophical theory encapsulates this stance?
Utilitarianism
What is the difference between ethics and morals?
Ethics reflect a societal code of behavior, whereas morals reflect personal
principles.
An IT company holds itself accountable for how its actions affect its shareholders,
consumers, employees, community, the environment, and suppliers. What is this
company demonstrating?
Corporate social responsibility
A homeowners' association (HOA) installs license plate readers after an increase
in reported crime in the neighborhood. Two domestic workers petition the HOA,
requesting that their data be deleted to protect their privacy. The HOA considers
this but denies their request, citing the greater need for security protection for
residents. Which ethical theory does this represent?
Consequentialism
,A project team at an animal welfare agency is using predictive analytics to help
take animals out of abusive environments. The algorithm the team designed has a
false positive rate that is higher than zero, which means that some animals could
be removed erroneously if the algorithm's recommendations are followed. The
project owner understands that pets may wrongfully be removed from loving
healthy homes but decides to use the algorithm anyway because it will happen
only a small percentage of the time. Which ethical theory does this represent?
Consequentialism
A developer creates video games based on real war scenarios and designs
characters that mimic real people from world events. The video game has content
perceived as excessively violent and rewards players who inflict the most harm on
other players' virtual characters. The developer knows that these are simulated
acts that depict real war scenarios to create an immersive experience for players
but is concerned about the impact on their moral character. Which ethical theory
does this situation represent?
Virtue
A software sales company is currently struggling with low sales. The company is
aware that one of its competitor's senior sales managers is dissatisfied with the
competitor due to having been overlooked for a promotion to the position of a
vice president (VP). The company approaches the sales manager and offers them
a position as VP for sales on the condition of bringing the manager's existing
customer list and contacts to the new role. The sales manager is bound by a
noncompete clause. Which type of decision-making process did the company
follow?
Unethical and illegal
,An analyst at the technology firm receives written permission from management
to take an additional part-time job at an external consulting firm. The analyst is
currently under a strict nondisclosure agreement (NDA) with the technology firm
and has made external consulting firm aware of the NDA terms. When the analyst
starts work on the first project, the external consulting firm asks for but does not
require the analyst to share details about a specific client project protected under
the NDA that the analyst previously worked on with the technology firm. Which
type of decision-making process did external consulting firm follow?
Unethical and legal
The marketing department of a financial services institution asks data scientists to
build a consumer profile based on transaction data. Although company lawyers
approve the request to explicitly signal customers with potential gambling
addiction problems, the data scientists refuse to build the profiles. What
describes this request?
Unethical and legal
Which ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an organization's
intangible creative activities?
Property
A data analyst at a credit reporting agency notices an issue with a quality
assurance sampling of consumer credit reports. The information is incomplete
and, in some cases, entered incorrectly. This often results in lower credit scores
for consumers. Which ethical issue is the agency involved in?
Accuracy
, What is a reason for organizations to pursue corporate social responsibility (CSR)
goals?
Gain goodwill
A police department employee has access to data related to an ongoing
investigation. A local politician whom the employee supports has come under
investigation. The employee accesses the data relating to the investigation and
provides the file to the politician anonymously. How should this behavior be
classified?
Industrial espionage
An IT manager implements security measures at the organization, network,
application, and employee levels. Which approach to security is the manager
using?
Layered
A new startup tech company plans to provide secure wireless access within its
office for employees and other trusted visitors. The company has concerns about
competitors eavesdropping or compromising the connections and obtaining
unauthorized access to the company's intellectual property. The company is
considering using Wireless Protected Access 2 (WPA2) to secure data in transit.
Which protocol does this wireless protection implement?
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
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