WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM 2024 VERSION 165 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS /A+ GRADE ASSURED

1. Two 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
2. What is the difference between ethics and morals? Ethics reflect a
societal code of
behavior, whereas
morals reflect personal principles.
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. 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
Corporate social
responsibility
Consequentialism
Virtue
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concerned about the impact on their moral character.
Which ethical theory does this situation represent?
6. 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?
7. 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 asVP 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?
8. A municipality decides to use the data it has on
household water usage to build an algorithm that
can identify welfare fraud. This would result in a list
of potential fraudsters that could be used to make
welfare decisions. Although the municipality is the
rightful owner and processor of the data, citizens
have raised privacy issues with the application. The
Consequentialism
Unethical and illegal
Legal but unethical
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citizens object that they have no way of knowing
whether they are on the list and have no possibility
of redress if they are.
Which decision-making process did the municipality
follow?
9. 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?
10. Which ethical concept is related to the right to use
a person's or an organization's intangible creative
activities?
11. An IT company that specializes in software development has an organizational structure that consists
of a chief executive officer, chief ethics officer, chief
finance officer, and chief operating officer.
Which of these executives provides the company with
vision and leadership in business conduct?
12. What is a reason for organizations to pursue corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals?
13. 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?
Unethical and legal
Property
Chief ethics officer
Gain goodwill
Corruptio