Ch.3 Ethics and Privacy Practice Quizzes Verified Test Bank

Package Title: Practice Questions

Course Title: Rainer, Introduction to Information Systems, Fifth Canadian Edition

Chapter Number: 03

Shuffle: No

Question type: True/False

1) Ethics deals strictly with legal interpretations of what is right and wrong.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Define ethics and explain its three fundamental tenets and the four categories of ethical issues related to information technology.

Section Reference 1: Ethical Issues

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

2) Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with what is considered to be right and wrong.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Define ethics and explain its three fundamental tenets and the four categories of ethical issues related to information technology.

Section Reference 1: Ethical Issues

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

3) One of the most dangerous (in terms of their unethical violation of privacy) aspects of websites such as WikiLeaks is that their activities cannot be regulated or criminalized because they do not fall under the jurisdiction of any one nation.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored in each of the three places that store personal data.

Section Reference 1: Privacy

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

4) If your employer clearly states in the employee handbook that work email addresses should be used for official business only and then proceeds to read all the emails you send and receive, he or she is guilty of a legal violation.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Define ethics and explain its three fundamental tenets and the four categories of ethical issues related to information technology.

Section Reference 1: Ethical Issues

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

5) The law does not support an employer's right to read electronic mail and other electronic documents.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored in each of the three places that store personal data.

Section Reference 1: Privacy

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

6) Tagging your friends' pictures on Facebook will not compromise their privacy as long as you obtain their permission.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored in each of the three places that store personal data.

Section Reference 1: Privacy

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

7) Using apps on your smartphone that broadcast your location to others is a harmless act.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored in each of the three places that store personal data.

Section Reference 1: Privacy

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

8) Privacy regulations are basically the same from country to country around the world.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored in each of the three places that store personal data.

Section Reference 1: Privacy

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Question type: Multiple Choice

9) The legal concept that gives individuals the right to recover damages done to them by other individuals, organizations, or systems is known as

a) liability.

b) responsibility.

c) legal integrity.

d) accountability.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Define ethics and explain its three fundamental tenets and the four categories of ethical issues related to information technology.

Section Reference 1: Ethical Issues

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

10) Facebook and Cambridge Analytica were accused of all of the following except

a) collecting the personal information of 87 million Facebook users.

b) accessing Facebook users name, gender, location, birthday, education, political preferences, relationship status, religious views, online chat status, and more.

c) developing "psychographic" profiles about voters.

d) being unbiased in their role of influencing politics.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored in each of the three places that store personal data.

Section Reference 1: Privacy

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

11) Ethical issues may be categorized into which of the following types?

a) privacy

b) accuracy

c) property

d) accessibility

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Define ethics and explain its three fundamental tenets and the four categories of ethical issues related to information technology.

Section Reference 1: Ethical Issues

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

12) The ___ approach to ethics maintains that an ethical action is the one that provides the most good or does the least harm.

a) utilitarian approach

b) rights approach

c) fairness approach

d) common good approach

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Define ethics and explain its three fundamental tenets and the four categories of ethical issues related to information technology.

Section Reference 1: Ethical Issues

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

13) The relationship between ethics and legality can best be described in which of the following statements?

a) If an act is unethical, it is always illegal.

b) An act can be unethical but still be legal.

c) An ethical act is always legal.

d) none of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Define ethics and explain its three fundamental tenets and the four categories of ethical issues related to information technology.

Section Reference 1: Ethical Issues

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

14) ___ is the tenet of ethics that refers to determining who is responsible for actions that were taken.

a) Liability

b) Responsibility

c) Accountability

d) The code of ethics

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Define ethics and explain its three fundamental tenets and the four categories of ethical issues related to information technology.

Section Reference 1: Ethical Issues

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

15) Two major conflicting issues related to privacy are ___ and ___.

a) freedom of speech, human rights

b) human rights, equal opportunity employment

c) freedom of speech, national security

d) none of these

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective 1: Discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored in each of the three places that store personal data.

Section Reference 1: Privacy

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

16) Which type of privacy policy restricts an organization from collecting personal information until the customer specifically authorizes it?

a) electronic surveillance

b) opt-out model

c) opt-in model

d) profiling

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored in each of the three places that store personal data.

Section Reference 1: Privacy

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge

17) When comparing data protection laws internationally, which laws are stricter?

a) U.S. laws

b) EU laws

c) U.S. and EU laws are equally as strict.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: Discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored in each of the three places that store personal data.

Section Reference 1: Privacy

AACSB: Ethics

Bloomcode: Knowledge