Exam 2: Ethics for IT Workers and IT Users

To prove fraud in a court of law, prosecutors must demonstrate that:

Which term is used to describe the failure to act as a reasonable person would act?

Which of the following states the principles and core values that are essential to the work of a particular occupational group?

Gifts come with no expectation of a future favor for the donor.

Which entity is a computing society founded in 1947 with more than 97,000 student and professional members in more than 100 countries, and it publishes over 50 journals and 30 newsletters?

Which of the following is defined as not doing something that a reasonable person would do or doing something that a reasonable person would not do?

A trade secret is information, generally unknown to the public, that a company has taken strong measures to keep confidential.

Under what circumstance might a gift be considered a bribe?

Software piracy in a corporate setting is rarely directly traceable to IT staff members?

At which level is licensing generally administered?

Compliance means to be in conformance with a profession's core body of knowledge.

Government licensing is generally administered at the federal level in the United States.

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has a few dozen lawyers and investigators who prosecute only the 100 or so most egregious cases of software piracy each year.

Certification indicates that a professional possesses a particular set of skills, knowledge, or abilities, in the opinion of the certifying organization.

Laws provide a complete guide to ethical behavior.

Clarify the difference between an organization's audit committee and its internal audit department.

The core body of knowledge for any profession outlines an agreed-upon code of ethics and practices for those who practice in that profession.

In malpractice lawsuits, many courts have ruled that IT workers are not liable for malpractice because they:

Which term distinguishes the person who uses a hardware or software product from the IT workers who develop, install, service, and support the product?

To qualify legally as a bribe, the gift or payment must be made directly from donor to recipient.