Deck 10: Ethical Implications of Information Technology

Question 1

The ability to program the computer to do practically anything you want it to do is called:

A)invisible programming values.
B)the invisibility factor.
C)logical malleability.
D)the transformation factor.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The reason behind society's high level of interest in computer ethics is that all of the computer's internal operations are hidden from view is referred to as:

A)the transformation factor.
B)invisible abuse.
C)the transformation factor.
D)the invisibility factor.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In an AMA 2002 Corporate Values Survey, what percent of the respondents' firms adhered to ethical and integrity guidelines only part of the time?

A)23%
B)44%
C)80%
D)63%

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which type of auditing activity verifies the accuracy of the firm's records and is the type of activity performed by external auditors?

A)internal control systems design
B)financial audit
C)operational audit
D)concurrent audit

Question 5

The system feature that is audited to see if the system's operations are carried out to achieve the greatest productivity from available resources is referred to as:

A)efficiency.
B)effectiveness.
C)adequacy of controls.
D)compliance with company policy.

Question 6

When top- level management imposes the ethics culture in a top- down manner, which step comes first?

A)Conduct an ethics audit.
B)Establish ethics programs.
C)Establish a corporate ethics code.
D)Establish a corporate credo.

Question 7

The act that made it a federal felony for someone to gain unauthorized access to information pertaining to national defense or foreign relations was the:

A)Counterfeit Access Device and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
B)Right to Financial Privacy Act.
C)Federal Privacy Act.
D)Small Business Computer Security and Education Act.

Question 8

Which of the following is not one of Mason's categories of PAPA?

A)Right to Privacy
B)Right to Access
C)Right to Availability
D)Right to Property

Question 9

Traditions of belief about right and wrong conduct are:

A)laws.
B)computer ethics.
C)ethics.
D)morals.

Question 10

When top- level management leads by example, it is referred to as:

A)leading by example.
B)ethical behavior.
C)ethics culture.
D)moral culture.

Question 11

Which part of the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct deals with moral behavior and issues that are currently receiving legal attention?

A)Compliance with the Code
B)Organizational Leadership Imperatives
C)General Moral Imperatives
D)More Specific Professional Responsibilities

Question 12

An effort consisting of multiple activities designed to provide employees with direction in carrying out the corporate credo is referred to as an:

A)ethics audit.
B)ethics indoctrination.
C)ethics program.
D)ethics orientation.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a major area of expectation according to the ACM Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice?

A)environmental
B)colleagues
C)self
D)client and employer

Question 14

Formal rules of conduct that a sovereign authority, such as a government, imposes on its subjects or citizens are:

A)computer ethics.
B)ethics.
C)morals.
D)laws.

Question 15

Formal educational programs in computer ethics are available from a variety of sources except for:

A)college courses.
B)professional programs.
C)law enforcement programs.
D)private educational programs.

Question 16

Which of the following are the easiest to interpret?

A)computer ethics
B)ethics
C)laws
D)morals

Question 17

Which opportunity for invisible programming exists because of intentional programming acts that cross legal as well as ethical boundaries?

A)invisible programming values
B)invisible abuse
C)invisible programming routines
D)invisible complex calculations

Question 18

Which of the following laws was passed in the 1970s dealing with the handling of credit data?

A)Fair Credit Reporting Act
B)Freedom of Information Act
C)Computer Matching and Privacy Act
D)Right to Federal Privacy Act

Question 19

In the corporate credo for Security Pacific Corporation, who is the first commitment to?

A)commitment to communities
B)commitment to employee
C)commitment to customer
D)commitment of employee to employee

Question 20

A succinct statement of the values that the firm seeks to uphold is referred to as a(n):

A)ethical statement.
B)code of ethics.
C)corporate credo.
D)corporate code.

Question 21

The manages the internal auditing department and usually reports to the CEO or the CFO.

Question 22

includes intentional acts that cross legal as well as ethical boundaries.

Question 23

The auditing activity that involves the internal auditors in system development is:

A)financial audit.
B)internal control systems design.
C)operational audit.
D)concurrent audit.

Question 24

The right to be left alone falls under which category of Mason's PAPA?

A)Right to Property
B)Right to Access
C)Right to Privacy
D)Right to Accuracy

Question 25

The analysis of the nature and social impact of computer technology as well as the corresponding formulation and justification of policies for the ethical use of such technology is referred to as:

A)ethics.
B)a corporate credo.
C)an ethical code.
D)computer ethics.

Question 26

Regarding information auditing, who reports to the CEO or the CFO?

A)external auditors
B)director of internal auditing
C)internal auditors
D)audit committee

Question 27

In the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, which area falls under the heading of professional performance?

A)management
B)judgment
C)profession
D)public

Question 28

is a collection of guiding beliefs, standards, or ideals that pervades an individual or a group or community of people.

Question 29

A _ _ is the same as an operational audit except that this type is ongoing.

Question 30

Under which program heading should the CIO initiate projects to review transaction processing systems and financial information systems to ensure that they are operating at maximum effectiveness?

A)Educating the firm's executives on financial systems
B)Achieving a higher level of understanding of accounting principles
C)Keeping tight control on money spent for information resources
D)Reviewing the information systems that accomplish financial reporting and taking remedial action

Question 31

Which statement is false regarding internal auditors?

A)Internal auditors have no ties with any individuals or groups within the firm.
B)Internal auditors' only allegiance is to the systems development team.
C)Internal auditors offer objectivity.
D)Internal auditors operate independently of the firm's business units.

Question 32

Mason coined the acronym to represent society's four basic rights in terms of information: privacy, accuracy, property, and accessibility.

Question 33

An is an effort consisting of multiple activities designed to provide employees with direction in carrying out the corporate credo.

Question 34

The mostly widely publicized classification of human rights in the computer area is Richard O. Mason's .

Question 35

Under which program heading should the CIO work with the stockholder relations department to identify the information to be included in stockholder reports?

A)Actively participating in the release of financial information to environmental elements
B)Educating the firm's executives on financial systems
C)Keeping tight control on money spent for information resources
D)Achieving a higher level of understanding of accounting principles

Question 36

are those routines that the programmer codes into the program that may or may not produce the processing that the user desires.

Question 37

A _ is a succinct statement of the values that the firm seeks to uphold.

Question 38

is software that is illegally copied and then used or sold.

Question 39

Which opportunity for invisible programming exists because the routines that the programmer codes into the program may or may not produce the processing that the user desires?

A)invisible complex calculations
B)invisible programming values
C)invisible models
D)invisible abuse

Question 40

Which act was rewritten to include digital, data, and video communications and electronic mail?

A)Electronic Communications Privacy Act
B)Freedom of Information Act
C)Right to Federal Privacy Act
D)Computer Matching and Privacy Act

Question 41

Morals are a suite of guiding beliefs, standards, or ideals that pervades an individual or a group or community of people.

Question 42

Richard Mason believes "the right to be let alone" is being threatened.

Question 43

Internal auditors should participate in systems development because they can offer expertise that can improve the quality of the system.

Question 44

An AMA 2002 Corporate Values Survey found that 45% of the respondents' firms adhered to ethical and integrity guidelines only part of the time.

Question 45

A concurrent audit is the same as a financial audit except that the concurrent audit is ongoing.

Question 46

An audit committee defines the responsibilities of the internal auditing department and receives many of the audit reports.

Question 47

The Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice deals with responsibility to constituents, professional performance, and self- improvement.

Question 48

A verifies the accuracy of the firm's records and is the type of activity performed by external auditors.

Question 49

An _ is not conducted to verify the accuracy of records, but rather to validate the effectiveness of procedures.

Question 50

The ethics culture is determined from the lower level of management to the top level.

Question 51

are formal rules of conduct that a sovereign authority, such as a government, imposes on its subjects or citizens.

Question 52

Computer- based systems are more accurate than manual systems.

Question 53

deal with moral behavior and issues that are currently receiving legal attention.

Question 54

take the form of programs that are so complex that users do not understand them.

Question 55

The first person charged with committing a computer crime was a programmer who put a patch in a program so that it would not flag his bank account as being overdrawn.

Question 56

The Counterfeit Access Device and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act made it a federal felony for someone to gain unauthorized access to information pertaining to national defense or foreign relations.

Question 57

Software that is illegally copied and then used or sold is referred to as pirated.

Question 58

A financial audit verifies the accuracy of the firm's records and is the type of activity performed by external auditors.

Question 59

The CIO should keep tight control on money spent for information resources.

Question 60

The Association for Computing Machinery is the oldest professional computer organization in the world.

Question 61

One way to have continuing education of the firm's executives is to make sure that financial managers are liberally represented on the MIS steering committee.

Question 62

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1968 covered voice, digital, data, and video communications, as well as electronic mail.

Question 63

Invisible programming values are those routines that the programmer intentionally codes into the program that do not produce the processing that the user desires.

Question 64

Morals are a social institution with a history and a list of rules.

Question 65

In meeting the control requirements imposed by NCR, the CIO must ensure that such controls are built into systems during systems development.

Question 66

Today, public information is more accessible than the time prior to computerized databases.

Question 67

James Moor has defined computer ethics as the analysis of the nature and social impact of computer technology, as well as the corresponding formulation and justification of policies for the ethical use of such technology.

Question 68

In an ethics audit, an internal auditor meets with a manager in a several- hour session to learn how the manager's unit is carrying out the corporate credo.

Question 69

What are the four parts of the current form of the ACM code of ethics?

Question 70

One of SOX provisions is that CEOs and CFOs must certify the financial reports.

Question 71

Define morals, ethics, and laws.

Question 72

How can the CIO bring financial reporting up to expectations?

Question 73

Laws are formal rules of conduct that a sovereign authority, such as a government, imposes on its subject or citizens.

Question 74

All acts of computer crime fall into the category of invisible abuse.

Question 75

As of August 11, 2002, CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs are required to sign off on the accuracy of their financial statements.

Question 76

What are the three reasons for the importance of computer ethics as posed by James Moor?

Question 77

What does the acronym PAPA refer to?

Question 78

Software vendors can guard against theft of their intellectual property by means of copyrights, patents, and license agreements.

Question 79

A problem in the People's Republic of China is that the term "privacy" often has a negative connotation, being associated with someone who has something to hide.

Question 80

James Moor believes that the two main reasons for society's high level of interest in computer ethics are logical malleability and the invisibility factor.