BMIS 311- CHAPTER 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED
Which of the following best describes how new information systems can result in legal gray areas?
They result in new situations that are not covered by old laws.
Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?
It has a ripple effect, raising new ethical, social, and political issues.
The obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values
and institutions fall within which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?
Quality of life
Which of the following is not one of the current key technology trends that raises ethical issues?
Increase in data quality
Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of
DoubleClick involve?
Information rights and obligations
Which of the following is not an example of the potential dark side of big data?
Analyzing data from sensors installed in local parks to monitor soil moisture.
________ means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.
Responsibility
, ________ is a feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine
responsibility for an action.
Accountability
________ is a feature of law-governed society and involves having laws that are known and
understood, along with the ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied
correctly.
Due process
All of the following are steps in the process for analyzing an ethical issue except:
assigning responsibility.
A man steals from a grocery store in order to feed his starving family. Which of the following best
expresses the utilitarian principle in evaluating this situation?
His action is acceptable, because the higher social value is the survival of the family.
Which of the following best describes Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative?
If an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone to take.
The ethical "no free lunch" rule states that:
if something someone else has created is useful to you, it has value, and you should assume the creator
wants compensation
According to ________, you should take the action that produces the least harm.
the risk aversion principle
Which ethical rule states that if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all?
VERIFIED
Which of the following best describes how new information systems can result in legal gray areas?
They result in new situations that are not covered by old laws.
Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?
It has a ripple effect, raising new ethical, social, and political issues.
The obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values
and institutions fall within which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?
Quality of life
Which of the following is not one of the current key technology trends that raises ethical issues?
Increase in data quality
Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of
DoubleClick involve?
Information rights and obligations
Which of the following is not an example of the potential dark side of big data?
Analyzing data from sensors installed in local parks to monitor soil moisture.
________ means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.
Responsibility
, ________ is a feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine
responsibility for an action.
Accountability
________ is a feature of law-governed society and involves having laws that are known and
understood, along with the ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied
correctly.
Due process
All of the following are steps in the process for analyzing an ethical issue except:
assigning responsibility.
A man steals from a grocery store in order to feed his starving family. Which of the following best
expresses the utilitarian principle in evaluating this situation?
His action is acceptable, because the higher social value is the survival of the family.
Which of the following best describes Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative?
If an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone to take.
The ethical "no free lunch" rule states that:
if something someone else has created is useful to you, it has value, and you should assume the creator
wants compensation
According to ________, you should take the action that produces the least harm.
the risk aversion principle
Which ethical rule states that if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all?
