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Questions 1

What is the unintended source of bias in artificial intelligence (Al) algorithms?

Options:

A.  

Tainted examples

B.  

Excessive validation sample sizes

C.  

Human developers

D.  

Excessive training sample sizes

Discussion 0
Questions 2

Aninsurance company develops an artificial intelligence (Al) system to manage claims automatically. Although this technology benefits most customers, people from neighborhoods associated with a low socioeconomic status find it harder to get their claims approved. The company decides to keep using the system.

Which ethical theory justifies the company to come to this decision?

Options:

A.  

Pluralism

B.  

Utilitarianism

C.  

Virtue ethics

D.  

Deontology

Discussion 0
Questions 3

A credit reporting agency collects personally identifiable information (Pll) from customers. The agency appoints a data protection officer (DPO), who is responsible for overseeing the agency's data protection strategy and enforcing data compliance requirements.

Which legislation should the DPO use as the basis for governing the collection and disclosure of Pll?

Options:

A.  

Securities Exchange Act

B.  

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

C.  

Gramm-Leach-BlileyAct(GLBA)

D.  

Bank Secrecy Act

Discussion 0
Questions 4

A software development company's executive management team recently met to review its progress on ethical and social responsibility goals. After the review, the team planned a new set of goals for the upcoming year. The team shared the results of this review and the new goats with the employees and the board of directors.

Which process did the team complete?

Options:

A.  

Establish code of ethics

B.  

Model high ethical standards

C.  

Deliver ethics training

D.  

Conduct social audit

Discussion 0
Questions 5

An individualsoils a used television on an e-commerce website without knowing or disclosing that it is damaged Which two ethical problems is the seller engaged in? Choose 2 answers.

Options:

A.  

Negligence

B.  

Breach of contract

C.  

Conflict of interest

D.  

Misrepresentation

Discussion 0
Questions 6

A company needs to fill a specialized, long-term engineering role. The worker in this role needs to work on-site and use a company-provided laptop for security. The company's corporate code of ethics dictates that it should prioritize economic empowerment in its local community. The company has not been successful in sourcing local candidates.

Which type of worker should the company consider expanding its candtdate pool to include?

Options:

A.  

H-1B

B.  

Offshore

C.  

Gig

D.  

Freelance

Discussion 0
Questions 7

A data scientist selects publicly available demographic data from a limited group of familiar zip codes when training an algorithm. What are two ethical concerns with this approach? Choose 2 answers.

Options:

A.  

Privacy violation

B.  

Predictive coding

C.  

Proxy discrimination

D.  

Small sample size

Discussion 0
Questions 8

A company is bidding on a website project for a prospective client. The company knows that the client is going to weigh the time to deliver the project as one of its primary decision factors. The client has advised all bidders that completion time should be no more than three months with a budget of S50.000.

The company knows that with its current resourcing, it cannot complete the project in less than four months. However, it is confident that it will be able to deliver within four months to a high-quality standard and 20% under the set budget. The company advises the client that it would need four months but would be able to complete the project under budget.

What is this behavior considered?

Options:

A.  

Ethical and illegal

B.  

Unethical and illegal

C.  

Unethical and legal

D.  

Ethical and legal

Discussion 0
Questions 9

A hospital is struggling with adverse patient outcomes caused by avoidable medication errors. Many of these errors are due to illegible writing by the prescribing physician or incomplete data (or the prescribed medication and dose.

Which technology system reduces these errors?

Options:

A.  

Computerized provider order entry

B.  

Health information exchange

C.  

Electronic medical record

D.  

Clinical decision support

Discussion 0
Questions 10

Which legislation provides a safe harbor for internet service providers (ISPs) whose customers violate intellectual property rights?

Options:

A.  

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

B.  

Copyright Term Extension Act

C.  

Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act

D.  

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Discussion 0
Questions 11

An organization's security policy states that only authorized employees are granted access to the payroll database. During the onboarding process, two newly hired employees realize they have been erroneously granted access to the payroll database.

Which security practice has been violated?

Options:

A.  

Availability

B.  

Accessibility

C.  

Integrity

D.  

Confidentiality

Discussion 0
Questions 12

An IT company adopts a professional cod© of ethics suggested by a nationally recognized IT professionals organization. Which benefit to the company can be directly derived from adopting a professional code of ethics?

Options:

A.  

Guidelines for principled decision-making

B.  

An evaluation benchmark

C.  

Increased yearly revenue

D.  

Decreased company expenditure

Discussion 0
Questions 13

A tech worker's computer acts abnormally shortly after the worker starts their shift. The computer is up-to-date on all relevant patches and updates. The installed antivirus software has not identified any malicious code. During the investigation, the worker discovers that an attacker compromised the system, even though the worker did not engage in any behavior that could have introduced a virus or other external malicious software into the computer.

Which method of attack was used to compromise the worker's machine?

Options:

A.  

Blended threat

B.  

Trojan horse

C.  

Spear phishing

D.  

Zero-day exploit

Discussion 0
Questions 14

What is a Gramm-Leach-BIiley Act (GLBA) financial privacy rule that presents a threat to data privacy?

Options:

A.  

Opt-in

B.  

Safeguard

C.  

Opt-out

D.  

Pretexting

Discussion 0
Questions 15

A company has used Its credit approval system for a long time. A risk evaluation director initiates an update of the data model to make sure it meets the highest ethical standards. Which Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice principle does the director's action represent?

Options:

A.  

Management

B.  

Colleagues

C.  

Self

D.  

Judgment

Discussion 0
Questions 16

The retail store manager of a telecommunications service provider has been manually entering the data record of device returns into the company's device database every time a subscriber swaps their old phone for a new one. A recent internal audit revealed that several device records are missing from the device database.

Which aspect of data management should the store employ to avoid this situation?

Options:

A.  

Encryption

B.  

Collection

C.  

Availability

D.  

Accuracy

Discussion 0
Questions 17

A company builds a new artificial intelligence (Al) system that helps address drug and alcohol use disorders by developing an individualized plan to support people withone of these disorders. The system developers load nationwide information from the last 20 years to provide a baseline for the Al to analyze. Upon activating the system, the company receives complaints about bias against minorities with a drug or alcohol use disorder.

What introduced bias into the system?

Options:

A.  

Size disparity

B.  

Skewed sample

C.  

Proxy data

D.  

Limited features

Discussion 0
Questions 18

A large telecommunications company pledged to adopt green computing in everything it does. The telecommunications company hired a consulting firm to help it evaluate, compare, and select supplies based on standard eco-friendly criteria.

What should the consulting firm use to help achieve this goal?

Options:

A.  

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT).

B.  

Environmental impact assessment (EIA).

C.  

Professional employer organization (PEO)

D.  

Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS)

Discussion 0
Questions 19

An internet company develops a search engine to index websites and documents published online. The index displays short excerpts from search results in response to queries. Many of the indexed sites and documents are copyrighted.

Which doctrine covers the company's employment and reproduction of these materials?

Options:

A.  

Safe harbor

B.  

First sale

C.  

Derivative work

D.  

Fair use

Discussion 0