Ethics-In-Technology WGU Ethics In Technology QCO1 Questions and Answers

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?

I A recruiter for a cybersecurity company is screening candidates for an engineering role by researching the candidates' public social media profiles. The recruiter notes content on one candidate's profile that automatically allows the recruiter to dismiss the candidate.

Which type of content allows the recruiter to legally take this action?

During an investigation into a bank robbery, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wants to monitor the telephone calls of identified suspects in the case for a two-week period. Due to the short time frame of the investigation, the FBI does not have time to pursue judicial authorization and get a warrant for surveillance.

Which type of telephone calls is legal for the FBI to monitor under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FlSA). given the time frame of the investigation?

Which organization licenses software developers who implement safety and health software in the United States?

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?

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?

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?

A software company continues to refine and update the predictive algorithm that makes its product the market leader. Although the company announces some changes, most are unannounced so that people and businesses remain unaware.

What is this company protecting?

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

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.

An engineer is working on a project to manufacture radar processing equipment for the U.S. military. As part of the project contract, all devices must be new. The engineer discovers that the manufacturer has a policy of using refurbished parts. The engineer speaks to their manager about it and is ignored.

What should this engineer do?

A publicly-traded organization listed on the New York Stock Exchange has been flagged for possible accounting malpractices. An auditor discovers that the company used funds to disguise payments to international officials. The auditor also finds that the system of internal control does not adequately maintain books and records that reflect all business transactions.

Which law did the organization potentially violate?

An organization decides to provide its employees with additional parental leave benefits that exceed legal requirements. Which concept is the organization acting on to support employees?

A bank customer recently received a mailer from a third party affiliated with the customer's bank. The customer is concerned because the mailer includes information about the customer's remaining mortgage amount.

What is a rule or provision of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) that provides a process for the customer to control this type of information?

To establish an expectation among consumers that a professional will behave ethically, a nonprofit society publishes a professional code of ethics. Which benefit can be directly derived from this effort?

An organization creating a new consumer-profiling software tool has concerns about the software's ability to accurately capture and process data. The team decides to use an iterative approach to write the code, allowing for continuous testing and adjustment of requirements. The organization believes this will help ensure the software's data collection capabilities are both efficient and accurate.

Which methodology has the organization employed?