6. IT Management and Ethics

Professional Ethics — Quiz

Test your understanding of professional ethics with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

An IT professional is developing a new social media platform. To ethically manage user data, which of the following approaches best demonstrates a commitment to 'privacy by design'?

Question 2

Consider an IT company that develops a facial recognition system. If this system is deployed in public spaces without explicit consent mechanisms or clear public notification, which ethical principle is most severely undermined?

Question 3

An IT professional is tasked with developing an algorithm for a predictive policing system. To address potential ethical concerns related to bias, what is the most critical proactive measure to implement during the data collection and model training phases?

Question 4

In the context of ethical decision-making frameworks for IT professionals, after identifying the ethical issue and relevant stakeholders, what is the next crucial step to ensure a comprehensive analysis?

Question 5

An IT professional discovers that a third-party library used in their company's flagship product contains a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers. The library vendor has not yet released a patch. Ethically, what is the most responsible course of action?
Professional Ethics Quiz — Information Technology | A-Warded