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Ethics for IT
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Data privacy ensures that individuals' personal information is protected from unauthorized access.
True
False
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Companies are always responsible for data breaches, regardless of how the breach occurred.
True
False
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Pirated software is legal to use in the workplace if it helps improve productivity.
False
True
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What is the role of transparency in IT ethics?
To improve the company’s public image
To allow users to understand how their data is used
To conceal the company's operations
To ensure data security is kept secret
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How can IT professionals balance innovation and ethical responsibility?
By ignoring ethical concerns to stay competitive
By prioritizing market demand over ethics
By ensuring user welfare, fairness, and transparency
By focusing only on technological advancement
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What are the risks of artificial intelligence without ethical guidelines?
AI will stop working entirely
AI will become obsolete
AI can become self-aware
AI can lead to biased or harmful decisions
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Should companies be held responsible for breaches of user data?
Yes, they have a responsibility to protect user data
Yes, but only if the data breach affects many users
No, because breaches are inevitable
No, the users are responsible for securing their own data
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Collecting user data without consent, even for free services, is unethical.
True
False
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How can IT professionals ensure the ethical use of social media platforms?
By limiting users' freedom of speech
By ensuring transparency, protecting data, and avoiding manipulation
By controlling the spread of fake news
By using algorithms to hide controversial content
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AI can be biased if trained on incomplete or biased data.
False
True
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What is the primary purpose of IT ethics?
To regulate software licensing
To make technology available to all users
To guide the responsible and fair use of technology
To ensure technology is used for profit
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What is the difference between data privacy and data security?
There is no difference
Privacy refers to protecting data; security refers to its storage
Privacy limits data collection; security ensures encryption.
Privacy controls data access, while security prevents breaches.
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Why is data privacy important in the digital age?
To protect data from hackers
To monitor online behavior
To ensure individuals' personal information is not exploited
To sell data to advertisers
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Should companies share user data with third parties?
What?
No
Nice day
I don't know
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What are the consequences of using pirated software in the workplace?
Reduced software costs
Enhanced software performance
Legal consequences, security vulnerabilities, and loss of support
No consequences if no one notices
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Should companies track user data for targeted advertising?
Yes, without user consent for convenience
Yes, only if it benefits the company
No, it is always unethical
Yes, if the user has consented to it
