1.
Technology
has
benefited
society with no
associated
ill
effects.
a. True
b.
False
2. A
business’s technological environment represents
the total set of
technology-based advancements
or
progress
taking place in
society.
a. True
b.
False
3. One of the main reasons that we have
experienced technological
harms is that some
technologies
were
implemented
without much thought given to possible side
effects.
a. True
b.
False
4. People who express concerns about the ethical issues involved in technological advances are generally against
the
use of technology.
a. True
b.
False
5. One of the primary problems associated with electronic commerce has been the proliferation of online
scams.
a. True
b.
False
6.
Business-to-consumer
(B2C) transactions are anticipated to be the greatest area of e-commerce growth in
the
comrng
years.
a. True
b.
False
7. Data breaches at businesses are on the rise.
a. True
b.
False
8. Consumers typically have little resistance to the government use of biometrics.
a. True
b.
False
9. The
practice
of giving
employees
company cell phones has led to employees talking and texting while driving.
a. True
b.
False
10. In
increasing
numbers, employees are losing their jobs to robotics.
a. True
b.
False
11. Employers’ monitoring of workers is not limited to their use of computers and the
Internet.
a. True
b.
False
12. Plaintiffs who have been injured by drivers talking on cell phones are holding the drivers’ employers responsible as
well.
a. True
b.
False
13. Studies have shown that drivers who are talking on cell phones have slower reaction times than drivers who
are
legally drunk.
a. True
b.
False
14. At this time, a majority of companies have strict policies
against
using a cell phone while driving.
a. True
b.
False
15. A survey of Fortune 500 nonmanagement employees shows that workers do not want managers telling them how to
use computers in an ethical manner.
a. True
b.
False
16. The revolution in biotechnology is a result of DNA
research.
a. True
b.
False
17. The public perception of the acceptability of embryonic stern cell research is evolving, with more people believing
it
is ethical.
a. True
b.
False
18. Surveys in the United States show that people are about evenly split on the idea of human
cloning.
a. True
b.
False
19. Human cloning is illegal in the United States.
a. True
b.
False
20. Genetic
profiling,
which provides a perfect means for identifying a person, raises
questions
of privacy and possible
discrimination.
a. True
b.
False
21. Companies use technology through the use of cookies and spam to invade consumer privacy.
a. True
b.
False
22. With regard to data security, data breaches are on the
rise.
a. True
b.
False
23. Technology has advanced society’s capacity to grasp its
consequences.
a. slower
than
b. faster
than
c. only with
d. at about the same rate as
24. Technology is
a. the scientific method used in achieving a practical purpose.
b. the science of replacing human effort with mechanical
power.
c. used primarily in the computer field.
d. the opposite of art.
25. Which of the following is not a valid defmition of technology?
a. the totality of the means employed to provide objects necessary for human sustenance and
comfort
b. a scientific method used in achieving a practical
purpose
c. all the ways people use their inventions and discoveries to satisfy their needs and
desires
d. the science of replacing human effort with mechanical
power
26. Advances in information technology and biotechnology
are
a. slowing
down.
b.
accelerating.
c. occurring mainly in the United States.
d. being used primarily to improve the lives of people in developing countries.
27. Our world is currently dominated
by
a. industrial technology.
b. robotics.
c. information technology and biotechnology.
d. spiritual technology.
28. Technology has benefited society in all of the following ways
except
a. increasing production.
b. reducing the amount of labor needed to produce goods and
services.
c. raising the standard
ofliving.
d. improving the sustainability of life on Earth.
29. Which of the following is not an undesirable side effect of
technology?
a. environmental pollution
b. creation of unsatisfying
work
c. clash of cultural and religious
forces
d. depletion of natural
resources
30. The imperative that states “what can be developed will be developed” is
a. economic determinism.
b. technological determinism.
c. the iron law of technology.
d. rationality.
31. Ethical lag is a situation in
which
a. scientists have not been schooled in moral philosophy.
b. the speed of technological change far exceed that of ethical
development.
c. technology takes the place of ethical
deliberation.
d. computer programs are not developed with an ethics loop.
32. Which of the following is not a symptom of technological intoxication?
a. We favor the quick
fix.
b. We fear and worship
technology.
c. We become satisfied with the level of available
technology.
d. We blur the distinction between what is real and what is
fake.
33. All of the following are symptoms of technological intoxication
except
a. accepting violence as
normal.
b. loving technology as a
toy.
c. relying on technology to accelerate production.
d. living our lives distanced and distracted.
34. Selling products and services online is known as
a.
e-commerce.
b.
e-marketing.
c. electronic
persuasion.
d. simulated marketing.
35. “Access” in
e-commerce
ethics refers
to
a. the difference in computer availability between the rich and the poor.
b. the ability to download certain types of privately-owned
knowledge.
c.
children’s ability to visit certain websites.
d. companies’ ability to gain information about consumers’ private lives.
36. Copyrighted material, such as songs or poems, are often referred to as
a.
e-commerce.
b. legally protected digitals.
c. intellectual property.
d. downloadables.
37. Privacy and informed consent are issues
that
a. are the same whether one is surfmg the Web or visiting the local hardware
store.
b. are always readily apparent to users of the
Internet.
c. are of little importance to consumers of
e-commerce.
d. become even more important on the Internet than in brick-and-mortar
businesses.
38. The number one ethical issue in doing business over the Internet is
a. intellectual property.
b. pornography.
c. possible invasion of privacy.
d. security of frnancial information.
39. One of the most serious invasion of privacy issues with respect to e-cornrnerce is
a. access to pornography
sites.
b. downloading copyrighted material.
c. collection and use of personal information.
d. sharing medical information with unauthorized users.
40. A continuing concern in the reahn of privacy issues is:
a. identity theft.
b. DNA duplication.
c. theft of intellectual
property.
d. the distinction between “opting in” versus “opting out.”
41. Which of the following is not a way that businesses attempt to protect consumers’
privacy?
a. ethical leadership
b. privacy policies
c. periodic purges of databanks
d. chief privacy
officers
42. Developing Internet policies, helping their companies avoid consumer litigation, and handling consumer complaints
are all functions of a
a. chief executive officer
(
CEO
).
b. chief operating officer
(
COO
).
c.
chieffmancial
officer
(CFO).
d. chief privacy officer
(
CPO
).
43. Which of the following is not considered a questionable business practice made possible by the
Internet?
a. plagiarism
b. pornography
c. gambling
d. music downloading
44. A technique that lures prey into revealing passwords and other private data by providing a convincing offer is
called
a. nunmg.
b. phishing.
c. data
trapping.
d. ultra-collecting.
45. At one time, it was assumed that the use of robotics in the workplace would lead to:
a. more jobs
b. fewer
jobs
c. no change in the number of
jobs
d. higher tech jobs
46. “Big Data” is:
a. the world’s largest super
computer.
b. Google’s data
store.
c. the largest size hard drive that can hold
data.
d. data proliferation and
overload.