Quiz 9 Flashcards
The process by which candidates are evaluated to determine their readiness to enter the profession is called _______________.
certification
According to Aristotle, deriving pleasure from a virtuous act is a sign that _________________________________.
you have acquired that virtue
What is the stance of the ACM regarding the licensing of software engineers? ____________________________________________________________.
ACM opposes licensing of software engineers
Roger Boisjoly provided a Presidential commission with documents supporting his hypothesis about how the cold temperature had caused the failure of an O-ring on the Space Shuttle Challenger. For this action, Boisjoly was labeled a ____________________.
whistleblower
The process giving someone the legal right to practice a profession is called
B) professional ethics.
C) accreditation.
D) certification.
E) professional development.
A) licensing.
According to Aristotle, moral virtue results from A) living a long life. B) repetition of the appropriate acts. C) a good education. D) a happy marriage and loving family. E) All of these.
B) repetition of the appropriate acts.
According to Michael McFarland, a team of engineers
A) has less moral accountability than any of its members.
B) should always designate a single person to be the ethical “watchdog.”
C) should always defer to management when ethical evaluations are being made.
D) has more moral accountability than any of its members.
E) has the same amount of moral accountability as its members.
D) has more moral accountability than any of its members.
In The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle writes that happiness results from living a life of ____________________.
virtue
Whistleblowers
A) are usually financially rewarded by their organizations for their integrity.
B) All of these
C) typically get promoted to management.
D) make an unauthorized disclosure about a harmful situation or fraud.
E) enjoy the respect and admiration of their colleagues.
D) make an unauthorized disclosure about a harmful situation or fraud.
Unlike most professionals, the typical software engineer
A) does not work directly with individual clients.
B) does not make more than minimum wage.
C) does not have a college education.
D) does not make important decisions.
E) All of these
A) does not work directly with individual clients.
The Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice was developed by
A) Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
B) Immanuel Kant.
C) a consortium of computer science departments in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
D) John Rawls.
E) the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
E) the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
According to Aristotle, when people with strong character face a moral problem, they know the right thing to do, because
A) they are able to determine with accuracy the consequences of their actions.
B) All of these
C) they care more for other people than for themselves.
D) the action is consistent with their character.
E) they are completely impartial with respect to how they treat other people.
D) the action is consistent with their character.
A mature profession insists that its members complete an initial professional education. The process by which the profession assures that this formal course work meets its standards is called __________________.
accreditation
A principal factor contributing to the loss of the space shuttle Challenger was that
A) its payload was too heavy.
B) there were no experienced astronauts on board.
C) NASA was experimenting with a new type of fuel.
D) the weather in Florida was unusually cold.
E) it was hit by lightning.
D) the weather in Florida was unusually cold.
The Principles and Clauses in the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
A) provide algebraic formulas for determining the best course of action.
B) address every ethical dilemma a software engineer may face.
C) None of these
D) All of these
E) incorporate every relevant feature into the formulas.
C) None of these
