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Q: SEC stands for "Securities and Exchange Commission."

Q: A security policy outlines exactly what needs to be done to safeguard computers and their data, but not how it must be accomplished. a. True b. False

Q: Which of the following is not a sphere of power indicated in the text? A.economic B.technological C.political D.intermediate

Q: Worldcom was a manufacturing company.

Q: A completed risk assessment identifies the most dangerous threats to a company and helps focus security efforts on the areas of highest payoff. a. True b. False

Q: Business is often compared to gaming because _____ .A) all good business people enjoy pokerB) there are ethics in neitherC) both have an element of chanceD) both have a completely level playing field

Q: CEOs such as Bill Gates of Microsoft or Carly Fiorina at Hewlett-Packard hold which level of power? A.macro B.micro C.individual D.intermediate

Q: The USA Patriot Act defines cyberterrorism as hacking attempts that cause $5,000 in aggregate damage in one year to medical equipment, or that cause injury to any person. a. True b. False

Q: The business power wielded by an individual firm is known as A.macro level power. B.intermediate level power. C.micro level power. D.individual level power.

Q: Bluffing could be considered to be _____ .A) a legitimate business activityB) exaggerationC) lyingD) all of the above

Q: Malicious insiders mean well but have the potential to cause considerable damage through their actions. a. True b. False

Q: The intermediate level of business power is found in A.corporate headquarters. B.the boards of individual corporations. C.groups of corporations acting in concert. D.medium-sized corporations.

Q: Whisteblowing is _____ .A) a business strategyB) using wind to make noiseC) always beneficialD) making a disagreement with authority public

Q: Competitive intelligence is conducted by industrial spies. a. True b. False

Q: Extended trust requires _____ .A) acknowledged competenceB) consistency of behaviorC) opennessD) all of the above

Q: The macro level of business power resides in A.the Federal government. B.the overall corporate system. C.corporate CEOs. D.particular industries.

Q: Fraud by malicious insiders often involves some form of collusion, or cooperation, between an employee and an outsider. a. True b. False

Q: Which is not a characteristic of trust? A) An attitude B) Commonality of aims C) Equality D) Judgment

Q: The levels of power include all of the following except A.the macro level. B.the micro level. C.the institutional level. D.the individual level.

Q: The ability to produce an effect or influence a situation is known as A.authority. B.abuse. C.power. D.dictatorship.

Q: The cost of creating an email campaign for a product or a service is typically more expensive and takes longer to conduct than a direct-mail campaign. a. True b. False

Q: Which does Kant consider a weakness? A) Loquaciousness B) Truth telling C) Contempt D) Familiarity

Q: Trojan horse has become an umbrella term for many types of malicious code. a. True b. False

Q: The ____ is a result of the growing numbers of individuals and groups who see themselves as having been victimized by society. A.Rights Movement B.Entitlement Mentality C.Revolution of Rising Expectations D.Victimization philosophy

Q: Which should not guide companies in shaping ethical behaviors?A) The desire to discipline employeesB) Respect for local traditionsC) The belief that context mattersD) Respect for core human values

Q: Rootkit is a set of programs that enables its users to gain administrator-level access to a computer without the end user's consent or knowledge.a. Trueb. False

Q: An entitlement mentality is A.a necessary outgrowth of the welfare system. B.an outgrowth of the revolution of rising expectations. C.the idea that one has to work for what one gets. D.the idea that each citizen owes something to society.

Q: Kant believes which pair follows one another? A) conversation, fellowship B) truth, wealth C) value, providence D) reserve, loquaciousness

Q: A spear-phishing attack typically employs a group of zombies to keep the target so busy responding to a stream of automated requests that legitimate users cannot access the target. a. True b. False

Q: A gap between society's expectations of social conditions and the current social realities is recognized as A.a social problem. B.distributive justice. C.the revolution of rising expectations. D.inevitable reality.

Q: Ethical imperialism holds that ethical standards should be .A) absoluteB) amorphousC) relativeD) non-existent

Q: Vishing frequently leads consumers to counterfeit Web sites designed to trick them into initiating a denial-of-service attack. a. True b. False

Q: Kant believes which of the following is a guiding principle of society? A) Lies B) Truth C) Fellowship D) Conversation

Q: A survey by the Fawcett Society on the use of computing resources at work found that __________.a. 20 percent of men admit to viewing porn while at workb. over 50 percent of mobile workers view porn from their Web- enabled phonesc. 31 percent of computer users engage in software piracyd. nearly 75 percent of office workers spend 2 hours or more a week on Facebook while at work

Q: The belief that each succeeding generation should have a higher standard of living than its predecessor and that major institutions should continually improve is known as A.the revolution of rising expectations. B.the iron cage of rationality. C.the iron law of oligarchy. D.the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Q: The goal of the standards set by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is to prevent companies from:a. creating relationships between IT workers and suppliers.b. making facilitating payments for obtaining permits or licenses.c. using slush funds or other means to disguise payments to officials.d. providing misrepresentations of a material fact.

Q: A U.S. manager in Saudi Arabia asking Saudi training participants about a hypothetical case in which a manager makes sexually explicit remarks to a new employee of the same gender in a bar is likely to face:A) ShockB) SilenceC) A lack of understanding about what a "bar" isD) All of the above

Q: Movies are a significant source of business criticism because A.corporations are seen as powerful, profit-seeking enterprises that have no redeeming values. B.corporations are depicted as moral. C.corporations represent free enterprise undoomed. D.businesses are not greedy.

Q: In 1972, the __________recommended that publicly held organizations establish audit committees.a. SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Instituteb. Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)c. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)d. National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)

Q: Television raises our level of awareness about business in all of the following ways except A.news programs. B.prime-time programs. C.pay-per-view programs. D.commercials.

Q: Kant believes which of the following is a condition of society? A) Lies B) Truth C) Fellowship D) Conversation

Q: The average level of formal education in the United States is A.rising. B.dropping. C.staying about the same. D.unknown.

Q: Host country and home country often have _____ .A) no ethical differenceB) different ethical standardsC) committees to decide what is mutually ethicalD) clearly similar understandings of the same cultural events

Q: In the legal system, compliance usually refers to behavior that is in accordance with __________.a. personal beliefsb. moralityc. legislationd. ethical codes

Q: Which of the following is not a factor in the social environment that has lead to the current climate of criticism of business? A.affluence and education B.the revolution of rising expectations C.an entitlement mentality D.the Protestant work ethic

Q: The posting of thousands of State Department documents on the Wikileaks Web site is an example of __________.a. inappropriate sharing of informationb. breach of duty of carec. inappropriate use of computing resourcesd. negligence

Q: Worldcom grew mostly through _____ .A) price increasesB) acquisitionsC) layoffsD) new customers

Q: Which of the following statements is true about licensing of IT workers?a. Licensing assures and ensures the competency of individual workers.b. The United States holds a large number of international or national licensing programs for IT workers. c. There is no single administrative body to accredit professional education programs for IT.d. At present, there are several universally accepted standards for licensing IT workers.

Q: Major institutions in a pluralistic, special-interest society will inevitably receive A.praise. B.special favors. C.scrutiny and criticism. D.tax advantages.

Q: The poor adapt as well to technology as any other group having similar access to the given technology.

Q: Dewey's thought is consistent with the idea that stakeholder analysis is faulty.

Q: A bribe is a crime even if the payment was lawful under the laws of the foreign country in which it was paid. a. True b. False

Q: The United Nations Convention Against Corruption makes it a crime to bribe a foreign official, a foreign political party official, or a candidate for foreign political office. a. True b. False

Q: Poverty premium means things may actually cost more in poor areas.

Q: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is a legally binding global treaty to fight bribery and corruption. a. True b. False

Q: John Dewey is a classicalist philosopher.

Q: India has almost no people who can be considered "very poor" on a global economic scale.

Q: There is a potential conflict of interest when IT consultants or auditors recommend their own products and services or those of an affiliated vendor to remedy a problem they have detected. a. True b. False

Q: Utilitarians only offer business the cost benefit analysis.

Q: The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has a few dozen lawyers and investigators who prosecute only the 100 or so most egregious cases of software piracy each year. a. True b. False

Q: When the Business Software Alliance (BSA) finds cases of software piracy, it can assess heavy monetary penalties. a. Trueb. False

Q: Choices and self-esteem lead to opportunity.

Q: Clarify the difference between an organization's audit committee and its internal audit department.

Q: Judgment is one of the components of virtue ethics in business.

Q: Define the term conflict of interest and provide an IT-related example of this.

Q: The people at the bottom of the pyramid generally live on less than $2 a day.

Q: What is a professional code of ethics?

Q: Aristotle is the philosopher who is best known for emphasizing the cultivation of ethics.

Q: List reasons for there being few international or national licensing programs for IT professionals.

Q: The most people live "at the middle of the pyramid."

Q: Discuss the issue of whistle-blowing in the IT context.

Q: Kantian moral theory, when applied to business, requires worker participation.

Q: There is no market at the bottom of the pyramid.

Q: The business transactions of an organization must be recorded in accordance with GAAP which stands for __________.

Q: Most organizations have a(n) __________ department whose primary responsibilities include determining that internal systems and controls are adequate and effective.

Q: Kant's ethics is a contractarian ethics.

Q: The__________ of a board of directors provides assistance to the board in fulfilling its responsibilities with respect to the oversight of the quality and integrity of the organization's accounting and reporting practices and controls, including financial statements and reports.

Q: Sweatshops generally have long hours and low pay.

Q: Many organizations have created a new position, the__________ , to deal with demonstrating compliance to multiple government and industry regulations.

Q: Immanuel Kant believed intention was important in ethics.