Ethics In Tech: Ch 1 & 2

2 September 2022
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The two principal catalysts for the Information Age have been:
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B. computers and communication networks.
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Which of the following was NOT a result of the adoption of mechanical calculators?
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C. Higher salaries of bookkeepers
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Punched card tabulation was invented by Herman Hollerith, an employee of the:
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B. Census Bureau.
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Programming languages were developed in order to:
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B. make programming faster and less error-prone.
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Software that allows multiple users to edit and run their programs simultaneously on the same computer is called a(n):
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D. time-sharing system.
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The company that invented the microprocessor is:
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D. Intel.
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Which of the following was NOT an activity of the People's Computer Company, a not-for-profit corporation in the San Francisco area?
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D. Developing the world's first graphical user interface
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The first electronic networking technology widely used in the United States was the:
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C. telegraph.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the harmonic or musical telegraph, which enabled:
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A. more than one message to be sent over a single telegraph wire at the same time.
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Hypertext is supposed to mimic:
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A. the associative memory of human beings.
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A Web browser enables you to:
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C. view Web pages.
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An association of people organized under a system of rules designed to advance the good of its members over time is called a:
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D. society.
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Rules of conduct describing what people ought and ought not to do in various situations are called:
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C. morality.
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Objectivism is based on the idea that:
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B. morality has an existence outside the human mind.
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The divine command theory is an example of:
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B. objectivism.
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Which of the following is an argument in favor of the divine command theory?
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C. God is all-knowing.
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According to Kant, the moral value of an action depends upon:
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B. the underlying moral rule.
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The Principle of Utility is also called the:
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C. Greatest Happiness Principle.
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The problem of moral luck is raised as a criticism of:
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C. act utilitarianism.
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Thomas Hobbes called life without rules and a means of enforcing them:
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D. the state of nature.