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Which question is most clearly an ethical question rather than a merely technical, legal, or personal-preference question?
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02/10 Recognizing and Framing Ethical Problems Online Quiz Questions
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20 questions
02
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Which formulation best frames the examination-proctoring issue as a neutral, specific ethical question?
- A
Should the university adopt the most advanced proctoring software available?
- B
Should the university prevent all cheating by requiring students to accept any monitoring method?
- C
Should the university use automated examination-proctoring software when it may reduce cheating but collect sensitive data and create unequal burdens?
- D
Should the university choose the software that administrators prefer?
03
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Which additional fact is most ethically relevant when evaluating whether a new public-benefit policy should be adopted?
- A
The policy's cost could determine who can access the benefit.
- B
The policy was announced on a Monday.
- C
The policy document uses twelve pages.
- D
The policy has a short title.
04
True or false
1 point
True or false: A decision that increases efficiency is automatically ethically justified because the efficiency claim is factual.
- A
True
- B
False
05
True or false
1 point
True or false: A stakeholder must be a decision-maker or a person who experiences the immediate effects of a decision.
- A
True
- B
False
06
Written response
1 point
In the four-list method, what category includes the claim “It is unfair to impose greater burdens on students who lack private study space”?
07
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1 point
What term describes a person, group, institution, community, or sometimes nonhuman entity with an important interest in or exposure to a decision's outcome?
08
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1 point
A strong ethical problem statement should be so that it does not assume the conclusion before inquiry.
09
Fill in the blank
1 point
In the four-list method, information that could change the decision but has not been established belongs under .
10
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Which questions belong in a stakeholder analysis? Select all correct answers.
- A
What interests, rights, needs, or responsibilities are involved?
- B
Does every stakeholder automatically have an equal claim?
- C
What benefits and harms might result?
- D
How much power does the stakeholder have, and has the stakeholder been accurately represented?
11
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When increased surveillance may improve security while reducing privacy, which considerations should be used to evaluate the trade-off? Select all correct answers.
- A
Whether the burden is necessary rather than merely convenient
- B
Whether the competing benefit justifies abandoning the other value automatically
- C
Whether the burden is proportionate and fairly distributed
- D
Whether adequate safeguards are in place
12
Open ended
1 point
Explain how to transform a vague concern about a proposed policy into a well-framed ethical question. Include the essential components of the framing and explain why the framing should remain neutral enough for inquiry.
13
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1 point
A university's proctoring system records video during an examination. How should the statement “The system records video during an examination” be classified?
- A
Value judgment
- B
Fact
- C
Assumption
- D
Normative claim
14
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Which of the following is best framed as an ethical question rather than a technical, legal, or personal-preference question?
- A
Which software version processes applications fastest?
- B
Should the organization use monitoring software that collects employees’ personal information without their full understanding or consent?
- C
Which interface do employees prefer?
- D
What file format does the monitoring software require?
15
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Which statement is a descriptive fact rather than a value judgment or normative claim?
- A
The software records video during an examination.
- B
Students should be told exactly what data are collected.
- C
It is unfair to impose greater burdens on students without private study space.
- D
The university must protect academic integrity.
16
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Which definition best describes a stakeholder in an ethical decision?
- A
Only the managers who authorize the system
- B
Only the employees who operate the system
- C
People or groups with an important interest in, or exposure to, the outcome
- D
Only people who formally vote on the decision
17
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1 point
Which formulation best frames the monitoring-software issue as a specific ethical question?
- A
The organization should obviously adopt the new monitoring software.
- B
Is the new monitoring software technically compatible with existing systems?
- C
Do employees generally dislike being monitored?
- D
Should the organization use monitoring software that may improve cybersecurity but collect employees’ personal information without their full understanding or consent?
18
True or false
1 point
True or false: A decision cannot be ethically justified by facts alone, because facts do not by themselves establish what ought to be done.
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True
- B
False
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Written response
1 point
What term names a person, group, institution, community, or sometimes nonhuman entity with an important interest in, or exposure to, the outcome of a decision?
20
Written response
1 point
What is the hyphenated term for the distinction between descriptions of what is the case and judgments about what ought to be the case?