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EXAM 3 Please put Your NameCSC309 on the Back of the LastMiller/Fall 99 Page“How good is good enough?” “Using the ACM Code of Ethics”, “Copyright’s Fair Use Doctrine and Digital Data”, “Computer Programs and Copyright’s Fair Use Doctrine”, and chapters 8, 9, and 10.1. We see a rather significant increase in the number of individuals who are using a computer link to work from home and we are told thatthe percentage of workers doing this will increase. Give two advantages that this teleworking has for the employer.a. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________b. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. The computer (technology) appears to be impacting the very structure of businesses. Comment on the impact onEmployee loyalty and identification with the company______________________________________________________Middle management _______________________________________________________Percentage of full time employees_______________________________________________________3. In spite of the increase in the use of computers the major source of work place injuries continues to be the injuries caused by falls. (T, F)4. We added a vocabulary word when talking about the Australian Repetitive Stress Injury epidemic._____________________ = a phenomenon where the physical symptoms are real but the causes are psychological.5. We know what the meaning of the expression "Haves and Have Nots" means with regard to those people who can afford a computer and those who can not. What does the expression "Haves and Have Laters" mean? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. Addiction to cyberspace is a real problem for a number of individuals. (T, F)7. The Blacksburg Electronic Village maintains web sites for more than 100 community groups. It could be argued that the Electronic Village is enhancing face to face interactions because in this situation _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8. In this class, we have attempted to make a distinction between “ethics” and “professional ethics.” Two reasons that has been put forth for professional ethics to having a different emphasis than general ethics are:1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________9. Before anyone decides to violate a rule or law it would make very good sense to spend the necessary time and effort to find out why the rule or law is there. But, if one decides to violate it because it is viewed as unethical, or for any other reason for that matter, then ___________________________________________________________________________________________________10. When do you have an obligation to honor a company policy you view as being unreasonable? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________11. Explain how there can still be errors with "software that matchesits specifications perfectly and has perfect specifications."________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. In the hospital scenario given in the paper “How Good is Good Enough”, it seemed that a lot of people did a lot of things right and still there were problems. Identify a problem they experienced and something that could have been done that wasn’t that could have eliminated, minimized or at least made the problem easier to solve when it happened.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13. In the scenario mentioned the previous problem, what was Nurse Ann Frederick’s major contribution to the project?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________14. Professional organizations (we looked at a number of computer related ones) seem to find it to their advantage to establish codes of ethics. There has been a fairly resent change in what is emphasized in the codes moving from enforced compliance to place emphasis on________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________15. Proper techniques can be used to eliminate all Software errors from any significant code. (T, F)16. A software consultant evaluates a customer’s needs and realizesthat software from a company in which he is a major stockholder appears to be the best product to recommend. In this situation Professional ethics would require that he __________________________________ because______________________________________________________________________17. Fortunately the rules governing the application of copyright’s fair use doctrine to computer programs is the same in the European Community as it is in the United States. (T, F)18. There are four Fair Use Factors. List two of these giving with each an example of a situation in which the factor would apply.a. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________b. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________19. The fair use doctrine is very popular with publishers. (T, F)20. Copyright protection attaches automatically by operation of law to original works of authorship as soon as they have been fixed in a tangible medium. (T, F)21. It is legal under the “first sale rule” of copyright law to rent out abook you have purchased. (T,


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