125. 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. |
126. The process by which candidates are evaluated to determine their readiness to enter the profession is called ______ |
certification. |
127. Licensing gives the members of a profession the ____right to practice the profession |
legal |
128. The Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice was developed by the two largest organizations supporting the computing field: the____ Machinery (ACM). |
IEEE Computer Society and the Association for Computing |
129. What is the stance of the ACM regarding the licensing of software engineers? |
The ACM is opposed to the licensing of software engineers |
130. In The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle writes that happiness results from _____ |
living a life of virtue |
131. According to Aristotle, deriving pleasure from a virtuous act is a sign that _____ |
you have acquired that virtue. |
132. Roger Boisjoly provided a Presidential commission with documents supporting his hypothesis about how the cold temperature had causes the failure of an O-ring on the Space Shuttle Challenger. For this action, Boisjoly was labeled a _____ |
whistleblower. |
133. Responsibility assigned because of a person’s assigned duties is called ___responsibility. |
role |
134. Michael McFarland argues that a team of engineers should be held to a higher level of moral responsibility than _______ |
any of its members. |
158. According to the textbook, which of the following careers is not an example of a mature profession? |
e) software engineer |
159. Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of a mature profession? |
c) mandatory drug testing |
160. The process giving someone the legal right to practice a profession is called |
b) licensing. |
161. Unlike most professionals, the typical software engineer |
d) does not work directly with individual clients. |
162. The Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice was developed by |
b) the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. |
163. The Principles and Clauses in the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice |
e) None of the above |
164. According to Aristotle, moral virtue results from |
d) repetition of the appropriate acts. |
165. According to Aristotle, deriving pleasure from a virtuous act is a sign that you |
a) have developed the virtue. |
166. According to Aristotle, when people with strong character face a moral problem, they know the right thing to do, because |
b) the action is consistent with their character. |
167. Whistleblowers |
a) make an unauthorized discloser about a harmful situation or fraud. |
168. A principal factor contributing to the loss of the space shuttle Challenger was that |
c) the weather in Florida was unusually cold. |
169. According to Michael McFarland, a team of engineers |
a) has more moral accountability than any of its members. |
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