Chapter 12 Self Quiz

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. The design change that led to the structural failure

was proposed by the builder Havens Steel Company. correct incorrect

was officially approved by the designer Jack D. Gillum. correct incorrect

can be traced to a single responsible individual who approved it. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage on April 14, 1912. This a good illustration of the problem of many hands because

the captain did not keep both his hands on the steering wheel. correct incorrect

the captain was solely responsible for the sinking of the ship. correct incorrect

a group of people were jointly responsible for the negative outcome and it was difficult (or impossible) to assign responsibility to each individual member of the group. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The Therac-25 case primarily raises ethical questions about the

lack of adequate training and oversight of programmers and technicians. correct incorrect

moral permissibility of using radiation for medical treatments. correct incorrect

internal coherence of the NSPE Code of Ethics. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. A technician named Fritz Hager revealed that

he had not received extensive training by the manufacturer. correct incorrect

the error occurred only when the technician typed the commands in quickly. correct incorrect

the error was simple to fix but expensive. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. What was the take-home message of the Therac 25 case?

Software engineers are never responsible for their actions. correct incorrect

Analogue technologies are always safer than digital ones. correct incorrect

Bad software can kill people. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The fact that not all of Braham and van Hees's three conditions can be satisfied simultaneously does not mean it is impossible to coherently allocate moral responsibility for collective outcomes because we

can accept fragmentations in responsibility allocations. correct incorrect

can still make an assignment of responsibility after making a theoretical choice. correct incorrect

could deny that at least one individual is responsible for every state of affairs. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Aristotle maintains we are responsible for our actions just in case we

have deliberated about what to do. correct incorrect

are able to voluntarily decide and be aware of what we are doing. correct incorrect

do what the phronimos would do in our situation. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The common-sense notion of being morally responsible for an act assumes situations in which the

agent has causal responsibility. correct incorrect

agent has liability-responsibility. correct incorrect

act is voluntary. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following led to the massive loss of life in the sinking of the Titanic?

An insufficient number of watertight bulkheads correct incorrect

An insufficient number of lifeboats correct incorrect

The decision to turn rather than maintain a straight course over iceberg correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following has been proposed as a technical solution to smartphone addiction?

Phones that shame users for how much time they spend on them correct incorrect

More advanced notification settings correct incorrect

Phones that giveusers a weekly report on their activity correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect