WGU Ethics In Technology QCO1 - Ethics-In-Technology Exam Practice Test

A company needs to fill a specialized, long-term engineering role. The worker in this role needs to work on- site and use a company-provided laptop for security. The company's corporate code of ethics dictates that it should prioritize economic empowerment in its local community. The company has not been successful in sourcing local candidates.
Which type of worker should the company consider expanding its candtdate pool to include?

A data scientist selects publicly available demographic data from a limited group of familiar zip codes when training an algorithm. What are two ethical concerns with this approach? Choose 2 answers.

Employee A works as a developer for a software company. Their sibling is also a developer at a competitor company. Both companies are working on a similar application. The sibling's company struggles to get a feature to work, so the sibling copies the source code for the relevant sections of the application from Employee A's laptop after it was left unattended.
How should this behavior be classified?

I A recruiter for a cybersecurity company is screening candidates for an engineering role by researching the candidates' public social media profiles. The recruiter notes content on one candidate's profile that automatically allows the recruiter to dismiss the candidate.
Which type of content allows the recruiter to legally take this action?

A company notices a drift in model performance due to suspicious alterations of the source data. It hires a specialist to test the security of its information systems and look for vulnerabilities attackers might have exploited.
Which name describes this specialist?

An organization plans to hire three external software engineers to build client software to connect its lightweight wireless devices to the cloud. It will do so according to specific terms and a specific duration defined in a legal document. The duration of the work will be six months.
Which workforce category should the organization hire within?

Which legislation provides a safe harbor for internet service providers (ISPs) whose customers violate intellectual property rights?