Test your basic knowledge |

DSST Business Ethics And Society

Subject : dsst

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. A software designer knows there are some minor problems with the software they are develoing. However - if they wait to declare the product finished - it will not be released before another similar products - which would be highly damaging to its suc
Universal imperative
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Pump & dump
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

2. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
A strong focus on developing core values
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

3. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Price cancellation

4. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Any company that is caught bluffing in negotiations for government contracts is immediately brought under investigation by the SEC & those involved may face criminal charges.
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

5. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Lawyers
The act did all

6. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
All are related to government & business interactions
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
All would be addressed in an NDA

7. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Environmental equilibrium
Monopolies
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Sexual discrimination

8. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Philanthropic
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Discrimination
Conflict diamonds

9. Hard money is?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Donated to a candidates campaign

10. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Price cancellation
Patriot Act
Non-point source contributions

11. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

12. What does EEOC stand for?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

13. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
All are related to government & business interactions
Sexual discrimination
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

14. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

15. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Non-renewal resources
Sexual harassment
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Non-point source contributions

16. Command & control regulations?
Through PACS
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Pay raises
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

17. What best describes soft money?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

18. What statement is TRUE?
It is messages sent electronicaly to a large # of people - it is unsolicited - It can be send through mail - instant messaging - blogs - & other electronic methods
All are conflicts of interest
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

19. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Immanuel Kant
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

20. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Price cancellation
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

21. A cookie?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Laws regulating consumer protection
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

22. Oversight refers to?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Sexual discrimination
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

23. An employee of a donut shop does not steal donuts because they are afraid they would get fired if they did. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

24. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

25. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Economical
Non-point source contributions
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

26. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Patriot Act
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

27. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

28. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

29. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Discrimination
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

30. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Enquiring about off duty activities
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

31. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Facilitating payment
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

32. What statement is FALSE?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

33. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Dumpster diving
Through PACS

34. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
60 days
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

35. What is NOT illegal?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

36. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Act utilitarianism
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Philanthropic

37. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Pump & dump
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
The act did all

38. What is environmental justice?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Prevent international trade crisis
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

39. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
OSHA
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
All are conflicts of interest

40. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
A strong focus on developing core values
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Discrimination

41. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
A strong focus on developing core values
Misstating financial statements
The act did all
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

42. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Act utilitarianism
All are concerns about outsourcing
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

43. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Pump & dump
Civil Rights Act of 1964
OSHA
Conflict diamonds

44. What is true about spam?
Discrimination
Self reference criterion
It is messages sent electronicaly to a large # of people - it is unsolicited - It can be send through mail - instant messaging - blogs - & other electronic methods
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

45. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Monopolies
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

46. What statement is NOT true?
Prevent international trade crisis
All are conflicts of interest
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

47. What statement is FALSE?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

48. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Universal imperative
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Civil Rights Act of 1964

49. Fossil fuels are?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Reputation
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Non-renewal resources

50. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Lawyers
Any company that is caught bluffing in negotiations for government contracts is immediately brought under investigation by the SEC & those involved may face criminal charges.
Oil spill
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?

Major Subjects
Tests & Exams AP CLEP DSST GRE SAT GMAT	Certifications CISSP go to https://www.isc2.org/ PMP ITIL RHCE MCTS More...	IT Skills Android Programming Data Modeling Objective C Programming Basic Python Programming Adobe Illustrator More...	Business Skills Advertising Techniques Business Accounting Basics Business Strategy Human Resource Management Marketing Basics More...
Soft Skills Body Language People Skills Public Speaking Persuasion Job Hunting And Resumes More...	Vocabulary GRE Vocab SAT Vocab TOEFL Essential Vocab Basic English Words For All Global Words You Should Know Business English More...	Languages AP German Vocab AP Latin Vocab SAT Subject Test: French Italian Survival Norwegian Survival More...	Engineering Audio Engineering Computer Science Engineering Aerospace Engineering Chemical Engineering Structural Engineering More...
Health Sciences Basic Nursing Skills Health Science Language Fundamentals Veterinary Technology Medical Language Cardiology Clinical Surgery More...	English Grammar Fundamentals Literary And Rhetorical Vocab Elements Of Style Vocab Introduction To English Major Complete Advanced Sentences Literature Homonyms More...	Math Algebra Formulas Basic Arithmetic: Measurements Metric Conversions Geometric Properties Important Math Facts Number Sense Vocab Business Math More...	Other Major Subjects Science Economics History Law Performing-arts Cooking Logic & Reasoning Trivia

Test your basic knowledge |

DSST Business Ethics And Society

Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?

Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests

Major Subjects

Tests & Exams

Certifications

IT Skills

Business Skills

Soft Skills

Vocabulary

Languages

Engineering

Health Sciences

English

Math

Other Major Subjects

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests