In Your Introductory Course on Computers, Your Professor Has Decided

question 174

Multiple Choice

In your introductory course on computers, your professor has decided to dedicate a lecture to technology ethics. There is a lot of ambiguity in this topic, and she has presented a range of circumstances for you and your classmates to review.
Which of the following is NOT a question of technology ethics?

• A) Users are required to provide a software product's 25-character identification number before installing software.
• B) A student copies text from the web and uses it in a research paper for his English class.
• C) A student who has been expelled from school installs a computer virus on a computer in the student lab.
• D) Someone copies The DaVinci Code to the web and encourages others to read it.

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