MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Detailed explanation-1: -Issues of professional responsibility Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other people’s computers. Computer misuse ranges from relatively trivial (game playing on an employer’s machine, say) to extremely serious (dissemination of viruses).

Detailed explanation-2: -Privacy, accuracy, property, accessibility, and effects on quality of life, are all issues that must be considered in developing and delivering computer software systems. Choosing a particular approach to system development can either hinder or facilitate addressing these issues in an ethical manner.

Detailed explanation-3: -Software engineers focus on applying the principles of engineering to software development. Their role includes analyzing and modifying existing software as well as designing, constructing and testing end-user applications that meet user needs-all through software programming languages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Computing professionals are obligated to perform these tasks conscientiously, because their decisions affect the performance and functionality of computer systems, which in turn affect the welfare of the systems’ users directly and that of other people less directly.