DeVry ETHC445 Week 1 Quiz latest october 2016

Question 1. Question :

Which of the below behaviors are inappropriate in a course?

Posting a racist comment in the threads

Typing posts that contain poor grammar, spelling, and no punctuation, requiring others to guess at the meaning

Postings such as this: "Can you use spell-check or proofread, or are you just too stupid?"

All of the above

All answers are examples of inappropriate behavior in class.

Question 2. Question :

Ethics involves issues of right and wrong, and politically charged issues and ideas; thus, the best way to ensure that my comments are taken in the way I mean them is to _____.

include lots of references to cultural biases and labels – after all, this class is all about how I feel (Please avoid!)

carefully consider my comments, think about how they will affect others who may disagree, and take that into consideration when I word my posts

take everything everyone else says, and try to twist it into something ugly so they look bad and I look good (get really upset and take everything everyone says personally) (Please don't do this.)

sit quietly in the corner (better to stay out of the discussion) (Absolutely not – please get involved and post at least three times per week to each thread.)

Question 3. Question :

Posting in the course's threaded discussions is an essential element in our online, asynchronous classroom. Which of the following is not true about value-adding posts in our course?

Personal opinion posts are valuable by themselves.

Emoticons can be used in posts.

Posts are academic work and should be written with attention to language and grammar.

The course posting server includes a spell-check function.

Posts may respond to the work of other students by name.

Posts merely stating opinion add little value.

Question 4. Question :

Which of the following is the most appropriate response for a student to post to another student who has posted this:

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU?

YOU ARE AS STUPID AS A BOX OF ROCKS!

Answer the post very directly and with capital letters for effect.

Send an e-mail to that student to correct him or her.

Post an equally strong rebuttal.

Complain offline to your Student Advisor.

Ignore this and allow your instructor to handle it – either directly with the offender or through Student Services.

Question 5. Question :

Choose from the following choices the way in which collegiality is valued in our course.

Uncited quotes from outside sources are welcome.

An atmosphere of respect is expected in the class participation of all students.

Any student can make a valuable post by simply agreeing or disagreeing with a previous post.

Students should never respond to the posts of other students.

A certain amount of prejudice is allowed.

Tutorial. Collegiality is an expectation of the posting behavior of students.