Your QA team that has prescribed a set of procedures to be followed by the project team whenever a modified code/patch/application is released to the client. Your Project Lead informs that a release is required urgently by an important client. He says, all the steps in the procedure prescribed have been followed but due to time constraints each step is covered only to the extent of 30-50%. Further, the client needs the release in the next 2 hours itself. What will be your decision? Allow or not to allow the release? Why?

Also, discuss the importance of an action plan to ensure the issue doesn’t occur again. Note the importance of your internal quality and how to manage issues when the customer requirements require a need to deliver sooner. You are the contractor, how could you improve future performance? Could an external quality auditor assist in future time concerns?

Final Examination1Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)1. Metaphysics is the study of right and wrong.A. TrueB. False2. Logic is the study of reason and arguments.A. TrueB. False3. Philosophy studies lifes most basic questions.A. TrueB. False4. Philosophical questions are primarily subjective in nature.A. TrueB. False5. The value of studying philosophy is that it develops your analytical abilitiesand your capacity for abstract thought.A. TrueB. False6. _______________ is the study of how we live together in communities, anddeals with problems of harmonizing freedom and obligation.A. Social philosophyB. Social interactionC. Political philosophyD. None of the above7. ________________is what Aristotle referred to as the first philosophy, andstudies the most basic issues.A. EthicsB. LogicC. MetaphysicsD. Social philosophyIntroduction to PhilosophyFinal Examination28. The word philosophy derives from two ancient Greek words: philia, whichmeans love, and sophia, which means wisdom.A. TrueB. False9. A(n)______ fallacy involves an arguments logical structure.A. InformalB. FormalC. PremiseD. conclusion10. A(n) ________ fallacy involves an arguments subject matter.A. InformalB. FormalC. PremiseD. conclusion11. The two parts of an argument are _____.A. Introduction and conclusionB. Premises and conclusionC. Pros and consD. Truths and conclusion12. Another word for the facts, evidence, theories, or ideas that allegedly lead toan arguments claim is premises.A. TrueB. False13. If its sunny, Jennifer goes surfing. Jennifer went surfing today. Therefore,it must have been sunny. This is an excellent illustration of affirming theconsequent, a formal fallacy.A. TrueB. False14. A square has four sides is a necessary and sufficient condition for defininga square.A. TrueB. False15. The potions riddle in Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone is an excellentexample of logical thinking.A. TrueB. False16. If someone is a student at Hogwarts, then he or she is studying witchcraftand wizardry. Neville Longbottom is a student at Hogwarts. Therefore, Nev-ille Longbottom is studying witchcraft and wizardry. This is an excellent ex-ample of Modus Ponens, or the Asserting Rule.A. TrueB. False17. The _____is the main conscious element of the personality and tries tomediate between the unrestrained desires of the superego and the punishingdemands of the id for moral perfection.A. EgoB. SoulC. LogicD. None of the above18. The inner feeling of freedom that we all have supports the theory of _____.A. FatalismB. DeterminismC. Free willD. None of the above19. The ancient Greek story of Oedipus, who, no matter how hard he tries, cannotavoid his tragic destiny, is an example of the theory of _____.A. FatalismB. DeterminismC. Free willD. None of the above20. The idea that there is one special person somewhere in the world that is yourdestiny to meet and fall in love with is an example of ______.A. FatalismB. DeterminismC. Free willD. None of the above21. A theory that claims that all human behavior is the result of scientificallyidentifiable natural forces is an example of _____.A. FatalismB. DeterminismC. Free willD. None of the above22. B.F. Skinner believes that human freedom is impossible.A. TrueB. False23. Freudianism claims that the human personality has neither conscious norunconscious dimensions.A. TrueB. False24. A Freudian slip is an example of how the unconscious can determine whatwe say.A. TrueB. False25. Ellis believes that irrational beliefs are the greatest threat to our freedom.A. TrueB. False26. _____is the position that holds that in any circumstance, we genuinely havemore than one option from which to choose.A. IndeterminismB. ExistentialismC. PragmatismD. Free will27. ______ claims that freedom is so inescapable that it is sometimes uncomfort-able, which is why Sartre wrote that we are condemned to be free.A. IndeterminismB. ExistentialismC. PragmatismD. Free will28. William James is the most important representative of _____, the school ofthought that claims that what is true is what works.A. IndeterminismB. ExistentialismC. PragmatismD. Free will29. Sartre accepts the idea that existence precedes essence, that is, the theorythat our choices determine our nature.A. TrueB. False30. The theory of free will implies about responsibility that because our actionsresult from our own choices, we are fully responsible for them.A. TrueB. False31. Aristotle would agree most strongly with which of the following statement:The more we understand people, the more we know how little responsibilitythey have for their actions.A. TrueB. False32. According to Ellis, irrational beliefs prove that determinism is correct.A. TrueB. False33. Which of the following comes closest to the main ideas underlying a deonto-logical approach to ethics?A. do your dutyB. survival of the fittestC. no harm, no foulD. there is virtue in suffering34. Utilitarianism _____.A. is a deontological ethical theory that uses a scientific, empirical basis forethicsB. is a teleological ethical theory that bases ethics on private philosophicalinsightC. is a deontological ethical theory that uses pleasure and notions like thegreatest good of the greatest number as standards for judging the moralityof actionsD. is a teleological ethical theory that uses pleasure and notions like the great-est good of the greatest number as standards for judging the morality ofactions35. The strengths of Benthams Hedonistic Calculus are it effectively measuresmany of the consequences of an action and it does not prejudge the questionof the morality of an action.A. TrueB. False36. _____ revised Benthams ideas by arguing for the importance of differencesin the type, kind, or quality of pleasures and pains that follow from actions.A. KantB. MillC. PlatoD. Scorates37. The most basic concept of Kants ethics is_____.A. TruthB. VirtueC. SpiritualityD. Duty38. Kant calls his basic moral rule the categorical truth.A. TrueB. False39. The ultimate drawback to a teleological approach to ethics is that it allowsfor the idea that the ends justify the means.A. TrueB. False40. In a religious approach to ethics, faith and the authority of sacred texts havethe final word.A. TrueB. False41. A healthy soul is characterized generally by _____.A. the ability to distinguish right from wrong without being blinded by fear,greed, or the like; strength of will, freedom, self-controlB. divine grace and the guarantee of eternal lifeC. a belief in the importance of suffering and the sense of moral superiority thatgoes along with thatD. a belief in the teachings of Gyges and the ethical insights that flow from that42. Socrates was unusual as a philosopher because _____.A. he spent his life getting richB. no other philosopher has ever challenged his ideasC. he dictated all of his ideas to another philosopher, PlatoD. he never wrote anything about his teachings43. In the story of Gyges ring, a shepherd finds a ring that can make himinvisible.A. TrueB. False44. Plato thinks that we are made up of three parts, physical, emotional, andintellectual.A. TrueB. False45. Consider the case of a woman who is robbed and beaten. The robberescapes punishment. Socrates would say the robber has been most hurt bythis crime.A. TrueB. False46. Socrates illustrates his ideas about the ethical life and the unethical life withthe image of two wine jars.A. TrueB. False47. In the Platonic dialogue entitled the Gorgiras, the character Callicles arguesthat best life is one of the uncontrolled and totally self-interested pursuit ofpleasure.A. TrueB. False48. Plato believes that in the unhealthy soul there is an inappropriate balanceamong the three parts.A. TrueB. False49. Thales believes that the basic nature of all things, the first principle of reality,is ________.A. TimeB. Our sense of selfC. Our bodiesD. Water50. Anaximanders first principle of reality is the Unlimited.A. TrueB. False51. Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes and other thinkers such as Heraclitus andParmenides are known as Post-SocraticsA. TrueB. False52. Plato explains the divided line theory with the allegory of a caveA. TrueB. False53. Berkeley maintains that object no not exist apart from being perceived.A. TrueB. False54. Berkeley claims that God constantly perceives reality, and thus gives it ulti-mate existence.A. TrueB. False55. An Anthropomorphic account of reality explains things by appealing to cul-tural terms.A. TrueB. False56. The philosophical approach to knowledge known as empiricism claims thatknowledge comes from, or arises in, our minds.A. TrueB. False57. The philosophical approach to knowledge known as rationalism claims thatknowledge comes from sensory experiences.A. TrueB. False58. Hume thinks that to the extent that knowledge is possible, it ultimatelydepends on___________.A. The sensesB. The mindC. The soulD. Our logic59. Hume uses the example of a billiard ball hitting another to question theconcept of causality.A. TrueB. False60. Gilbert Ryle uses the term ___________ to describe an error in logical catego-ries, otherwise known as comparing apples to oranges.A. InformalB. Incorrect analogyC. Category falseD. Category mistake61. A triangle has three sides is an example of an analytic statement.A. TrueB. False62. Descartes uses the example of a piece of melting wax to claim that thesenses are the only dependable source of knowledge.A. TrueB. False63. Kant tried to synthesize the epistemological views of the rationalists andempiricists.A. TrueB. False64. An argument from design, claims that the universe is so intelligently craftedthat it must have a creator.A. TrueB. False65. The problem of evil is taken up in the Bible in the book of job.A. TrueB. False66. Aquinas defines _________ as potentialities becoming actualized.A. Our moralsB. Our actionsC. MotionD. Our sense of self67. An onotological argument concerning Gods existence claims that by merelycontemplating the notion of God as that-than-which-nothing-greater-can-be-thought, we become aware that God must exist.A. TrueB. False68. David Hume claims the fear is the basis of religion, that people accept reli-gion on emotional grounds.A. TrueB. False69. David Hume dismisses such arguments about Gods existence from causalitywith the claim that the material universe itself might be a necessarily existentbeing, which means there is no need for a first cause.A. TrueB. False70. Anselms discussion of the possibility of Gods existence relies on empiricalevidence alone.A. TrueB. False71. Anselms argument is essentially Aristotelian because it believes that thequestion of Gods existence can be settled by studying the workings of nature.A. TrueB. False72. Hegels label for the dynamic and conflict-filled process that dominates real-ity is dialectic, the three elements of which are thesis, antithesis, synthesis.A. TrueB. False73. Marx calls the type of work that characterizes capitalism_____________.A. PunishmentB. Forced laborC. UnethicalD. Alienated labor74. Karma is an essentially deterministic principle which is, paradoxically, basedon the idea of individual free choice.A. TrueB. False75. The Supreme Buddha was a prince from fifth century B.C. Nepal who becamea great spiritual leader.A. TrueB. False76. _______________ is the Buddhist idea that because the task of spiritual de-velopment is too complex to accomplish in one lifetime, we live many lives.A. KarmaB. Our destinyC. RebirthD. Free will77. In Western culture, religion and philosophy thoroughly intermix, and in theEast, they do just the same.A. TrueB. False78. The Buddhist conception of the self is the source of the way the self is under-stood in Western philosophy.A. TrueB. False79. Modern natural science has a close relationship to the school of philosophycalled Empiricism.A. TrueB. False80. According to Einstein, _________ will be perceived the same whether theobserver is moving or not.A. Space-time continuumB. String theoryC. The speed of lightD. Theory of Relativity81. Einsteins theory about the ______implies that reality has four dimensions,not three.A. Space-time continuumB. String theoryC. The speed of lightD. Theory of Relativity82. _______________is based on the claim that the ultimate building blocks ofreality arent subatomic particles, but even smaller vibrating one-dimensionalstrings of energy.A. Space-time continuumB. String theoryC. The speed of lightD. Theory of Relativity83. The world of subatomic particles spawned a separate branch of physics calledquantum mechanics.A. TrueB. False84. Imagine two twins. One gets onto a space ship and travels close to the speedof light for what the ships clocks record as a few months. The other twin re-mains on earth. When the space ship returns, there will be no difference intheir ages.A. TrueB. False85. Imagine that you are standing still, while a friend of yours is on a train head-ing north. You see two lightning bolts strike the ground at the same instantone to the north and the other to the south. Einstein would say that yourfriend on the train experiences things differently, seeing the northern boltstrike before the southern bolt.A. TrueB. False86. Unlike Newton, Einstein believes that space is constant and absolute andcannot bend.A. TrueB. False87. The main psychological research on epistemological differences betweenmen and women focuses on different developmental stages that we gothrough in progressing from a simple to a mature understanding of the con-cept of _____________.A. TruthB. Self-actualizationC. UnderstandingD. Knowledge88. In ______________ conventional morality, including stages three and four,we understand right and wrong in terms of laws and the expectations ofothers.A. KohlbergsB. PerrysC. BelenkysD. Gilligans89. If we are at Perrys second stage, unacceptable multiplicity, and we heartwo opposite accounts of the causes of the Reformation, we would probablythink that one, but only one, of the two accounts is true.A. TrueB. False90. In Belenkys first stage, ____________, knowledge is what some externalauthority says it is.A. Constructed knowledgeB. Received knowledgeC. Subjective knowledgeD. Procedural knowledge91. In Belenkys final stage, _______________, believing is more important thandoubting.A. Constructed knowledgeB. Received knowledgeC. Subjective knowledgeD. Procedural knowledge92. If we combine the two perspectives represented by Kohlberg and Gilligan,the problem of the moral justification of an action becomes more difficultand involved.A. TrueB. False93. Sex refers to societal roles, whereas gender refers to biology.A. TrueB. False94. Human and person are different, but related, ideas. Human is a bio-logical concept, while person is a _____________ concept.A. TheologicalB. PhilosophicalC. ScientificD. Emotional95. Dolphins curiosity about humans can be traced back at least to ancient__________.A. RomeB. ChinaC. GreeceD. None of the above96. The one dolphin sense that acts as both their eyes and ears in the water islike the modern human sonar system onboard submarines.A. TrueB. False97. Dolphins have a body temperature of _________ degrees.A. 98.6B. 96.8C. 90.2D. 92.298. As far as the criteria for personhood are concerned, dolphins probably dopossess awareness because the fact that they can be so easily trainedshows that they are aware of the external world and able to interact with it.A. TrueB. False99. The fact that dolphins can perform leaps, dives and flips on cue from train-ers: prove that dolphins are not intelligent enough to be persons, becausepersons would not perform such menial behaviors.A. TrueB. False100. In terms of the criteria for personhood developed in this chapter, dolphins,on balance, did pretty well.A. TrueB. False