CAP Professional Ethics & Standards 4

Question 1

A CAP analyst copies a proprietary optimization algorithm from a former employer into a new employer's codebase. This action primarily violates:

Accepted Answer

Respect for intellectual property and confidentiality owed to the former employer

Answer

Using a former employer's proprietary algorithm without authorization breaches intellectual property rights and ongoing confidentiality duties.

Question 2

In a rush to meet a deadline, a teammate suggests reporting the training-set performance of a model as its expected real-world performance. A CAP analyst should object because:

Accepted Answer

Reporting training performance as expected performance overstates results and misleads stakeholders

Answer

Training-set performance typically overstates generalization, so presenting it as expected performance is a misleading representation of results.

Question 3

A CAP professional is engaged as an expert reviewer of another firm's analytics work. Which behavior meets ethical standards for such reviews?

Accepted Answer

Providing an objective assessment based on evidence, even if it displeases the hiring party

Answer

Expert reviews must be objective, evidence-based, and independent of the hiring party's preferred outcome.

Question 4

A healthcare client asks a CAP analyst to link de-identified patient records with a purchased consumer dataset in a way that could re-identify individuals. The analyst should first:

Accepted Answer

Evaluate the re-identification risk and ensure the linkage complies with privacy law, consent terms, and ethical standards before proceeding

Answer

Combining datasets can defeat de-identification, so re-identification risk and legal and ethical constraints must be assessed before linkage.

Question 5

A CAP analyst lists an in-progress master's degree as completed on a proposal to win a contract. This misstatement violates the ethical duty to:

Accepted Answer

Represent one's qualifications and credentials truthfully

Answer

Misstating credentials is a false representation of qualifications, which professional codes explicitly prohibit.

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CAP Professional Ethics & Standards 4