Question 1
What does copyright give creators?
- Legal control over use of their work
- Guaranteed payment whenever their work is used
- Ownership of the hardware used to create it
- Protection for ideas that have not been recorded
Question 2
What is plagiarism?
- Presenting someone else’s work as your own
- Quoting someone else’s work with clear attribution
- Summarising a source and citing its author
- Collaborating when the task permits joint work
Question 3
What does open-source software allow users to do?
- Inspect and modify its source code under the licence
- Run it without being given access to its source code
- Copy it without following any licence conditions
- Claim authorship of code written by its contributors
Question 4
What is proprietary software?
- Software whose use and source code are controlled by its owner’s licence
- Software whose source code is licensed for public modification
- Software released without an owner or copyright
- Software designed to run on a particular operating system
Question 5
What does the Computer Misuse Act 1990 make illegal?
- Unauthorised access to computer systems
- Unlicensed copying of protected music
- Unfair collection of personal data
- Publication of inaccurate statements about someone
Question 6
Under UK data protection law, how long may personal data be kept?
- Only as long as it is needed
- For at least seven years
- Until the person asks for it
- For as long as the company wants
Question 7
What does data minimisation mean?
- Collect only data that is necessary
- Collect all possible data
- Delete all data daily
- Store only paper records
Question 8
What does purpose limitation mean for personal data?
- Use it only for the stated purpose
- Keep it until the device storing it is replaced
- Collect as much of it as technology permits
- Share it whenever another organisation requests it
Question 9
What can individuals request under data protection rights?
- Access to their personal data
- The server source code
- All company passwords
- A permanent admin account
Question 10
What can people request if their personal data is wrong?
- Rectification
- Decryption
- Defragmentation
- Virtualisation
Question 11
What does the ICO in the UK do?
- Enforces UK data-protection law
- Sets the licence terms for commercial software
- Investigates every offence under the Computer Misuse Act
- Registers the domain name for every UK website
Question 12
What is the digital divide?
- Unequal access to and use of digital technology
- The difference between analogue and digital data
- The boundary between public and private networks
- The gap between source code and machine code
Question 13
What is e-waste?
- Discarded electronic devices
- Electricity used while devices are idle
- Data deleted from electronic storage
- Packaging discarded after software installation
Question 14
Which resource do data centres use heavily to power servers and cooling?
- Electricity
- Printer ink
- Vehicle fuel
- Natural fibres
Question 15
What is a good way to reduce e-waste?
- Repair and reuse working devices
- Replace working devices whenever a new model appears
- Discard broken devices with household rubbish
- Leave obsolete devices powered while unused
Question 16
What is one privacy concern with smart devices?
- Collecting personal data without meaningful consent
- Installing security updates automatically
- Processing sensor data on the device
- Encrypting data while it is transmitted
Question 17
What do strong access controls help organisations to do?
- Protect sensitive data
- Increase plagiarism
- Remove all backups
- Bypass authentication
Question 18
Which right may let someone have personal data deleted when it is no longer needed?
- Right to erasure
- Right of access
- Right to rectification
- Right to data portability
Question 19
What is informed consent for data collection?
- Users understand and agree before data is collected
- Users are told only after data is sold
- Users are automatically opted in without notice
- Users must share all personal data to use a service
Question 20
What is personal data?
- Information that can identify an individual
- An anonymised statistic about a group
- A device’s processor speed
- A public weather forecast
Question 21
Which UK law protects original creative work?
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- Computer Misuse Act 1990
- Data Protection Act 2018
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
Question 22
Why can automated decision systems be unfair?
- Their training data or rules may contain bias
- The system uses encrypted data
- The system has a human user
- The data is stored in a database
Question 23
What is accessibility in digital design?
- Making technology usable by people with different needs
- Designing for a single type of user
- Removing keyboard navigation
- Requiring every user to use the same input method
Question 24
What does a software licence specify?
- How the software may be used and shared
- Whether the software will be free of defects
- Which hardware will run the software fastest
- How long every user will receive technical support
Question 25
Which question about a new technology is an ethical one?
- Should it be used in this way?
- How fast does it run?
- How much does it cost?
- Which language is it written in?