Paper 1 Ethical

Question 1

Identify two environmental issues relating to the use of computer systems.

Answer 1

Technology consumes energy. Computers require electricity,

Technological waste sometimes contains poisonous chemicals and can be an environmental hazard.

Question 2

List three pieces of data that would be considered ‘personal’.

Answer 2

• name and surname
• home address;
• email address such as name.surname@company.com;
  an identification card number;
• location data (for example the location data function on a mobile phone)*;
• Internet Protocol (IP) address;
• cookie ID*;
• the advertising identifier of your phone;

Question 3

Name the legislation that applies to the role: Governs the use of personal data.

Answer 3

Data Protection Act - was developed to give protection and lay down rules about how data about people can be used.

Question 4

Name the legislation that applies to the role: Protects against unauthorized access to computer systems.

Answer 4

The Computer Misuse Act - protects personal data held by organizations from unauthorized access and modification).

Question 5

Name the legislation that applies to the role: Protects the creators of works.

Answer 5

Copyright - protects the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself.

Question 6

Outline three principles of the Data Protection Act.

Answer 6

• Lawfulness, fairness and transparency.
• Purpose limitation.
• Data minimization.
• Accuracy.
• Storage limitation.
• Integrity and confidentiality (security)
• Accountability.

Question 7

Define the term: Data controller

Answer 7

The data controller determines the purposes for which and the means by which personal data is processed.

Question 8

Define the term: Data subject

Answer 8

A data subject is an end user whose personal data can be collected.

Question 9

Name some advantages of open-source software.

Answer 9

• It costs nothing and provides the source code so that anyone can modify the software for their own purposes.
• It can have many authors. This enables programmers to contribute to the development of a program over time, refining and improving it and adding extra features.
• A modified version, known as a derivative, must also be made freely available for anyone else to use or adapt.

Question 10

Name some disadvantages of open-source software.

Answer 10

• There is no guarantee that it works properly as there is no requirement for anyone to ensure it is bug free.
• Support might not be readily available, especially if the program is not in widespread use.