Lesson 4.8.1.1

4.8.1.1 Moral, ethical, legal and cultural issues of computing Quiz: AQA Computer Science, Unit 8

20 questions

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Lesson 4.8.1.1, Moral, ethical, legal and cultural issues of computing: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA Computer Science (7517), Unit 8: Consequences of uses of computing, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Knowingly releasing software with a critical security flaw is primarily what type of issue?

    • Cultural
    • Environmental
    • Legal
    • Moral

  2. Why do computer scientists hold immense ethical responsibility when writing code?

    • Global software reach
    • Strict licensing laws
    • High hardware costs
    • Complex programming syntax

  3. In computing ethics, what does the concept of scale refer to?

    • Storage capacity
    • Software reach
    • File size
    • Clock speed

  4. What principle requires individuals to understand and accept data collection before it occurs?

    • Data accuracy
    • Copyright law
    • Informed consent
    • Digital divide

  5. What is a simplified scenario used to examine a specific ethical principle called?

    • An algorithm
    • A case study
    • A specification
    • A hypothetical

  6. What do real-world case studies primarily help computer science students explore?

    • Syntax error handling
    • Network bandwidth limits
    • Hardware manufacturing methods
    • Competing ethical values

  7. What major ethical risk arises from modern digital tracking technologies?

    • Hardware degradation
    • Behaviour monitoring
    • Software obsolescence
    • Slow network speeds

  8. What main challenge do legislators face when regulating digital technology?

    • Slow internet speeds
    • High taxation rates
    • Rapid technological change
    • Lack of electricity

  9. How can a search engine algorithm embed moral or cultural values?

    • Encrypting passwords securely
    • Increasing bus speed
    • Compressing data files
    • Favouring specific content

  10. Which case study explores conflicts between personal privacy and commercial mapping services?

    • Google Street View
    • Therac-25
    • Open-source licensing
    • The Enigma machine

  11. Which principle states that small coding decisions can affect millions of users?

    • Latency
    • Redundancy
    • Portability
    • Scale

  12. What is a major problem with existing legal frameworks regarding new technologies?

    • Laws prevent coding
    • Laws lag behind
    • Laws change daily
    • Laws are identical

  13. Tailoring a website design to suit local societal customs addresses what type of issue?

    • Legal issue
    • Cultural issue
    • Environmental issue
    • Technical issue

  14. Tracking online activity without user knowledge directly threatens which individual right?

    • Bandwidth
    • Privacy
    • Copyright
    • Ownership

  15. Which legal data protection principle limits using personal data beyond its original collected purpose?

    • Accuracy
    • Purpose limitation
    • Data minimisation
    • Storage limitation

  16. Which term describes software's ability to run simultaneously for millions of users, compounding coding errors?

    • Scale
    • Latency
    • Modularity
    • Bandwidth

  17. Street View maps public roads but captures private homes. What primary ethical conflict does this present?

    • Utility versus privacy
    • Speed versus security
    • Cost versus speed
    • Bandwidth versus latency

  18. Before implementing a new technology, which key ethical step evaluates potential negative consequences and protection measures?

    • Risk assessment
    • Code refactoring
    • System integration
    • Unit testing

  19. According to the AQA specification, computer scientists must balance potential for great good against what?

    • Great harm
    • Low bandwidth
    • System failure
    • High cost

  20. What educational technique uses practical scenarios to evaluate computing proposals from multiple ethical viewpoints?

    • Case studies
    • Memory profiling
    • Syntax analysis
    • Code debugging

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