Societal Impacts - First

A software that can be freely accessed and modified is called .................

• Synchronous software

• Package Software

• Open source software

• Middleware

Which of the following is an advantage of 'open source' software?

• You can edit the source code to customise it.

• You need to be an expert to edit code.

• You have to pay.

• Can sometimes be too generic for specialist purposes.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of 'open source' software?

• High quality software with lots of features.

• Not as customizable.

• May not have been tested as much as proprietary software, so might have bugs.

• you can edit the source code to customise it.

Which of the following is an advantage of 'proprietary' software?

• It is usually free.

• Thoroughly tested because people are paying to use it.

• Not as customizable.

• Can sometimes be too generic for specialist purposes.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of proprietary software?

• You need to be an expert to edit code.

• You have to pay for this type of software.

• It's licensed.

• It is launched after proper testing.

The rights of the owner of information to decide how much information is to be shared/exchanged/distributed are collectively known as ..............

• Intelligent Property Rights

• Intellectual Property Rights

• Interactive Property Rights

• Instance Property Rights

The digital trail which gets created as a person's Internet usage using computers, smartphones, gaming consoles etc. is called ..........

• Internet data

• Internet trail

• Digital footprint

• e-footprint

Stealing someone else's intellectual work and representing it as own, is called .............

• Intellectual steal

• Plagiarism

• Copyright

• Hacking

Shareware software allows you to try the software before you buy it.

• True

• False

It is okay to copy and paste information from the Internet into your report then organize it.

• True

• False