1.8 Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental concerns

What is meant by the term stakeholder?

• A stakeholder is the person who owns a product or oganisation

• A stakeholder is anyone who has an interest in or concern about a product or organisation

• A stakeholder is the person who buys products from an organisation

• A stakeholder is the person who creates the legislation that governs the buying and selling of products

Which legislation governs the act of hacking?

• The Freedom of Information Act

• The Data Protection Act

• The Creative Commons Licence

• The Computer Misuse Act

What does the Data Protection Act give an individual the right to do?

• A right to request the data and organisation holds about them without paying a fee

• A right to request the data and organisation holds on them for a fee

• A right to request the data and organisation holds about anyone without paying a fee

• A right to request the data and organisation holds about anyone for a fee

Which legislation governs the act of intellectual property theft?

• The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act

• The Data Protection Act

• The Freedom of Information Act

• The Computer Misuse Act

Who is responsible for making sure the requirements of the Data Protection Act are upheld in a organisation?

• The Individual

• The Data Controller

• The Stakeholder

• The Computer Network

Which of these statements is true about the Freedom of Information Act?

• An individual has the right to have any of their personal data corrected that is inaccurate or out of date

• An individual has the right to compensation if their personal data is stolen

• An individual has right of access to information held by public authorities

• An individual has the right to share any intellectual property they have

Why would an author obtain a Creative Commons Licence?

• To stop the public sharing their work

• To make sure their work has a patent

• To make sure they are able to legally sell their work

• To give the public the right to share, use and build upon work they have created

Which of the following statements is true about open source software?

• The software cannot be copied, modified or shared

• The software can be copied, modified or shared

• There is normally a cost to pay for a licence to use the software

• The software is not available for public use

Which of the following statements is false about proprietary software?

• The software cannot be copied, modified or shared

• The software can be copied, modified or shared

• A fee is usually required to purchase a software licence

• An example of the software is the Microsoft Office suite

Which of the following statements is false about privacy and the internet?

• An organisation must make their privacy settings easy to find and manage

• An individual has the right to use encryption technology to encrypt their personal data

• An individual has the right to freedom from deformation of their character

• When an individual deletes data from their social media account the data must be permanently removed from the severs of the organisation