The law, data protection and copyright | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

Which explanation of the word ‘stakeholder’ is most accurate?

• A user of a specific technology

• Groups or individuals who will be affected by, or can change, the way that the technology is used

• It means the same as ‘data subject’

• The owner of a company

Which explanation of the right to be forgotten is most accurate?

• The right to be forgotten (part of GDPR) means that a company has five years during which it can hold an individual’s data.

• The right to be forgotten (part of GDPR) means that a company has to look after an individual’s data very carefully.

• The right to be forgotten (part of GDPR) means that an individual can request that an organisation erases all their personal data.

• The right to be forgotten (part of GDPR) means that an individual does not have to remember to pay a company, but should be reminded.

Which of these can be protected by the Copyright, Design and Patents Act?

• An algorithm in pseudocode

• An algorithm, only once the source code has been created

• Anything

• Only tangible things like a picture or a hard copy of a book

When is it legal to copy, publish, distribute, or sell copyrighted material?

• Each of the above

• When the copyright holder has chosen to give up their copyright

• When you are the copyright holder

• When you have the copyright holder’s permission

Which of these statements are true about open source and proprietary software?

• Open source is always free

• Open source software can be modified (provided it remains open source)

• Proprietary software is always paid for

• Proprietary software is usually distributed with its source code