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WorksheetsTopic 3.1 : Computer Ethics
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
A student locates a story, recopies it in their own writing, and submits it to the teacher as their own work.
Ethical
Unethical
A students uses the copy and paste commands to place large parts of an electronic encyclopedia article into an assigned paper. They turn the paper in as their own work.
Ethical
Unethical
A student steals a set of keys and uses them to gain access to the school office where they change their grades and view and grades of other students.
Ethical
Unethical
Sam buys a new band's CD but decides he doesn't like the singer, so he resells the CD on eBay.
Ethical
Unethical
Amy tells Bob about her vacation, and he says he'd love to see her pictures. Amy uses a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program to upload the photographs she took at camp so he can download them.
Ethical
Unethical
Jerry borrows Ben’s game disks for Monster Truck Rally and installs them on his home computer. He says he will erase the game if he does not like it or will buy the game for himself if he likes it.
Ethical
Unethical
Bob copies the entire last chapter from the final Harry Potter book to his commercial blog without any additional commentary. He feels he is protected by fair use.
Ethical
Unethical
Amy downloads a solitaire card game from the Internet that is “shareware” and uses it for several weeks before deleting it. She does not pay the author or use the software again.
Ethical
Unethical
Bob fills out a survey form on a computer game web page with email and address information, but checks the box to not let it be shared. In the following weeks, he receives several advertisements in the mail as well as dozens of e-mail messages about new computer games. How would you classify the use of his information?
Ethical
Unethical
Bob uses a survey disguised as an information form to collect Amy's password. He uses this to access her laptop, but does not change any of the information on her system.
Ethical
Unethical
