WorksheetsImpact of Technology
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which of these options most accurately and comprehensively explains ‘legal impact’?
Using the law to help sue computer companies.
Using virtual juries in criminal cases.
The law prevents cybercrime.
Technology provides opportunities to criminals. To help protect people, their data, and their work, several laws have been introduced in the UK.
Which of these options lists the laws in the right order (oldest to newest)?
Copyright, Design and Patents Act; Computer Misuse Act; Data Protection Act; Freedom of Information Act
Copyright, Design and Patents Act; Computer Misuse Act; Freedom of Information Act; Data Protection Act
Computer Misuse Act; Freedom of Information Act; Data Protection Act; Copyright, Design and Patents Act
Computer Misuse Act; Data Protection Act; Copyright, Design and Patents Act; Freedom of Information Act
Which regulation introduced by the EU caused the UK to have to update its original 1998 Data Protection Act to a new version 20 years later?
The General Data Protection Regulation
The Freedom of Information Act
The Computer Misuse Act
The Copyright, Design and Patents Act
Which of these are data subjects?
Taxpayers
People with computers
Everyone
People resident in the UK
Which one of these is a responsibility that organisations have to their data subjects?
Personal data must be fairly and lawfully processed.
They should not charge more than is necessary for their services.
To keep their data forever.
They should never pass their data on to other organisations.
Which one of these is another responsibility that organisations have to their data subjects?
Personal data must be fairly and lawfully processed
Organisations must keep data subjects’ data safe.
To keep their data forever.
They should never pass their data on to other organisations.
Which explanation of the word ‘stakeholder’ is most accurate?
The owner of a company.
It means the same as ‘data subject’.
A user of a specific technology.
Stakeholders are groups or individuals who will be affected by, or can change, the way that the technology is used.
Which explanation of the right to be forgotten is most accurate?
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 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 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, but only once the source code has been created
Only tangible things like a picture or a hard copy of a book
Anything
When is it legal to copy, publish, distribute, or sell copyrighted material?
When you are the copyright holder
When you have the copyright holder’s permission
When the copyright holder has chosen to give up their copyright
Each of the above
Which of these statements are true about open source and proprietary software?
Open source software is always free
Proprietary software is always paid for
Open source software can be modified (provided it remains open source)
Proprietary software is usually distributed with its source code
Which of these statements describe the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act?
The Freedom of Information Act was introduced to give any member of the public the right to access any information recorded by public sector organisations.
The Freedom of Information Act was introduced to give company owners the right to access any tax records held about them.
The Freedom of Information Act was introduced to protect public sector organisations from time-wasters.
The Freedom of Information Act was introduced to protect public sector organisations from time-wasters.
Which level and description most accurately fits this contravention of the Computer Misuse Act? “Falling appointments at a hair salon were traced back to ex-employee Marion Harrington continuing to access registrations on the company email account months later.”
Level 1 — Unauthorised access to computer material
Level 2 — Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences
Level 3 — Unauthorised acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing, operation of computer, etc
All of the above
Which of these options most accurately and comprehensively explains ‘cultural impact’?
The ways in which society and the ways that we interact have been impacted
The impact on theatre bookings
The ways in which cells etc are maintained in conditions suitable for growth
The effect on the planet
Which of these phrases most accurately describes downtime?
Downtime is usually scheduled for Friday afternoons.
Downtime is always caused by cybercrime.
Downtime describes situations where an organisation loses some or all of its IT systems for a period of time.
Downtime has no associated costs for an organisation.
What is the digital divide?
The digital divide is the difference between people who use social media, and people who do not.
The digital divide is the division that exists between people who have access to and can use technology, and people who don’t have access or cannot use it.
The digital divide is the line between the screen and keyboard on a laptop.
The digital divide is the “/” sign.
What drives social media sites and can have an adverse effect on mental health?
Computers
Kind thoughts
Algorithms
Politics
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 specifies the following:
Phone companies and internet service providers are required to keep copies of users’ emails and browsing histories for 12 months.
The police have no right to look at private browsing histories.
Phone companies and internet service providers are required to keep copies of users’ emails and browsing histories forever
The security services have no right to look at phone records.
The following statement describes which Act? “It allows any Secretary of State to give secret directions to Ofcom or any providers of public electronic communications networks. For example, after the 9/11 attacks, the UK Security Service MI5 was able to acquire bulk communications data under the Act.”
The Data Protection Act 2018
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016
The Telecommunications Act 1984
The Freedom of Information Act 2000
Businesses need to register to use CCTV with which organisation?
The security services
The Information Commissioner’s Office
The police
The local council
Which of these options most accurately and comprehensively explains ‘environmental impact’?
Preventing global warming
Protecting the polar bears
The effect that technology has on the world around us
Helping choose paint colours to enhance a room
In the 2005 Reith Lectures, what did Lord Broers say about the environment and technology?
“Technology progression is inevitable.”
“Technology is harmful to the environment.”
“Turn the lights off.”
“Technology can and should hold the key to the future of the human race.”
Why is e-waste harmful?
Depletion of rare chemical elements
Use of non-recyclable materials
Harmful effect of pollution caused by disposal and recycling to the environment and health of recyclers through exposure to toxins
All of the above
‘The cloud’ is just an interconnected huge what around the world?
Gases
Individual computers
Data centres
Individual servers
As well as streaming videos, what other condition required by the servers uses up significant amounts of energy?
Keeping them cool
Keeping them on
Keeping them hot
Keeping them dry
Which of these options most accurately explains ‘ethical impact’?
Using technology to stick to a strict code of religious rights and wrongs
Using technology to do the best thing for the most people
Considering the laws of each country in balance
Considerations about right and wrong, morality and power
Which of the following describes one of the key ways in which AI is supposed to work?
Quickly
Like a human
In an efficient way
Like a computer
What are the two main ways in which AI operates? (Tick all that apply)
Using symbolic and machine learning
Using facial recognition and symbolic learning
Using machine learning and large data sets
Using large data sets and facial recognition
What is the purpose of the Moral Machine project?
To improve the efficiency of AI
To make machines more moral
To make better legal decisions for driverless cars
To make driverless cars more efficient
Which of these options most accurately describes an algorithm?
An algorithm is a set of instructions that describes how to get something done.
An algorithm is the same as a program.
An algorithm is getting something done
Algorithms are evil.
What (beginning with ‘B’) do we have to be careful of when programming algorithms, particularly in relation to human behaviour?
Badges
Bias
Binary
Bing
