Ethical, Legal and Environmental Impacts of Digital Technology | AQA GCSE Computer Science (8525)
Ethical, Legal and Environmental Impacts of Digital Technology
- 48 questions
- 3 subtopics
- Paper 2
- Paper 2
Ethical, Legal and Environmental Impacts of Digital Technology is examined in Paper 2, Computing concepts.
It covers ethical issues in digital technology, legal issues, privacy and surveillance and environmental impacts of digital technology.
Sample questions from Ethical, Legal and Environmental Impacts of Digital Technology
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Ethical issues in digital technology
What are computer-based implants?
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Computer-based implants are devices containing a computer that are placed inside the body. Examples include pacemakers, cochlear implants and brain-computer interfaces. -
Ethical issues in digital technology
What is the difference between malicious hacking and ethical hacking?
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Malicious hacking is gaining unauthorised access to a computer system to steal, damage or disrupt. An ethical hacker has the owner's permission to find weaknesses so they can be fixed. -
Legal issues, privacy and surveillance
What does the Computer Misuse Act 1990 make illegal?
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The Computer Misuse Act 1990 makes unauthorised access to computer material a crime. The Act also covers access with intent to commit further crimes, and impairing a computer's operation. -
Legal issues, privacy and surveillance
How do governments argue that access to private data keeps citizens safe?
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Security services argue that monitoring communications helps them stop terrorist attacks and serious crime. Access to messages and browsing records can reveal plots before they happen. -
Environmental impacts of digital technology
Why does the short lifespan of mobile phones matter for the environment?
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Many people replace their phone every two or three years, even if it still works. Each replacement means more mining, more manufacturing energy and more e-waste. -
Environmental impacts of digital technology
Why does video streaming have an environmental cost?
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Video streaming requires data centres and networks to transmit large amounts of data. Higher quality video means more data and more energy.
The 3 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Ethical issues in digital technology | Mobile technology, wearables and computer-based implants, the dilemmas of autonomous vehicles, malicious and ethical hacking, using a neighbour's Wi-Fi, cloud storage and the digital divide. | 16 |
| Legal issues, privacy and surveillance | The Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, copyright in software, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, and privacy against national security. | 16 |
| Environmental impacts of digital technology | The cost of making devices, e-waste and planned obsolescence, data centres and video streaming, the WEEE Regulations 2013, and ways technology can help the environment. | 16 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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