5.2 Moral & Ethical Issues (OCR A Level Computer Science): Exam Questions

Amit is studying Computer Science at university. He has been asked to write an assignment on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Discuss the extent to which you think computer systems will inherit the biases and discrimination of their programmers as the use of AI increases.

You should include the following in your answer:

• the meaning of AI

• examples of when AI may be affected by bias

• the measures that can be taken to prevent people being affected by bias in AI.

A taxi firm is investigating replacing its drivers with self-driving cars.

Give one advantage and one disadvantage to the customers of the taxi using self-driving cars rather than drivers.

Discuss the positive and negative impacts computers are having on the environment.

An embedded system is often a small device that is designed to carry out a limited number of specialised tasks. Professional athletes sometimes wear small embedded systems called fitness trackers in their shirts. These can be used to track their speed, position, heart rate and other performance data during an event. The tracker transmits this data to a pitch-side server which collates the data from all the athletes

The fitness trackers will send athletes’ performance data to a pitch-side server. A program needs to be developed to analyse this data and display the results.

Different words, colours and charts will be displayed to indicate how well athletes are performing.

The program will be used by athletes from different cultures all over the world.

Discuss the layout considerations that the programmer needs to consider when creating the program user interface for different cultures.

You should include the following in your answer:

• layout considerations

• colour considerations

• character set considerations.