Implications of Digital Technology (Edexcel IGCSE ICT): Exam Questions

Which one of these should a user do to improve their online safety?

Joe’s use of digital technologies has implications.

Joe’s radio show is available online.

Explain two negative environmental impacts of this.

The venue promotes events on a website.

Which one of these describes data that is given stronger legal protection?

Visitors usually bring a digital device to events at the venue.

The concert venue uses CCTV.

Discuss the legal and ethical implications of the use of digital technologies to monitor an individual’s movements.

The staff at the venue work online.

Describe one method the staff can use to stay safe online.

Discuss the sustainability issues related to ICT.

You should consider these aspects of digital devices in your response:

• manufacture

• use

• disposal

• ways of mitigating their environmental impact.

Camille uses digital devices for work.

GPS can be used to monitor people’s movements.

State one other way of monitoring people’s movements.

Camille shares family photographs online with friends.

Which one of these is a reason to use an avatar?

Camille’s child, Sarah, uses websites and video sharing sites for her school work.

State one way of reducing the environmental impact of the use of servers that host online services.

Camille designs controllers for a games console.

Explain one way of staying safe online.

An online shop stores personal data about its customers.

Give two requirements that data protection legislation places on the shop.

Data protection legislation gives individuals legal rights over the personal data that organisations store about them.

Describe one of these rights.

Kiran runs a small medical clinic. The clinic stores the names, addresses and health records of its patients on a computer system.

Explain two things that data protection legislation requires the clinic to do with this personal data.

Which one of these actions breaks copyright legislation?

Remi writes and records songs. Remi sells the songs as downloads from a website.

Explain one way copyright legislation benefits Remi.

Ari makes short animated videos and posts them on a video sharing site. Ari earns money from the adverts shown with the videos.

Discuss how well copyright legislation protects the work of digital media creators such as Ari.

Give two ways that an individual's communications can be monitored.

Some parents use an app to see the location of their child's mobile phone.

Explain one drawback of monitoring a child's movements in this way.

Noor manages a company. The company monitors the emails that employees send and the websites they visit on work computers.

Explain two reasons why the company monitors its employees' communications.

Which one of these reduces the risk of repetitive strain injury (RSI)?

Sam often works on a laptop while sitting on a sofa.

Explain one health problem Sam could develop from using a laptop in this way.

Ade is setting up a small office with ten computers, two printers and a scanner.

Explain two ways Ade can reduce the risk of accidents in the office.

Which one of these describes misrepresentation online?

Taiwo posts photographs on a social networking site. Some of the photographs show Taiwo wearing their school uniform.

Explain one risk to Taiwo's safety of posting these photographs.

Jae is 13 years old and plays an online multiplayer game. Players can send messages to each other while they play.

Explain two risks to Jae's safety when using the messaging feature in the game.

An online community has an acceptable behaviour policy.

Give two things that are usually included in an acceptable behaviour policy.

Explain one purpose of an acceptable behaviour policy for an online community.

A school has an online forum on its virtual learning environment (VLE). Students must agree to an acceptable behaviour policy before they can post.

Explain two reasons why the policy may not stop all unacceptable behaviour on the forum.

State two ways an individual can reduce the environmental impact of their digital devices.

Explain one way the manufacture of digital devices can harm the environment.

A school is replacing all 200 of its old computers with new ones.

Explain two ways the school can deal with the old computers to reduce the harm to the environment.