AQA GCSE Computer Science 3.8 Ethical, legal and environmental impacts overview quiz quiz

A single piece of physical hardware found inside a computer system

A particular type of network communication protocol

Any person or group affected by a computer system or decision

A single named field within a database table

Ethical is purely about the law itself, while legal is purely about personal morals

They are exactly the same thing with no real difference

Only legal issues ever affect any of the stakeholders involved

Ethical is about what is morally right; legal is about what the law allows

The gap between people who have access to technology and those who do not

The fundamental split between a system's hardware and its software components

A particular type of strong data encryption

The technical difference between two separate databases

Who is allowed to gain access to computer systems and networks

How organisations collect, store and use personal data

The illegal copying and sharing of original software

The total energy consumption of large data centres

Selling people's personal data on to other companies without consent

Copying music files and sharing them freely online

Gaining unauthorised access to computer systems, such as hacking

Throwing away old electronic devices into general landfill

The personal data that companies hold securely about all of their many customers and members of staff

Computer systems and networks from being hacked into by criminals

The wider natural environment from the harmful effects of electronic e-waste

The creators of original works such as software and music from copying without permission

Large energy use by devices and data centres

Noticeably faster broadband internet speeds for everyone

Much stronger and more secure user passwords

Better and more efficient database design

Unwanted spam emails clogging up your inbox every day

Old or broken electronic devices that are thrown away

Energy that is wasted as heat inside a busy CPU

Old files that have been permanently deleted from disk

It ends up using far too much complicated software to manage

It makes the finished devices a great deal cheaper to buy

The materials are finite and mining damages the environment

It speeds up the data centres that store everything

Replacing all of your working devices far more often

Dumping all of the old e-waste straight into landfill

Using a great deal more fossil fuels to run them

Repairing and reusing devices to extend their life

Because technology often helps some stakeholders while harming others

Because in the end only one single stakeholder ever really matters at all

Because there is always exactly one correct view to argue

Because giving a balanced answer is actually required by law