Digital Literacy and the Law: Unit Exam A
The Data Protection Act, Computer Misuse Act, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act and Freedom of Information Act, cookies, the digital divide and e-waste.
Instructions
- Time allowed
- 25 minutes
- Total marks
- 25
- Calculator
- No calculator is permitted.
- Answer all the questions.
- The number of marks for each question is shown in brackets. Use it as a guide to how much to write.
- The clock at the top counts down from the real time allowed. When it reaches zero the paper is locked and marked, as it would be collected in the exam hall.
- Read every question to the end before answering. Where a question says tick two boxes, tick exactly two: ticking more than asked scores nothing. Type one word and number answers carefully, because they are marked exactly.
Questions
Answer every question, then finish the paper to have it marked. Marking as you go teaches you far less.
| Data Protection Act 2018 | Computer Misuse Act 1990 | Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 | Freedom of Information Act 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guessing a teacher's password to change your grades | ||||
| Copying a song and uploading it to your own website | ||||
| A shop selling its customers' email addresses without their consent | ||||
| Asking the council how much it spent on road repairs |
Tick one box in each row.
- LGuessing a teacher's password to change your grades: Computer Misuse Act 1990
- LCopying a song and uploading it to your own website: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- LA shop selling its customers' email addresses without their consent: Data Protection Act 2018
- LAsking the council how much it spent on road repairs: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Hacking is the Computer Misuse Act, copying music is copyright, misusing personal data is data protection, and asking a public body for information is freedom of information.
Tick one box.
- LD Information that identifies a living person, such as a name or address
Personal data is anything that identifies a living person.
Tick two boxes.
- LB Data must be kept secure
- LD Data must not be kept longer than necessary
- LNo marks if more than 2 boxes are ticked
Personal data must be kept secure and deleted once it is no longer needed.
| Unauthorised access | Access with intent to commit a further offence | Unauthorised modification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logging in to a friend's email to read their messages | |||
| Hacking into a bank's system in order to transfer money out | |||
| Planting a virus that deletes files |
Tick one box in each row.
- LLogging in to a friend's email to read their messages: Unauthorised access
- LHacking into a bank's system in order to transfer money out: Access with intent to commit a further offence
- LPlanting a virus that deletes files: Unauthorised modification
Getting in is unauthorised access; getting in to commit another crime such as theft is the second offence; changing or deleting data is modification.
Tick one box.
- LC Others may reuse the work under conditions the creator chooses, such as giving credit
The creator keeps copyright but gives permission for certain uses.
Tick one box.
- LA Record your activity across websites so adverts can be targeted at you
Tracking cookies follow you around the web to build a profile for advertising.
- LTo target adverts or personalise what each user sees
- LTo sell or share the data, or to understand customers and improve their products
Data about what people look at and buy lets a company target adverts and recommendations at each user, which earns money. The data can also be sold to other companies, and it shows the company how its service is used so it can improve it.
- Lpublic bodies
Public bodies, such as councils, schools, the NHS and government departments.
- LThe gap between people who have access to technology and the internet and those who do not
- LCaused by cost, where people live, age or skills, and it affects education and jobs
The digital divide is the gap between people who have good access to technology and the internet and people who do not. It is caused by cost, by where people live and by age and skills, and those without access miss out on online learning, jobs and services.
Tick one box.
- LC Electronic devices that have been thrown away
E-waste is discarded electronic equipment.
- LMore e-waste, much of it toxic, going to landfill or exported
- LMaking new phones uses mined raw materials and energy, causing pollution or carbon emissions
Every phone replaced becomes e-waste containing toxic metals, which pollutes land and water if it is not recycled. Making each new phone also uses metals that have to be mined and a great deal of energy, which adds to pollution and carbon emissions.
Tick one box.
- LB Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Copying a film without permission is copyright infringement.
| True | False | |
|---|---|---|
| Copyright protects a work automatically, without registering it | ||
| A company may keep personal data for ever if it wants to | ||
| Necessary cookies are needed for a site to work, for example to keep a shopping basket | ||
| Anything posted online is free to copy |
Tick one box in each row.
- LCopyright protects a work automatically, without registering it: True
- LA company may keep personal data for ever if it wants to: False
- LNecessary cookies are needed for a site to work, for example to keep a shopping basket: True
- LAnything posted online is free to copy: False
Copyright is automatic. Personal data must not be kept longer than necessary. Some cookies are essential. Work online is still protected by copyright.
This is an original Key Stage 3 assessment. Most questions are closed, so the marking is exact, and the written answers are marked against a mark scheme in the same style as a GCSE paper, so the format is familiar long before it counts.