Revision Quiz Y9 Imapcts of technology

Match the following

• Cultural

• Considerations about right and wrong, morality and power.

• Environmental

• How have society and the ways that we interact been impacted?

• Legal

• The effect that technology has on the world around us.

• Ethical

• Technology provides opportunities to criminals. To help protect people, their data, and their work, several laws have been introduced in the UK.

• Privacy

• Once data is put on a computer, it can be easily copied or shared. In some cases, people have a right to choice in this matter.

Which of these are factors in causing the digital divide?

• Elderly people

• People with poor computer skills

• People in low-income households

• People who live in developing countries

• People who live in rural areas

The ​ (a)   is the ​ (b)   that exists between people who have ​ (c)   and can use technology, and people who ​ (d)   or cannot use it.

• digital divide
• division
• access to
• don’t have access

Which of these is NOT an Act of Parliament?

• Data Protection Act 2018

• The Computer Misuse Act 1990

• The Computers and Data Privacy Act 2023

• The Investigatory Powers Act 2016

• The Freedom of Information Act 2000

E-waste is electronic waste. It describes ​ (a)   electrical or electronic devices. It is bad for the environment because it uses ​ (b)   materials, depletes rare chemical elements, causes ​ (c)   through its disposal and recycling and exposes people doing the recycling to ​ (d)   .

• discarded
• non-recyclable
• harmful pollution
• toxins

Ethics are​ (a)   , or rules, which govern a person's attitudes and behaviour. Ethical impacts are impacts involving considerations about ​ (b)   , morality and power. When applied to technology, ethical questions are raised when thinking about ​ (c)   and ​ (d)  

• algorithms
• artificial intelligence.
• moral principles
• right and wrong

Choose all that are true?

• Ethics apply to the use of computers as much as they do to other things in life.

• Ethics overlaps with other areas of impact, ie cultural, legal, environmental, and privacy.

• Ethical issues in computing include ensuring public safety and security of data

• Professional bodies have ‘Codes of Ethics’ which members can choose if they want to follow or not

Sort these into positive effects on the environment and negative.

Groups:

(a) Positive impacts

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(b) Negative impacts

• Environmental monitoring

• Depletion of rare elements

• Electric cars

• Toxic chemicals

• The sharing economy (The Freecycle Network, Uber, Airbnb)

• Energy consumption

• Renewable energy

• Energy-smart homes

• E-waste

• Fossil fuel consumption