Paper 1

State two methods of protecting intellectual property.

• Copyright and patents

• Licensing and public domain

• Trademarks and copyrights

• Patents and open source

Identify the ethical issue associated with the use of artificial intelligence.

• Acceptable use policies

• Algorithmic bias

• Logic errors

• Unpatched software

State one way users could reduce the environmental impact of digital technology.

• Using energy-efficient devices

• Reducing screen time

• Recycling old devices

• Increasing device brightness

Why should an employee who is logged on to the company network avoid clicking on a link in an email from an unknown source?

• It could lead to downloading malware that harms the network.

• It can improve the network's security.

• It might increase the speed of their internet connection.

• It will provide new company updates.

Which hardware component is responsible for carrying instructions from memory to the CPU?

• Binary shift

• Control unit

• Data bus

• Register

What component of the CPU is primarily responsible for performing operations such as additions and comparisons?

• Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)

• Control unit

• Cache memory

• Clock

Why is a higher clock speed considered beneficial in a CPU?

• It reduces the power consumption.

• It increases the number of operations per second.

• It decreases the heat generated.

• It simplifies the CPU design.

Identify a type of bus in computer architecture that is unidirectional.

• Address bus

• Data bus

• Control bus

• Dual bus

How is data stored on magnetic media?

• By altering the magnetic polarity of areas on the disk's magnetic coating

• By changing the color of the disk surface.

• By engraving data physically into the disk.

• By using laser to burn data onto the disk.

What type of secondary storage uses a laser to read the disk?

• Magnetic tape

• Solid-state drive

• Optical disk

• Flash memory