Ethics and Ownership
7.1What the syllabus asks of you
- Show understanding of the need for and purpose of ethics as a computing professional
- Show understanding of the need to act ethically and the impact of acting ethically or unethically for a given situation
- Show understanding of the need for copyright legislation
- Show understanding of the different types of software licencing and justify the use of a licence for a given situation
- Show understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Read the notes first
Chapter 7: Ethics and ownership
Drill this topic
All 9 questions on Ethics and Ownership, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
9 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.

