CHAPTER: SOCIETIAL IMPACTS
QUESTION BANK
DATE:30/06/2025 SUBMISSION DATE:10/07/2025
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS:
1)............... is not a FOSS tool.
Libre Office Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome Python
2)Data which has no restriction of usage and is freely available to everyone under Intellectual
Property Rights is categorized as :
Open Source Open Data Open Content Open Education
3)The generally recognized term for the government protection afforded to intellectual
property (written and electronic) is called ............... .
computer security law aggregate information copyright law data security standards
4)Out of the following, which crime(s) will come under cyber crime category ?
Identify theft Invasion of privacy Online harassment All of the above
5)Primary law in India for matters related to e-commerce and cyber crime is :
IT Act 1995 IT Act 2000 IT Act 1998 IT Act 2010
6)What is an example of e-waste ?
a ripened banana an old computer old clothes empty soda cans
7)The rights of the owner of information to decide how much information is to be
shared/exchanged/distributed, are collectively known as ............... (IPR).
Intelligent Property Rights Intellectual Property Rights
Interactive Property Rights Instance Property Rights
8)Arasi sets up her own company to sell her own range of clothes on instagram. What type of
intellectual property can she use to show that the clothes are made by his company ?
Patents Copyright Design Trademark
9)The digital footprint that we leave online unintentionally is called
Active digital footprint Passive digital footprint
True digital footprint False digital footprint
10)GPL stands for :
Guided Public License General Public License
Global Public License General Public Letter
11)A computer ............... is a malicious code which self-replicates by copying itself to other
programs.
Program virus application worm
12)............... is an attempt where a hacker tries to divert network traffic to a bogus site.
Phishing scams Spoofing Eavesdropping Pharming attack
QUESTION FROM 13-16
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.
13)Assertion. The patents are available online.
Reason. Patents are the grant of exclusive right(s) of an invention.
14)Assertion. Open Source Software makes available the source code of the software.
Reason. Open source software and free software are the same.
15)Assertion. Freeware and free software are different.
Reason. Freeware means no cost for the software, while free software means source code
available with a freedom to use it.
16)Assertion. Phishing is fraudulently taking a user to an authentic looking site and stealing
user information.
Reason. Pharming is fraudulently redirecting a website's traffic to another to steal
information.
17)The trail that is automatically created when a person uses the internet on any digital
devices like Laptops, smart phones, tablets etc. is called :
Cyber bullying Phishing Digital Footprint Digital Activity
SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS:
1)What is digital footprint ?
2)What is intellectual property ? What do you understand by intellectual property rights ?
3)What is digital property ?
4)Expand the terms :
OSI FLOSS FSF GNU GPL W3C OSS
5)Define Hacking.
6)What is cyber bullying ?
7)What is copyright ?
8)What do you understand by Net Etiquettes ? Explain any two such etiquettes.
9)What is a virus ? What is anti-virus software ?
10)What is the significance of a firewall in a computer's security scheme ?
11)What is phishing ?
12)What is cookies?
