plumiEconomic, moral, legal, ethical and cultural issues relating to computer science: Eduqas A‑Level Computer Science questions
Every Eduqas A-Level Computer Science exam question on 1.9 Economic, moral, legal, ethical and cultural issues relating to computer science, 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 14 questions on Economic, moral, legal, ethical and cultural issues relating to computer science, as a list
- June 2025, Component 1, Q11(a) (2 marks): Describe the role of codes of conduct in promoting professional behaviour. [2]
- June 2025, Component 1, Q11(b) (8 marks): Discuss the possible effects that computers have on employees. [8]
- June 2025, AS Component 1, Q13 (5 marks): Explain how the Data Protection Act (2018) impacts on data stored in a computer system. [5]
- June 2024, Component 1, Q3(a) (4 marks): 3. Explain how current legislation impacts on: (a) Data protection [4]
- June 2024, Component 1, Q3(b) (4 marks): Freedom of information [4]
- June 2024, AS Component 1, Q13 (6 marks): Describe the possible effects of computers on the nature of employment in wider society. [6]
- June 2023, Component 1, Q8 (8 marks): Describe the social and economic changes occurring as a result of developments in computing and computer use, and their moral, ethical, legal, and cultural cons
- June 2023, Component 1, Q12 (12 marks): Discuss the possible effects of computers on the nature of employment in the computing industry and wider society. You should draw on your knowledge, skills and
- June 2022, Component 1, Q5 (8 marks): Explain how current computer security legislation protects businesses, individual users and national security. [8]
- June 2022, Component 1, Q12 (12 marks): Discuss the importance of promoting professional behaviour given the social changes that have occurred as a result of developments in computing and computer use
- June 2022, AS Component 1, Q13 (12 marks): Advances in computer science, such as expert systems and robotics, have completely transformed the way in which some organisations work. Discuss the function of
- June 2019, Component 1, Q14 (13 marks): Explain how current legislation impacts on private data and what measures can be taken to protect this data. You should draw on your knowledge, skills and under
- June 2018, AS Component 1, Q13 (10 marks): A systems analyst has been commissioned to produce a new computer based system. Discuss the ways in which the systems analyst could carry out an investigation a
- June 2016, AS Component 1, Q7 (3 marks): Giving suitable examples, explain how the Computer Misuse Act 1990 aims to improve data security. [3]
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