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O-LevelComputer ScienceSoftware2210/12 · Oct/Nov 2017 · Q115 Marks

Complete the paragraphs choosing the correct five terms from the list. Each term can only be used once: Ethics Freeware Free Software Hacking Malware Plagiarism Shareware Virus Taking another person's work from the Internet and claiming it as your own is called .......................... It is possible to protect your work online with copyright. One product that people may want to protect is software. .......................... does allow a person to share, copy and change software freely, but .......................... does not allow a person to do this legally. Software that has a licence allowing free use for a trial period is called .......................... The name given to this area of Computer Science is ..........................

  1. Complete the paragraphs choosing the correct five terms from the list. Each term can only be used once: Ethics Freeware Free Software Hacking Malware Plagiarism Shareware Virus Taking another person's work from the Internet and claiming it as your own is called .......................... It is possible to protect your work online with copyright. One product that people may want to protect is software. .......................... does allow a person to share, copy and change software freely, but .......................... does not allow a person to do this legally. Software that has a licence allowing free use for a trial period is called .......................... The name given to this area of Computer Science is ..........................[5]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2017). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] Plagiarism
  2. [1] Free software
  3. [1] Freeware
  4. [1] Shareware
  5. [1] Ethics

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Topic
Software, O-Level Computer Science (syllabus 2210). Structured question, 5 marks.
Source
O-Level Computer Science, Oct/Nov 2017 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 11.

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