1.5.2a Workforce, automated decisions, AI, environment and censorship Quiz: OCR Computer Science, Unit 5

The 20 questions

1. What term refers to discarded electronic devices and components?

   • E-waste
   • Digital trash
   • Scrap metal
   • Toxic runoff

2. What term describes replacing human labour with machines and automated systems?

   • Automation
   • Outsourcing
   • Deskilling
   • Digitalisation

3. What is the term for government-controlled suppression of online content?

   • Self-regulation
   • ISP filtering
   • State censorship
   • Corporate blocking

4. What is created when AI training data contains pre-existing human prejudices?

   • Machine error
   • Data duplication
   • Systemic lag
   • Algorithmic bias

5. Which toxic heavy metal is commonly found in older computer hardware components?

   • Calcium
   • Lead
   • Sodium
   • Iron

6. What term describes workers losing high-level skills as software automates complex tasks?

   • Retraining
   • Redundancy
   • Downsizing
   • Deskilling

7. What practice involves intentionally designing devices to have a limited operational lifespan?

   • Software throttling
   • Rapid iteration
   • Planned obsolescence
   • Hardware degradation

8. A facial recognition algorithm fails frequently on minority faces. What is the root cause?

   • Low camera resolution
   • Excessive battery drain
   • Unrepresentative training data
   • Insufficient GPU speed

9. A car manufacturer replaces 500 factory workers with industrial robots. What is this impact?

   • Structural unemployment
   • Seasonal unemployment
   • Frictional unemployment
   • Cyclical unemployment

10. A nation restricts public access to foreign media websites during an election. What is this?

    • Data sovereignty
    • Internet censorship
    • Net neutrality
    • Digital rights management

11. An automated algorithm rejects a loan application without human review. What issue does this raise?

    • Bandwidth throttling
    • High latency
    • Lack of accountability
    • Data redundancy

12. A cloud provider uses renewable power and efficient cooling. What are they attempting to lower?

    • Carbon footprint
    • Storage capacity
    • Network bandwidth
    • Data throughput

13. Couriers receive work exclusively through automated algorithms rather than human managers. What is this model?

    • Feudal system
    • Closed shop
    • Public sector
    • Gig economy

14. An AI diagnostic tool incorrectly identifies a medical condition. What legal concern does this highlight?

    • Hardware failure
    • Data normalisation
    • Legal liability
    • Algorithmic speed

15. A court orders internet service providers to block access to illegal streaming domains. What is this?

    • DNS spoofing
    • Data compression
    • URL filtering
    • Packet sniffing

16. What hypothetical point in time occurs when artificial intelligence surpasses human cognitive capability?

    • Moravec paradox
    • Turing threshold
    • Algorithmic equilibrium
    • Technological singularity

17. Which rule prevents internet service providers from blocking or slowing down specific websites?

    • Fair use policy
    • Digital sovereignty
    • Open access protocol
    • Net neutrality

18. What term describes the gap between individuals who have access to technology and those who do not?

    • Net neutrality
    • Digital divide
    • Automation gap
    • Tech disparity

19. Which AI-generated media realistically manipulates a person's likeness, voice, or actions in video format?

    • Deep learning
    • Deepfakes
    • Synthetic algorithms
    • Virtual avatars

20. What term describes the human tendency to blindly trust computer-generated advice over personal judgment?

    • Technological determinism
    • Machine reliance
    • Automation bias
    • Confirmation bias

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