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Cpmputer Question Paper

Cpmputer

Course:Computer Information Systems And Business Information Technology

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2012

TIME : 2 HOURS
Instructions: Answer ALL Questions in SECTION A and ANY TWO Questions in SECTION B.

SECTION A (COMPULSORY): 30 MARKS
Question One
Which work is attributed to Vaneva Bush and how did that work change the face of computing as we know it today?
(4 Marks)

Describe FOUR ways of behaving ethically.
(4 Marks)

List THREE commandments of computer ethics.
(3 Marks)

One of the changes that have occurred in the internal organizational environment is anytime, any place information work. Briefly describe two applications of this change.
(4 Marks)
Give TWO examples of job displacement in an organization of your choice.
(4 Marks)
Many Web 2.0 sites enable development of collaborative work. How is this an issue from a legal perspective?
(3 Marks)

List TWO actions that an individual should be able to perform which suggest the existence of privacy of that individual.
(4 Marks)

Describe TWO factors that influence online behavior based on an individual’s culture.
(4 Marks)

SECTION B (Answer any TWO (2) Questions from this Section)

Question Two
Explain the teleological perspective of ethical theories by describing the different approaches to making decisions.
(9 Marks)

Describe THREE key points regarding information as a resource ethics: hence, list the THREE areas that information ethics studies.
(9 Marks)

Describe the meaning of the term policy vacuum as related to ethics.

(2 Marks)

Question Three
Explain the following as barriers to responsibility in computing?
Poor articulation of norms
(3 Marks)
(ii) Assumption of ethical neutrality (3 Marks)
(iii) Bugs (3 Marks)

Describe FOUR things that have changed the external business environment.
(8 Marks)
List THREE effects of unemployment.
(3 Marks)

Question Four
List FIVE reasons that make protection of intellectual property difficult in the domain of digital goods.
(10 Marks)

As an employer justify monitoring and surveillance of employees in the work place by describing and explaining FIVE reasons for doing so.
(10 Marks)

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