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BTEC Tech Award Digital Information Technology: Responsible use
Effective digital working practices · Pearson BTEC Tech Award Digital Information Technology (603/7050/6), specification point 3.C1. Cards are generated from the exam board's own specification for "Responsible use", and every card links back to the page it came from. Specification © Pearson — used with attribution.
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Which three considerations define the responsible use of shared data?
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Legal considerations, privacy, and ethical use.
At which three life-cycle stages do IT systems have an environmental impact?
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Manufacturing, use, and disposal.
What three environmental costs arise across the life cycle of IT systems?
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Energy consumption, waste, and the use of rare materials.
Small text files a website stores in the browser to remember a user's visits and preferences are called ?.
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cookies
Data generated when a purchase or payment takes place, such as item, price and time, is called ? data.
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transactional
What is location-based data?
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Data about where a user or device is, usually captured via GPS, Wi‑Fi or mobile networks and used to tailor services such as maps or local offers.
What is meant by data exchange between services?
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One digital service passing user data to another, e.g. a fitness app sharing activity data with a health platform or a site logging you in via a social media account.
What is the main benefit to users of services sharing their data?
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Convenience and personalisation — users get tailored, joined-up services without re-entering their information.
What is the main privacy drawback of services sharing user data?
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Users lose control over who holds their personal data and how it is used, raising the risk of profiling, misuse or data breaches.
Why is electronic distribution preferred over hard copy on environmental grounds?
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It avoids the paper, ink and printing energy that hard copies consume, so it cuts waste and resource use.
How does an auto power-off policy reduce a digital system's energy use?
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It automatically switches devices off or into standby after a period of inactivity, so they do not draw power while idle.
What environmental question should be asked before replacing a digital system?
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Whether the gain justifies the energy, waste and rare materials consumed by manufacturing and disposing of new hardware — upgrading components or repairing is often less harmful than replacing.
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