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Paper 1 Ethics Issues Drills

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Paper 1 Ethics Issues Drills

These are original Paper 1-style practice questions. They use concrete scenarios so the answers can be checked against the facts supplied.

Detailed answers are in Paper 1 Ethics Issues Answers.

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Questions

Question 1: PDPA Obligation

A tuition centre collects a parent’s email address for the stated purpose of sending lesson invoices. The centre later gives the email address to a partner company, which sends advertising for holiday camps. The parent was not told about this use and did not agree to it.

Identify one PDPA-related obligation likely breached and explain using the scenario. [3]

A school event app asks users to tick this box:

I agree that my data may be used.

The app collects name, phone number, and dietary requirements. Explain why this consent statement is weak. [2]

Question 3: Data Protection

A clinic stores patient names, phone numbers, and allergy information in a database.

Suggest two safeguards to protect this personal data. [2]

Question 4: Professional Ethics

A developer finds that a test webpage accidentally exposes a CSV file containing student names and marks. The file is reachable without login.

State three ethically responsible actions the developer should take. [3]

Question 5: Bias

An admissions model was trained on historical records. In the training data, applicants from Group A had an approval rate of 80/100, while applicants from Group B had an approval rate of 40/100. The model now recommends Group B applicants less often, even when their current scores are similar.

Explain how biased training data can lead to unfair AI decisions. [3]

Question 6: Stakeholders

A school introduces a facial-recognition attendance system at the entrance gate.

Identify three different stakeholders affected by the system. [3]

Question 7: Social Impact

A library replaces most counter service with self-service borrowing kiosks.

Describe one positive social impact and one negative social impact. [4]

Question 8: Economic Impact

A company introduces software that automatically processes simple insurance claims, reducing manual checking by clerks.

Explain two possible economic impacts. [3]

A company is legally allowed to keep customer support chat logs for one year. It wants to analyse the logs to train a chatbot, although customers were originally told the logs were for handling support requests only.

Distinguish legal compliance from ethical behaviour in this scenario. [2]

Question 10: Mitigation

A bank uses a data-driven system to shortlist loan applicants. Applicants are not told why they were rejected, and there is no appeal process.

Suggest four controls to reduce possible harm. [4]

Review Checklist

After attempting these questions, check whether you can:

  • apply PDPA and consent ideas to concrete data uses;
  • distinguish privacy safeguards from general good intentions;
  • explain professional responsibility when discovering a flaw;
  • link bias to data and outcomes;
  • identify stakeholders, impacts, and mitigations in a specific system.

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