Tech Apps Quiz 4
Tech Apps Quiz 4
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Alex is doing a project about rockpools at his local beach. He has collected digital images of the rockpools from the following places:
- Some he has taken with his own camera.
- Some were taken by friends.
- Some from a website run by a local “Landcare” group.
- Some from the website of the local newspaper.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Being non-for-profit volunteers doesn't give you the freedom to break copyright rules.Rate this question:
- 2.
It is OK to give away copies of MP3 files that I have paid for and downloaded from the Internet, provided I don’t charge any money for them.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
"Not charging for them" doesn't excuse your action. Your payment is typically only for your use of the MP3. That is all you have paid for, so that is all you are allowed to do. The owner of the intellectual property is missing out on income if copies are given away, because some of the people receiving the file for nothing might have otherwise paid for it.Rate this question:
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- 3.
When I use pictures from the Internet in my schoolwork, there is no need to mention where they have come from.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
If you don't mention anything then people might think that they were taken by you, so you're really pretending that somebody else's work is your own. That's plagiarism, and is possibly in breach of "moral rights" clauses in Australian copyright laws.Rate this question:
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- 4.
I can legally give copies of games that I have bought to my friends.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
A game is the same thing as an MP3 or a picture from the point of view of "intellectual property". The copy you have bought is for your use only, and you are typically not allowed to give it away.Rate this question:
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- 5.
Students may be allowed to use text and photographs from the Internet without seeking permission.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Provided it's for study purposes, and provided only a "reasonable amount" is used, then it's most likely OK.Rate this question:
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- 6.
Copying something from the Internet and pretending that it’s your own work is called “Plagiarism”.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Yes, and that's how to spell it as well.Rate this question:
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- 7.
Plagiarism is wrong, but it does not break Copyright rules.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Before the year 2000, plagiarism was not acutally a breach of any legislation. It was a bit like going for Collingwood - morally wrong, but not agaist the law. In 2000 new legislation attached "moral rights" to intellectual property, and breaching those rights became a breach of copyright law, as well as wrong.Rate this question:
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- 8.
I may copy anything provided I don’t sell the copies.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Just because you're not selling things that have been illegally copied doesn't make the copying legal.Rate this question:
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- 9.
Use the following information for questions 11 to 16. It will be repeated at the top of each question. Jacinta is doing a project about the “Eureka Stockade” – an event in Australia’s history. She visits more than ten websites which together contain about thirty pictures and fifty-or-so pages of text. She collects three of the pictures, and some snippets of text from different websites adding up to two pages. That's the end of the information. Here is the true or false statement for Q11: Jacinta can use the snippets of text without changing them and without telling anybody.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
If she does that, she's plagiarising.Rate this question:
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- 10.
Jacinta is doing a project about the “Eureka Stockade” – an event in Australia’s history. She visits more than ten websites which together contain about thirty pictures and fifty-or-so pages of text. She collects three of the pictures, and some snippets of text from different websites adding up to two pages. That's the end of the information. Here is the true or false statement for Q12: If Jacinta writes her own summary, then that summary becomes her Intellectual Property.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
... provided it's a genuine summary using Jacinta's own words, thoughts and ideas.Rate this question:
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- 11.
Alex is doing a project about rockpools at his local beach. He has collected digital images of the rockpools from the following places:
- Some he has taken with his own camera.
- Some were taken by friends.
- Some from a website run by a local “Landcare” group.
- Some from the website of the local newspaper.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Alex still needs to follow copyright rules, and the terms and conditions of the newspaper site.Rate this question:
- 12.
Alex is doing a project about rockpools at his local beach. He has collected digital images of the rockpools from the following places:
- Some he has taken with his own camera.
- Some were taken by friends.
- Some from a website run by a local “Landcare” group.
- Some from the website of the local newspaper.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
An internet site is very different to a "private study" assignment when it comes to copyright rules.Rate this question:
- 13.
Alex is doing a project about rockpools at his local beach. He has collected digital images of the rockpools from the following places:
- Some he has taken with his own camera.
- Some were taken by friends.
- Some from a website run by a local “Landcare” group.
- Some from the website of the local newspaper.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Most certainly true.Rate this question:
- 14.
If I take a photograph, then that photograph is my “Intellectual Property”.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
... assuming you're not "spying" - ie it's not a photograph of something that is clearly somebody else's intellectual property, eg plans, diagrams and charts that somebody doesn't want copied.Rate this question:
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- 15.
Alex is doing a project about rockpools at his local beach. He has collected digital images of the rockpools from the following places:
- Some he has taken with his own camera.
- Some were taken by friends.
- Some from a website run by a local “Landcare” group.
- Some from the website of the local newspaper.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Actually, the terms and conditions probably give him permission to use any number of pictures for study purposes.Rate this question:
- 16.
Use the following information for questions 17 to 25. It will be repeated at the top of each question. Alex is doing a project about rockpools at his local beach. He has collected digital images of the rockpools from the following places:
- Some he has taken with his own camera.
- Some were taken by friends.
- Some from a website run by a local “Landcare” group.
- Some from the website of the local newspaper.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
If he has taken them, then they are his intellectual property.Rate this question:
- 17.
Alex is doing a project about rockpools at his local beach. He has collected digital images of the rockpools from the following places:
- Some he has taken with his own camera.
- Some were taken by friends.
- Some from a website run by a local “Landcare” group.
- Some from the website of the local newspaper.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
They are his friend's intellectual property, and he should not use them without his permission.Rate this question:
- 18.
Jacinta is doing a project about the “Eureka Stockade” – an event in Australia’s history. She visits more than ten websites which together contain about thirty pictures and fifty-or-so pages of text. She collects three of the pictures, and some snippets of text from different websites adding up to two pages. That's the end of the information. Here is the true or false statement for Q13: Jacinta may use some of the snippets word-for-word provided she clearly states that they are not her words, and where they are from.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
... provided no "snippet" of text is so big that it is more than one-tenth of all the text in the website from which it was taken.Rate this question:
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- 19.
Jacinta is doing a project about the “Eureka Stockade” – an event in Australia’s history. She visits more than ten websites which together contain about thirty pictures and fifty-or-so pages of text. She collects three of the pictures, and some snippets of text from different websites adding up to two pages. That's the end of the information. Here is the true or false statement for Q14: Jacinta should not have copied anything from the Internet.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
There are many instances where, for the purposes of study, copying material from the internet is allowable.Rate this question:
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- 20.
Jacinta is doing a project about the “Eureka Stockade” – an event in Australia’s history. She visits more than ten websites which together contain about thirty pictures and fifty-or-so pages of text. She collects three of the pictures, and some snippets of text from different websites adding up to two pages. That's the end of the information. Here is the true or false statement for Q16: Jacinta must seek the authors’ permission before using any of the materials she has found.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
There are many instances (eg, a reasonable amount for the purposes of study) where you can use material without seeking any permission.Rate this question:
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- 21.
Jacinta is doing a project about the “Eureka Stockade” – an event in Australia’s history. She visits more than ten websites which together contain about thirty pictures and fifty-or-so pages of text. She collects three of the pictures, and some snippets of text from different websites adding up to two pages. That's the end of the information. Here is the true or false statement for Q15: Jacinta must state the source of any images she uses.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
There are exceptions (There are always exceptions!). For exampe, if she took the images herself (unlikely with this topic, but she may have visited Ballarat and taken pictures of the Eureka Stockade), or if she paid for the rights to use the pictures without attributing. People don't generally do that just for study purposes.Rate this question:
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- 22.
Alex is doing a project about rockpools at his local beach. He has collected digital images of the rockpools from the following places:
- Some he has taken with his own camera.
- Some were taken by friends.
- Some from a website run by a local “Landcare” group.
- Some from the website of the local newspaper.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Yes, he can use them, but only for study purposes.Rate this question:
- 23.
It is OK for me to use one music track from a CD as backing to a PowerPoint that I am presenting to a class
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
You are allowed to use a resonable amount of others' intellectual property for the purposes of study. One track from a whole CD is not a problem, provided you are only presenting the PowerPoint, and not storing it anywhere where others could copy it.Rate this question:
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- 24.
Alex is doing a project about rockpools at his local beach. He has collected digital images of the rockpools from the following places:
- Some he has taken with his own camera.
- Some were taken by friends.
- Some from a website run by a local “Landcare” group.
- Some from the website of the local newspaper.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
How a site is found, and what somebody incorrectly believes about the word "published" has nothing to do with the Landcare group's obloigations for follow copyright rules. Their use of the pictures is public, because it can be found by using Google.Rate this question:
- 25.
You should never copy anything from the Internet.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
There are many situations where it's fine to copy items from the Internet. For example, you might have correctly sought permission and paid for access, or you could be using information fiarly for study purposes.Rate this question:
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- 26.
Who is the appropreate person to ask to use work that has a copyright?
- A.
Teacher
- B.
Parent/guardian
- C.
Author/publisher/owner
- D.
Principal
Correct Answer
C. Author/publisher/owner -
- 27.
What does the copyright symbol look like?
- A.
The authors name underlined
- B.
Everything has a copyright on it
- C.
There is no copyright symbol
- D.
The letter c circled
Correct Answer
D. The letter c circled -
- 28.
What does a copyright do?
- A.
Protect the owners work
- B.
Create the owners work
- C.
Organize the owners work
- D.
Deny the owners work
Correct Answer
A. Protect the owners work -
- 29.
What is an example of a trademark?
- A.
Names
- B.
Logos
- C.
Designs
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
D. All of the above -
- 30.
When something has a copyright is it not aloud to be used or
- A.
Can you ask the authors permission
- B.
Go to websites and find non restricted work
- C.
Ask your teacher
- D.
Both a and b
Correct Answer
D. Both a and b -
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