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Paffodil International University
Department of Software Engineering
Faculty of Science & Information Technology
Final Examination, Fall 2021
SE441; Course Title: Software Engineering & Professional Ethics
Tevel:3 Term: 3 Section: A (MC), C(PC)
Instructor: (MKs) Modality: Case study based written exam
Date: Friday, 24 December, 2021 Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
‘Time:Two hours Case study based written exam. _ Marks: 40
Course Code:
* Students need to go through the CASE STUDIES shown in this exam paper and answer all
questions.
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Scenario In 2020 & 2021
Cyber gangsters have attacked the com,
puter systems of a medical research company on standby to carry out trials
of a possible future vaccine for the Co .
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‘omputer systems of Hammersmith Medicines Research, publishing
personal details of thousands of former patie!
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early clinical trails of drugs and vaccines got
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Question
Marks
4. Considering Case @ and according to Digital Securit
ity Acts 2018, Identify the offenses
against different individuals and organization,
(CLO 3, Level 2] 6 Marks
Following your answer of Ql. Relate proper punishment acc
‘ording to Digital Security
Acts 2018 for the crimes if committed.
[CLO 3, Level 2] 9 Marks
A. Asa software engineer of the 21st century,
why do you think it is necessary to know
about Digital Law & Ethical Principles,
[CLO 4, Level 4] 5 Marks
4. How IPR is relevant to these above cases and which criteria can be highlighted here? [CLO 2, Level 2] 6 Marks
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a website was built that asked questions and then recommended a drug for treatment. The clients’ requirements
asked that the website always recommend their drug (unless you were allergic or already taking it). The
Programmer that built the website just followed instructions, but the programmer told that this is “the code I'm
ull ashamed of” because he learned of a girl that killed herself after taking the drug as recommended. One of the
Side effects was depression and/or suicidal thoughts of that drug.
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‘When a car manufacturer used software to give false results on emissions tests, basically hacking the test to show
a pass when it would really be a fail under normal conditions, it betrayed everyone’s trust of software. Now there
are calls to make a proprietary code of this kind transparent for review by others.
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