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POST GRADUATE ISLAMIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN COOPER ROAD

LAHORE
Final Term Examination 2021
Subject: Computer Science Class: BS-IV
Semester: VIII Session: 2017-2021
Course Title: Professional Practices Course Code: SS-405
Time Allowed: 2.5 Hours Max. Marks: 65

Note: Attempt all questions

Q1. Answer the following short questions: (25)

i. Being an interviewer, you are required to hire some software engineers, list down five
general and technical interview questions?
ii. Why is it necessary to implement cyber laws in a country?
iii. The given scenarios are intended to evaluate the use of copyright materials. Discuss the
usage is fair or not? If not; Give appropriate reason?
a. A professor has posted his class notes on a web page available to the public. He
wants to scan an article from a copyrighted journal and add it to his web page.
b. A library has a book that is out of print and unavailable. The book is an important
one in the professor's field that she needs for her research. The professor would
like to copy the book for her files.
c. A professor wishes to use a textbook he considers to be too expensive. He makes
copies of the book for the class.
d. A professor wishes to raise funds for a scholarship. She rents out a video
recording of a motion picture on which the copyright has expired and charges
rental fees.
e. A professor decides to make three copies of a textbook and place them
on reserve in the library for the class.
iv. Differentiate between the following
a. Primary infringement & Secondary Infringement
b. Proprietary software licenses & Open source software licenses

Q2: Is a software engineer required to keep up to date with technical developments in the
professional’s specific field of interest and why? (10)
Q3: Being the computer science professional, how do you analyze the impact of computing
discipline on society and how would you examine the economic growth of an individual affected
by computing discipline? (10)
Q4: Is cheating and plagiarism same? Is it plagiarism if you copy one sentence? Define the
strategies to avoid plagiarism in academic research. (10)

Q5: Classify professional ethics in terms of Professionalism, Amateurism and Commercialism.

(10)