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Qualification Module Number and Title

Higher Diploma in Computing and Software CSE4007-Professional Practice
Engineering
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Assessment Type
WRIT1 2250 words (Group 75% (Group work)
course work)

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I, ………………………………………….name of the student and registration number>, certify

that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully
acknowledged.

Marks Awarded
First assessor

IV marks

Agreed grade

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Module :
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Assignment :

Strong features of your work:

Areas for improvement:

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:

LO 1 Explain ethical, social, professional and legal issues in Information technology world.

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LO 2 Explain the impact of modern technology in society.

Ethical, legal and social issues arising from the use of technology in all areas of our lives and in
business, in particular have led to the creation of a new branch of ethics.

Provide a report containing the answers of two tasks and Include a reference, link, or citation
when appropriate.

TASK 01 (LO 1)

Intellectual property usually relates to mind creations. Intellectual property rights related to innovation or
a completely new product from a person or an organization currently. Such innovations or brand new
products to enter the market are the property of the first person or organization to develop and release the
product. They claim ownership of the innovation. It is their right to identify themselves as legal or lawful
owners. Presenting such products in the names of others or using such products for other developments or
sale of such products without the knowledge of the first person or organization is illegal. Such claims
belong to the category of stolen intellectual property.

1. Explain kinds of law can be used in protecting intellectual property? [05 Marks]

2. Clearly explain the problems are faced with each of these kinds of law in protecting software as a
kind of intellectual property (i.e. creating proprietary software)? [15 Marks]

3. What is the ethical justification for protection of software as a kind of intellectual property? [10
Marks]

4. Demonstrate the arguments which used to oppose this justification? [08 Marks]

5. Justify, is there any alternative for proprietary software? [04 Marks]

6. How could computer professionals support themselves without proprietary software? [08 Marks]

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TASK 02 (LO 2)

The internet of things (or the IOT) is a name for the latest way that technology will impact how
we live and work. At the moment, technology that is internet enabled may be less in our lives.
There are so many countries with sophisticated technologies. In such countries, lot of devices
they use not only to have internet access, but they are also connected to each other. A research
study says that in the future there will be 26 billion connected devices. In the future there can be
a possibility of emerging technology that allows devices to ‘talk’ each other. For example, the
vehicle you travel in talk to other devices and take you on a route that has less traffic. In this way
IOT will make life more efficient and easy. On the other hand, our lives will become ruled by
machines. In addition, with so many devices connected to each other, there is a serious concern
about privacy and security.
1. Briefly explain the term internet of things with real world examples [05 Marks]

2. What are the pros and cons of IOT? [10 Marks]

3. Critically analyses security and privacy related to inter-communication with two or more than
two devices [15 Marks]

4. Critically analyses IOT Ethical concerns related to social, ethical and legal issues [20
Marks]

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Submission Guidelines

Report Format:

 Submission format Report

 Paper Size: A4
 Words: 2250 words
 Printing Margins: LHS; RHS: 1 Inch
 Binding Margin: ½ Inch
 Header and Footer: 1 Inch
 Basic Font Size: 12
 Line Spacing: 1.5
 Font Style: Times
 New Roman

Referencing Guidance

 To use Harvard referencing for citation and compile reference list you can go through following
guidance provided by Anglia Ruskin University.
 In the Harvard system, the author's surname and year of publication are cited in the text of your
work. The full details of the source are included in a reference list at the end of the assignment.
(Anglia Ruskin University, 2013)
You can follow below link for more details

Guide to the Harvard Style of Referencing. University Library. [pdf] Anglia Ruskin University. Available
at: https://library.aru.ac.uk/referencing/files/QuickHarvardGuide2019.pdf (A.R.U.)
A.R.U. (n.d.). Guide to the Harvard System. Retrieved 05 01, 2020, from www.library.aru.ac.uk:
https://library.aru.ac.uk/referencing/files/QuickHarvardGuide2019.pdf

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Assessment Criteria:

TASK 01 Question 01 [05 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
• Ideas and expressions original
4-5
• Original ideas well developed, relevant, and thoroughly
supported
Good
• Topic coverage complete 3-4
• Appropriate elements achieved to a high degree
Satisfactory
• Topic coverage mainly complete 2-3
• Most elements need to be completed well
Poor
• Topic coverage just adequate 0-1
• Other elements present at a basic level

TASK 01 Question 02 [15 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
Pointing the appropriate problem faced with selected law
to protect the software 10-15
Analysis with various kinds of problems and excellent
justification has been given
Good
Pointing the Main problem faced with selected law to
protect the software 7-10
Analysis with some kind of problems and excellent
justification has been given complete
Satisfactory
Discussed few problem faced with selected law to protect
the software 4-7
Analysis with few kinds of problems and excellent
justification has been given complete
Poor
No/ wrong problem faced with selected law to protect the
software 0-4
Analysis with No/ wrong kind of problems and excellent
justification has been given complete

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TASK 01 Question 03 [10 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
• Discussed arguments thoroughly developed with a clear
justification for protecting software. 7-10
• Very Strong links between sentences and paragraphs
making the text logical.
Good
• Discussed argument discussed in a way of discussing
the ethical justification for protecting software 5-7
• Maintained sequence links between sentences and
paragraphs making the text logical.
Satisfactory
• Discussed few arguments discussed in a way of
discussing the ethical justification for protecting software 3-5
• links between sentences and paragraphs making the text
logical
Poor
• No argument /discussed in a way of discussing the
ethical justification for protecting software 0-3
• No links between sentences and paragraphs making the
text logical

TASK 01 Question 04 [08 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
Main points well developed with clear justification has been 6-8
given. Reveals the high degree of opposing arguments..
Good
Main points well developed with support were discussed. 4-6
Opposing arguments weaved into points
Satisfactory
The main points are present with limited justification. Some 2-4
Opposing arguments are present
Poor
The main points lack justification. Ideas are vague with 0-2
little evidence of Opposing arguments.

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TASK 01 Question 05 [04 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
Content indicates synthesis of ideas for identifying
3-4
alternative proprietary software, in-depth analysis and
provided original evidence to support the question.
Good
Content indicates some of the alternative proprietary
2-3
software, analyzed and provided original evidence to
support the question.
Satisfactory
Content indicates few ideas alternative proprietary
1-2
software, analyzed and provided original evidence to
support for the question.
Poor
Shows irrelevant answers or lack of ideas to protect 0-1
software.

TASK 01 Question 06 [08 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
Clearly explain with ethical legal social issues point of
6-8
view. Presents the main idea and supports it throughout
the question.
Good
Good Explanation with ethical legal social issues point of
4-6
view. The discussed points were supported throughout the
question
Satisfactory
Explained only ethical and legal points of view. Discussed
2-4
vague sense of the main idea, weakly supported
throughout the question
Poor
0-2
Not clear explanation has been given

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TASK 02 Question 01 [05 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
Addresses the purpose of the question comprehensively
4-5
and with some creativity explained with the proper
examples
Good
Addresses the main purpose of the question effectively 3-4
explained with the proper examples.
Satisfactory
Some of the work is focused on the aims of the questions 1-2
and supported to develop with learning objectives
Poor
0-1
Poor explanation about devices

TASK 02 Question 02 [10 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
Clearly explain the benefits and drawbacks of IOT with 7-10
appropriate examples
Good
explain the benefits and drawbacks of IOT with 5-7
examples
Satisfactory 3-5
just explain the pros and cons about IOT
Poor
0-3
Not clear explanation has been given.

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TASK 02 Question 03 [15 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
Clearly explain the human security and privacy concept
11-15
related to inter-communication with two or more than
two devices
Good
explain human security and privacy concept related to 8-11
inter-communication with two or more than two devices
Satisfactory 6-8
The explanation has been given with a few examples
Poor
0-5
Not clear explanation has been given.

TASK 02 Question 04 [20 Marks]

Marks obtained by
Marks
This submission will be assessed as follows Allocated
the student for the
answer provided
Excellent
Perfectly meets all the required ethical social legal 15-20
concerns for IOT with clear justification
Good
Meets all the required ethical social legal concerns of IOT 10-15
with clear justification
Satisfactory
Some point meets all the required ethical social legal 5-10
concern of IOT with basic level justification
Poor
Only a few meet all the required ethical social legal 0-5
concerns of IOT without justification

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Final Grading criteria:
Marks Final Grade
>=70 Distinction
69-55 Merit
54-40 Pass
<40 Fail

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