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2. ____________________ refers to the wide range of actions undertaken to manage records over time,
a. Disposition b. Destruction
c. Both a and b d. None of these
3. ____________________ is a cost-effective solution to destroy a limited number of hard discs or media tapes.
a. Shredding, b. Hard drive degaussing
c. Hard Drive Erasure d. None of these
4. Which of the following is a method of treating waste which involves burning the organic compounds found in waste
products?
a. Shredding b. Cutting the documents
c. Burning d. Incineration
5. ____________________ exposes equipment to a powerful magnetic field to ensure removal of data from the media.
a. Hard drive and tape shredding b. Hard drive degaussing
c. Hard drive erasure d. All of these
6. Which of the following is not an example of digital method of disposing of records?
a. Erasure b. Keeping permanently
c. Physical destruction d. Wipe
B. State whether these statements are true or false.
1. Destroying data means it can no longer be read by an operating system or application. _________
2. To prevent unauthorised access you should destroy your records. _________
3. Incineration is a method of treating waste which involves burning the organic compounds found in
waste products. _________
4. While cutting the documents you should cut them into large pieces. _________
5. Hard drive degaussing is an expensive solution to destroy a limited number of hard discs. _________
Standard Questions (Section B)
A. Short answer type questions:
1. What are various techniques of safely discarding digital confidential data? [CBSE Handbook]
2. What are various techniques of safely discarding physical confidential data? [CBSE Handbook]
3. Why is discarding the records having useful data important?
4. Define hard drive and tape shredding.
5. Mention any three examples of PII.
B. Long answer type questions:
1. How can you format the computer drive/hardisk where the client confidential data was stored?
2. What is the difference between shredding and cutting?
3. What is difference between burning and incinerating?
Ethics in Data Science 201

