Question 5 OR (a) part ii
Tampering with source documents
3 marks
- Time to write
- About 6 minutes
From an older CBCS paper
Question
Question 5 OR (a) part ii · 3 marks- Explain the meaning of ‘Tempering with computer source document’ and the punishment for it.
Reworded from the university paper; the task is the same. The original paper belongs to the University of Delhi. See DU's question bank.
Before you write
Read off the question and its marks
Read from the question
- ExplainEach point stated, then explained in a line or two.
What the paper leaves open
This older-course question examines the Information Technology Act, 2000, which the current UGCF Business Laws syllabus does not name; it is answered as printed. Marked as one question of 9 marks; answered here in 3 parts of 3 marks each (marks inferred).
Write it in this order
- 1 (ii) Tempering with computer source document 3 marks 6 min
Try it first. About 6 minutes for 3 marks. Write it out, then open the solution.
Solution
Hover or tap a marked figure, like 72,000, to see how it is made and where else it appears.
(ii) Tempering with computer source document (section 65; "tampering" in the Act). A person who knowingly or intentionally hides, destroys or alters, or makes another person hide, destroy or alter, the source code used for a computer, a computer programme, a computer system or a computer network, where the law requires that code to be kept or maintained, can be punished with imprisonment of up to three years, a fine of up to two lakh rupees, or both. Computer source code covers, in any form, the listing of programmes, the computer commands, the design and layout, and the programme analysis of a computer resource.
Where the 3 marks sit
| # | Component | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (ii) Tempering with computer source document | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
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