Questions

Q1.

Nihal travels for work and holidays.

He uses ICT to plan his travel and for entertainment.

Nihal uses the Internet for work.

Nihal uses the Internet to update the skills he needs for his work.

Describe one other way using the Internet has had a positive impact on employment.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q2.

Describe how a CAPTCHA test reduces the function of malware.

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Q3.

Describe how pharming is a risk to data.

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Q4.

A family uses digital devices in their everyday lives.

Describe how tablet computers allow people to work from home.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q5.

Kasuni studies online.

Describe how the key features of social bookmarking could be used by students completing a research
project.
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q6.

Ruwan uses a smartwatch when he exercises.

Some social networking services use GPS data.

Describe how the use of GPS data could place social network users at risk.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q7.

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.
Camille's child, Sarah, uses websites and video sharing sites for her school work.

Sarah's sister plays games with friends online.

Describe one key feature of online gaming that develops social skills.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q8.

Gail works at a concert venue.

The staff at the venue use ICT for work.

The staff at the venue work online.

Describe one method the staff can use to stay safe online.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q9.

Kay uses the Internet to work from home.

Kay does not have to waste time travelling to work.

Describe one other positive impact the Internet has on how Kay works.
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Q10.

Hillmart Youth Centre provides a range of services and activities for young people.

The centre has a small network of PCs connected to the internet.

The centre provides an unsecured Wi-Fi connection to the network.

Jasmine often connects her tablet device to the unsecured Wi-Fi network.

Describe one risk to Jasmine of using an unsecured wireless network.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q11.

Josef is a student who travels by bus to college.

He uses his smartphone to communicate with his friends when travelling.

Josef's fitness training blog has many followers.

He would like to earn money from his blog. Describe one way he can do this.
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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q12.

Gail works at a concert venue.

The staff at the venue use ICT for work.

The concert venue uses an online booking system.

Describe the role of encryption software in an online booking system.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q13.

Kay can access goods and services online.

Describe two challenges of using an acceptable behaviour policy with an online community.
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q14.

Kay can access goods and services online.

Describe two positive impacts of the Internet on organisations.

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Q15.

Describe two positive impacts on society of increased access to technology.

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Q16.

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.

Camille uses anti-malware to secure her data online.

Describe two types of malware.

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Q17.

Kay uses the Internet to work from home.

Kay is searching for some information online.

Describe two ways that Kay can make effective use of a search engine to select information.
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q18.

Sachini and Ashan have two children, Kasuni and Deshan.

They use digital devices in their daily lives.
Sachini chooses to recycle her old laptop.

Describe two ways in which the improper disposal of digital devices could be harmful to human health.
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Q19.
Zara uses her tablet computer to watch TV online.

Zara streams an online video. She sees the notice shown in Figure 1.

Describe what has happened to Zara.

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Q20.

Discuss the choices society must make about the rights of individuals when monitoring movements and
communications.
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Q21.

Nihal travels for work and holidays.

He uses ICT to plan his travel and for entertainment.

Discuss how ICT is used to protect payment systems.

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(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q22.

Camille has two children.

Camille uses ICT to organise her family life and her children use ICT for school.
Camille designs controllers for a games console.

Camille is writing an article for a website.

Discuss how ICT makes it easier to plagiarise and the impact of plagiarism on others.
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(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q23.

Gail works at a concert venue.

The staff at the venue use ICT for work.

The concert venue uses CCTV.

Discuss the legal and ethical implications of the use of digital technologies to monitor an individual's
movements.
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(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q24.

James teaches in a school that uses a local area network and a wide area network.

Discuss the impact of VLEs on learners.

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(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q25.

Discuss the reliability of information from online sources.

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(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q26.

Gail works at a concert venue.

The staff at the venue use ICT for work.

The staff at the venue work online.

Discuss the sustainability issues related to ICT.

You should consider these aspects of digital devices in your response:

· manufacture
· use
· disposal
· ways of mitigating their environmental impact.
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(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q27.

Answer the question with a cross in the box you think is correct . If you change your mind
about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .

Nihal travels for work and holidays.

He uses ICT to plan his travel and for entertainment.
Nihal's employer uses hosted storage.

(i) Explain one drawback to Nihal's employer of doing this.

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(ii) Which one of these is the best choice to perform complex processing tasks?
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A Desktop replacement
B Embedded system
C Games console
D Mainframe

(Total for question = 3 marks)

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