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WorksheetsUnit 12 End Unit exam – The Role &Impact of IT in Society
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 28mins
Reorder the following paragraph about Technology Enhanced Learning
Teaching has not only been improved by technology, but now also involves subjects such as information
technology and computer science. Computers are a feature in most classrooms now and teaching
can also be provided at a distance using online courses.
Students can be provided
with resources and guidance online, and with services that allow them to upload work to
a portal where it will be marked. Interactive whiteboards can be used to enhance the teaching
How do businesses send documents most often?
Post
Fax
Courier
Which of these technologies has made it possible for more employees to work from home?
Video Games
Mobile Phones
Video Conferencing
Viruses
Worms
Why do some shops only have a website and not a high street store?
No staff are needed.
Delivering goods is free.
It keeps costs down.
Which of these would be a good reason to buy goods online?
You get to use a credit or debit card to pay.
No need to travel or queue.
You can physically inspect the items before buying.
Which of these is a disadvantage of buying goods online?
Goods might not arrive in time.
It is harder to compare prices.
There is less choice.
Why is it useful for companies to give loyalty cards to customers?
So they can track what shopping habits their customers have.
So they can track how customers travel to their stores.
So they can gain access to their customers' credit card details
Why is old computer equipment a problem for businesses?
Criminals often try to steal old computer equipment.
The law states that companies must recycle old ICT equipment.
The law states you cannot get rid of a computer just because it is old.
Choose all the answers that are TRUE. ICT influences the way we:
Do the jobs we do
Digest our food
Entertain ourselves (games & music)
Interact with friends
Over-availability of communication leads to problems like:
Not eating enough
Too much electricity used
Overheating of systems
Never really switching off
Teachers make use of ICT through:
·Data projectors
·Electronic whiteboards
·Lessons and worksheets
Shopping lists
Learners can use IT to:
Build practical assignments
Type up neat assignments in Word
Get information from the internet
Take photos and record interviews with smartphones
Identity thieves try to steal an identity. Choose ONE option that is NOT a reason for identity theft.
to gain access to secret documents / valuable information / your money
to refrain from credit or loans, or not buy goods
to spread false information
to commit a crime
Which of the items is considered as personal data?
your occupation
your DOB
your hobby
your home address
What is a 'Data Breach'?
When a organisation loses or misuses you personal data
When the data is broken
When data is not kept up to date
When you give your personal data to someone
What is meant by surveillance technology?
Technology that monitors society
Technology that thinks for itself
Technology that is new
Technology that we can't control
What personal information do companies know about you?
Age
Blood type
Address
Banking details
what is invasion of privacy?
A company or organisation accessing your personal information without your consent
A company or organisation accessing your personal information with your consent
Passing your personal information to someone you trust
Not keeping personal data safe
What are Cookies?
GPS and radio transmitters used in mobile devices to track and monitor your location
Small text files left when you visit websites. These help track what people are interested in online.
Records every single key button pressed on a keyboard and can track what people are search for.
Cameras that watch people to help prevent crime and protect people.
What is Key logging ?
GPS and radio transmitters used in mobile devices to track and monitor your location
Small text files left when you visit websites. These help track what people are interested in online.
Records every single key button pressed on a keyboard and can track what people are search for.
Cameras that watch people to help prevent crime and protect people.
What are the advantages of using tracking technology?
Helps you to navigate
Can locate friends and family
Helps emergency services get to help to you quicker
Invades your privacy
Shares your personal information
What are the disadvantages of using tracking technology
Location details can be sold to other companies without your consent
Helps you to navigate
Movements can be monitored by the government without your consent
To help keep children safe
Companies must store your data .........
safely and securely
sloppy and messy
in a big folder
secretly and silently
What can be done if someone holds data about you that is incorrect?
There is nothing that can be done
You can ask for the data to be corrected or deleted
The data can be corrected by you
Which 2 ARE an advantage Web Conferencing
it is difficult to tell if a person is closely following the web conference as they mostly cannot be seen.
It can be time consuming for the host to set up all the content and the ‘room’ for the web conference to take place.
If an attendee has a poor internet connection, they may not have a very good experience in the web conference. They may miss vital elements.
Documentation can be made available for attendees to download as a quick and easy way to share resources.
Pre-recorded content can be used in the web conference. This saves the host repeating part of the content each time the presentation is given.
Which 2 ARE a DISadvantage of Video Conferencing
Meetings can be carried out, without the need to travel, between employees from many different offices.
People can be seen as well as heard, so additional conversation aspects can be seen, such as body language.
Employees may be in different time zones and this could mean that some employees will need to be present for the conference outside working hours.
If any person’s equipment breaks down they are not able to be part of the meeting and may miss vital contribution.
Documents can be shown, shared and emailed. This can encourage the generation of ideas from employees.
involves analysing data in different ways. These include:
Anomaly detection - identifying unusual data that may require further attention. Association rule - finding relationships between variables. This is how recommendation services work for shopping sites. Cluster detection - identifying groups and subgroups in data.
Online Shopping
Online Banking
Electronic Funds Transfer
Automatic Stock Control
Data Mining
It is therefore imperative to check the security of any online website that you use to carry out any financial transactions.
Online Shopping
Online Banking
Electronic Funds Transfer
Automatic Stock Control
Data Mining
people that live in remote locations may have had to travel a great distance in order to get to a bank. The introduction and developments in online banking have allowed people to have more choice over which bank to choose and saves people a lot of time in using banking services.
Online Shopping
Online Banking
Electronic Funds Transfer
Automatic Stock Control
Data Mining
Which of these are types of analysis for data mining? (choose more than 1)
-Regression
-Anomaly classification
-Verification
-Association rule
What equipment do you need to carry out a video conference? Pick more than one:
Microphone
Speakers
Hawk-Eye software
A good broadband connection-
What is a feature of Batch Automatic Stock Control?
Staff do not need to be trained to use the program.
t can account for breakages in items when they are inputted.
It uses a barcode system to update item lists always in real time.
By comparing manual counts and the automatic count of stock stolen items can be easily identified.
Which of the following statements describe a digital currency? (Multiple answers possible)
It is an internet based form of money
It is a currency that can be used internationally
They have a value that can fluctuate
They are often anonymous in their use
A shopper has a bank account, number 65636373, with a balance of $1100. The shopper wants to
use electronic funds transfer to purchase a jacket for $159, a video recorder for $699 and a digital camera for $300 from different stores in a retail park. A bank card is used by the customer at the electronic funds transfer point of sale terminal in each store. The card is scanned and the PIN entered and accepted.
Describe, in detail, the processes involved in the electronic funds transfer for these purchases.
Which are correct on the mark scheme?
(Bank computer uses the account number #65636373 to access the customer record )
....sees that the balance is $941 which is greater than $699...
Bank computer uses the account number #65636373 to access the
customer record
...the $300 purchase is accepted and a printout of the ‘we trust you to pay later transaction’
notice is printed and given to the customer.
Account now has insufficient funds to meet the $300 request by the retail
store’s system
...returns a message saying’ insufficient funds’ for the purchase
$159 is subtracted from retailer account
& added to customer account...
What is E-Business ?
A Ethernet-Business
A company that purchases resources and materials online
A company that performs transaction online
A company that ONLY sells physical products online
Digital currencies, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin, can be used to pay for goods and services.
Analyse the effectiveness of digital currencies as a method of payment.
[Which are correct answers from the Mark Scheme]
Transaction fees can be much lower than with other forms of currency
Not widely accepted by retailers/sellers
Digital currency ‘wallets’ can not be lost as users will always remember passwords
These are very easy to understand how to use
Allows for (almost) instantaneous transactions
Digital currencies, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin, can be used to pay for goods and services.
[Which are correct "Lack of effectiveness" answers from the Mark Scheme]
Value can fluctuate, leading to uncertainty
Easy to understand how to use
Very widely accepted by retailers/sellers
Digital currency ‘wallets’ can be lost /fail if password lost, leading to failed
transactions
Difficult to understand how to use
Digital currencies, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin, can be used to pay for goods and services.
[Which are correct "Effectiveness" answers from the Mark Scheme]
International transactions are easier than with other forms of currency
Funds are received faster than with other forms of transaction
Transactions can never be anonymous
Provides fixed/unchangeable record of transactions
Transaction fees can be much lower than with other forms of currency
You have been asked to use data mining to analyse economic trends for a business. Describe the tasks involved in data mining that you would have to carry out to produce an overview of an economic trend.
[which are on the mark scheme?]
Producing reports on the economic data in a useful format/ charts/graphs/ tables to show trends in the data.
Prototypes can be produced more rapidly for testing so production is
speeded up
Clustering /discovering ‘similar’ groups and structures in the economic data
Searching for relationships between variables/dependency detection in the
economic data
Identification of unusual data records/anomalies in economic data
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using data mining to analyse social trends.
[which are advantages from the mark scheme?]
With the help of marketing analysis can find out fraudulent/fake products
available
As people can collect information about marketed products online this
eventually reduces the cost of the product and their services
Useful/helpful in keeping track of customer habits / behaviour
Useful/helpful for predicting future trends
Safety and security measures can be minimal so data can be misused to
harm others
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using data mining to analyse social trends.
[which are disadvantages from the mark scheme?]
Violates user privacy
Can collect additional irrelevant information
Such underground mining is bad for your lungs
Accuracy of data can be always reliable
Highly skilled person is required to carry out the analysis/prepare and
understand the data
Compare and contrast the use of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with the use of online tutorials.
[which are disadvantages from the mark scheme?]
MOOC and online tutorials both use the World Wide Web
MOOC provides interactive user forums whereas online tutorials do not
provide these
Unlike an online course which focuses more on content, MOOCs focus more on context.
MOOC are more easily scalable to encompass more content than online
tutorials
Students will learn in classroom i.e. as group
Reorder the following about Web Conferencing
what is shown on the screen. To see the same screen, each attendee will
The web conference host or presenter will lead the web conference. They will mostly control
be sent (normally by email) a link to enter the web conference
meeting. This will normally require the person to download the necessary software
to do this, if they have not attended a web conference using that software before.
