Exam code: 0417 & 0983
Emails are used by people to communicate with each other. Copyright and using acceptable language in the email are two of the constraints that affect the use of email.
Describe two rules of the use of acceptable language in emails
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Uniform Resource Locators (URL) are used to locate websites and resources. A teacher needs to find a teaching guide from Cambridge Assessment International Education. To download the teaching guide she types in:
https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/igcse-ICT-0417/219373.pdf
Write down only the part of the URL which shows the file name of the teaching guide.
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Write down only the part of the URL which is the folder where the teaching guide is stored.
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Write down only the part of the URL which is the domain name.
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Explain what is meant by https.
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Spam is associated with ICT systems.
Explain what is meant by the term spam.
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The use of social networking is a part of modern living.
Define the term social networking
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You have been asked by the secretary of a soccer club to create a website to publicise its results, fixtures and other events.
When the website has been created it has to be published on the internet. You plan to upload it onto the internet using FTP.
Explain what is meant by FTP.
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A search engine can be used to find information on the internet.
Describe the disadvantages of using a search engine to find information rather than typing in a web address.
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Describe the purpose of a web browser.
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Emails are used by people to communicate with each other. Copyright and using acceptable language in the email are two of the constraints that affect the use of email.
Describe four other constraints that may affect the use of email.
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Spam is associated with ICT systems.
Describe the ways that a user can recognise spam and methods to help prevent it.
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The use of social networking is a part of modern living.
Describe the benefits of using social networking.
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The internet has both moderated and unmoderated forums.
Explain what is meant by a moderated forum.
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Students in Tawara College are using the internet to find information for a project. They have been told that the college has a firewall.
The students visit different websites to get information for their project.
Explain why it is not always easy for the students to find reliable information on the internet.
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The internet has both moderated and unmoderated forums.
Explain what is meant by an unmoderated forum.
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Many customers now use contactless payment and internet banking.
The web address of the bank is:
https://www.tawarabank.com (opens in a new tab)
Describe the following parts of the web address.
https://
tawarabank
.com
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You have been asked by the secretary of a soccer club to create a website to publicise its results, fixtures and other events.
When the website has been created it has to be published on the internet. You plan to upload it onto the internet using FTP.
Explain how to upload and publish the content of a website using FTP.
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A search engine can be used to find information on the internet.
A student is writing a project on rare animals. He uses a search engine to find information about the animals from the internet. He is concerned about the reliability of some of the information he has found.
Explain how he would evaluate the reliability of this information.
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The protection of personal data is important as many transactions are carried out online.
Controlling the freedom of speech is part of policing the internet.
Discuss whether the internet should be policed or not.
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Discuss the disadvantages of policing the internet.
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A major part of the everyday use of the internet is social networking. Currently some social networks are not policed. The owners of a website have full discretion on what material is removed and what is allowed to be kept.
Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of policing social networking sites.
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