Personalised Feedback Sheet for IGCSE Section 4 - Networks

Name: Emily-Rae Hubball

Target grade: B
General feedback/class needs:
There was a lot of material covered in this unit from the definition of a network,
to LANs, WANs, WLANs, network hardware, security, authentication methods,
video conferencing, Fax, Email and the Data Protection Act. This meant that there
really wasnt anywhere to hide if you didnt do your revision. Unfortunately for
many of you, this was your problem in this test. If you look back over the lessons
you did:

Notes from each topic

Multiple practise exam questions
Revision lessons

Worse you all went over the correct answers in class and you also had access
to ALL past exam questions, answers and revision material on my site, so even if
you didnt get it the first time you couldve improved by doing some revision.
Those who didnt do so well also fell in to the same old traps:

Not reading the question or relating to it in your answer

Giving short or one word answers when you need to explain yourself!

These three things should now be considered so basic that no one is making
these mistakes. There is no magic formula for passing a test and no one is just
better than you, it all comes down to how much work youve done and are
prepared to do. If you are able to sit yourself down, practise questions from my
site and test yourself then you stand a chance of doing seriously well.
Finally, you have GOT to stop talking about hackers in your answers! It seems
that as soon as one of you is unsure of an answer you revert to itll get
hacked!!! This is NEVER going to be an exam answer so please, stop using it
unless I explicitly tell you that its ok.
Your performance:
Marks: 28/54
Percentage: 51.851851851851848%
Grade: D
Your personal targets:
1. To be able to describe encryption and explain how it works
2. To be able to state the purpose of the data protection act..
3. To revise the definition of an intranet and be able to describe differences
between the intranet and internet
Challenge/Extension

Copy out and answer questions 2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 from the test, with
their full and correct answers.
A large company has a LAN. The manager of the company wants to replace it
with a WLAN. Explain the differences between a LAN and WLAN, giving an
advantage and disadvantage of a WLAN.
An LAN is an local area network and it is only used for a LAN on a small
geographical area and it isnt wireless but a WLAN is a wireless LAN and it can be
used worldwide. A disadvantage of a LAn is that it has lots of cabling and it can
be dangerous as you can trip over the wires but the cables make the internet
faster to use but a WLAN is safer but it is slower to connect to the internet.

Give two advantages and two disadvantages of having computers networked

Advantage 1: You can join groups of computers together and share a hardware
Advantage 2:You can send emails and data to one another.
Disadvantage 1:The are more accessible to hackers.
Disadvantage 2: It can be slow because there can be lots of people using it.

To protect the customers data the company owner will make sure the system
uses encryption .Describe encryption.
The translation of data into a secret code. Encryption is the most effective way to
achieve data security. To read an encrypted file, you must have access to a
secret key or password that enables you to decrypt it.

Describe the role of a proxy server when a LAN is connected to the internet.
A proxy server filters the data and web pages. It is used to monitor peoples use
of the internet.

Describe four differences between an intranet and the internet.

Answer1:An intranet is policed

Answer2:The intranet is safer than the internet
Answer3: The intranet is a private network.
Answer4:The internet is globally assessable.
Mobile phones are used for accessing the internet. Give two advantages and two
disadvantages of using a mobile phone rather than a PC to access the internet.
Advantage 1:Mobile phones are lighter and easier to hold

Advantage 2:Most people carry a phone anywhere so you will always have
access to it.
Disadvantage 1:A mobile phone has a smaller screen.
Disadvantage 2:The keypads on phones can be hard to see and use.

Explain the purpose of the data protection act and one of the principles
It is a law which must be followed by people.It also gives people rights when
there data is collected.An example off one is everyone should have the right to
have an authentication.

Give three adavantages of video conferencing

Advantage1: You dont have to pay to travel
Advantage2: You dont have to spend time travelling
Advantage3:You can work from home