ICT IGCSE Theory – Revision Presentation

2015 – 2016 Questions (New Syllabus)

Tick three features of wikis.

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HTTP is an internet protocol. Explain what is meant by HTTP.

• HyperText Transfer Protocol

•
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HTTP is a communication protocol used on the internet to allow communication

between two
• computers (devices)
• HTTP is an application protocol/set of rules
• HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web

Explain the differences between HTTP and HTTPS.

• HTTP is not secure/HTTPS is secure…

• …uses SSL/HTTP does not use SSL
• HTTPS transmits data over the internet in an encrypted form/HTTP transmits data
over the internet in an unencrypted form
• HTTPS requires additional processing power in its servers which could result in
slowdown of Responses
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Give four reasons why an internet search to find relevant information is not always
fast.

• Computer might be infected with spyware detecting key presses which slows
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down data transfer speeds over the internet

• Computer might be infected with viruses taking up memory and limiting
bandwidth.
• If the computer’s memory is close to full, data transfer speed over the internet
can slow down considerably
• The search might be too general giving irrelevant information as well as relevant
information
• Search providers add targeted marketing adverts from companies to the search
results/ your search results are gathered to target further marketing/advertising
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Describe what is meant by a microblog.

• It is a form/type of blog
•
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Shorter in length than a normal blog

• Consist of short sentences
• Posts are called microposts
• Accessed by subscribers

Give four benefits of using social networking sites.

• Easy to keep in immediate contact with friends/make new friends

• Easy to communicate to more than one friend/to communicate with people
overseas
• Can search for people who you’ve fallen out of touch with
• Easy to arrange meetings/visits to cinemas/theatre
• Can share photographs/videos/images/opinions/views
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Ajit has been set homework by her Geography teacher. She has the choice of using
her text book or the internet to find the necessary information.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to Ajit using the text book rather than
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the internet.

Advantages
• No danger of accessing inappropriate information
• Relevant information can be found quite quickly
• Don’t have to worry about having to have internet connectivity/computer/phone
line/modem
• Book will be less biased/more reliable as teacher has recommended it
• Index makes searching more efficient
Disadvantages
• Book has limited amounts of information
• Can be slower to find relevant information than using a search engine
• Books can go out of date quickly/difficult to update a book
• Books don’t have multimedia to help explain information
• Easier to detect plagiarism
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Students at a school visit a variety of websites on the internet to get information

about a topic. Describe four features of a website that will prove that the
information found on it is reliable.
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• Can use the final part of a URL to identify reliability

• .ac, .gov, .org are usually fairly reliable
• If information matches that from reliable sites or reliable/authenticated text books
• If responsible bodies have endorsed the site information will be reliable
• If it has links to other reliable sites then information will be reliable
• If site has testimonials it is likely to be reliable
• If the author’s credentials are good it is likely to be reliable

Describe three other features of a website that may indicate that the information
found on it is not likely to be reliable.
• If site has excessive advertising it could be unreliable
• If the advertising is related only to its own products it could be unreliable
• If the date of the last update was a long time ago it is likely to be unreliable
• If it has links to other unreliable sites it could be unreliable
 ICT IGCSE Theory – Revision Presentation
2015 – 2016 Questions (New Syllabus)

Students at a school visit a variety of websites on the internet to get information

about a topic. Describe four features of a website that will prove that the
information found on it is reliable.
Chapter 10 - Communication

• Can use the final part of a URL to identify reliability

• .ac, .gov, .org are usually fairly reliable
• If information matches that from reliable sites or reliable/authenticated text books
• If responsible bodies have endorsed the site information will be reliable
• If it has links to other reliable sites then information will be reliable
• If site has testimonials it is likely to be reliable
• If the author’s credentials are good it is likely to be reliable

Describe three other features of a website that may indicate that the information
found on it is not likely to be reliable.
• If site has excessive advertising it could be unreliable
• If the advertising is related only to its own products it could be unreliable
• If the date of the last update was a long time ago it is likely to be unreliable
• If it has links to other unreliable sites it could be unreliable
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Explain what is meant by a URL.

• A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator
• Is the unique address for a file that is accessible on the Internet
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• It consists of a protocol usually http or https

• Then a domain name that identifies a specific computer on the Internet
• Then a pathname that specifies the location of a file in that computer.

FTP is an internet protocol. Explain what is meant by FTP and how it differs from
HTTP.
• File Transfer Protocol/is used to transfer files from one computer to another
Differences
• HTTP is used to access the world wide web/web sites
• FTP is used to download from file servers whereas http is used to download from web
servers
• FTP – files are transferred from one device to another and copied into memory
• HTTP transfers the contents of a web page into a browser for viewing.
• FTP upload is used in cases when the file size is very large
• HTTP upload is used for smaller files.
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Information on the internet can sometimes be unreliable. Discuss ways you could
minimise the chance of finding unreliable information when searching the internet.

• Avoid using information from sites that have excessive advertising

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• Avoid using sites where the information from sites where advertising is related only to
its own products…
• Avoid sites where the date of the last update was a long time ago…
• Avoid using wikis/sites which the user can edit
• Avoid using blogs/sites which are clearly the owner’s point of view/social networking
sites
• Avoid using sites which have grammatical/spelling mistakes

• Use information from sites where responsible bodies have endorsed the site/sites
which have links to other reliable sites/sites which have testimonials
• Use sites where the author’s credentials are good
• Use sites which have .ac… , .gov, .edu as the final part of the URL/only use
government/academic sites
• Ask teachers for advice on a site
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Explain the meaning of the following email terms:

Cc: As well as the recipient this sends a copy of the email to the email addresses
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listed after cc

Bcc: bcc is the same as cc except that the recipient is unaware that copies have been
sent

Forward: This sends a message that has been received to another email address

Group: This is a group of email addresses that are given a group name so that the
sender only needs to type in one name to send an email to several recipients at once

Attachment: A file that is sent attached to/with the email