Personalised Feedback Sheet for IGCSE Section 4 - Networks

Name: Alfie Young

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: 25/54
Percentage: 46.296296296296298%
Grade: E
Your personal targets:
1. To revise the use of Firewalls and explain what their role is in a network
2. To revise the 8 key principles of the Data Protection Act.
3. To be able to name the devices necessary to perform video conferencing
and explain the advantages and disadvantages of this
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.
2. 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 a WLAN, giving an
advantage and a disadvantage of a WLAN.

Answer: The differences between a LAN and a WLAN are, WLAN has no wires so
you cant trip over anything. However its far less secure than a wired network.

7. Give two advantages and two disadvantages of having computers networked.

Advantage 1: They can easily send data round the network.

Advantage 2: Communicate and access information

Disadvantage 1: Viruses can be spread more easily

Disadvantage 2: Purchasing a network cable can be expensive.

8. To protect the customers data the company owner will make sure the system
uses encryption. Describe encryption.
Data is scrambled which is done by the encryption key.

9. Describe the role of a proxy server when a LAN is connected to the internet.
A filter which manages the internet connection, furthermore its a firewall aswell.

11. Whats the difference between an intranet and the internet.

A intranet not accessed by general public
A internet is accessed by the general public
A internet is a global network of networks
A intranet is a internal network

12.Mobile phones are used for accessing the internet. Give two advantages and
two advantage and

Two disadvantages of using a mobile phone rather than a PC to access the

internet.
An advantage is that a mobile phone is portable
An advantage is that you dont need Wi-Fi everywhere
A disadvantage is its slower than a PC
A disadvantage is that the screens small

13. Explain the purpose of the data protection act and one of the principles
To keep peoples personal information safe, also its got to be fair and lawful.

14.Give 3 advantages of video conferences

Advantage you dont have to travel
Advantage saves cost
Advantages you can see peoples expressions