Personalised Feedback Sheet for IGCSE Section 4 - Networks

Name: Bradley Pugh

Target grade: A
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: 12/54
Percentage: 22.222222222222221%
Grade: G
Your personal targets:
1.

To understand the definition of a Network and be able to explain

advantages of networking devices together
2. To be able to describe encryption and explain how it works
3. To revise for at least 30 mins to 1 hour before a assessment
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.
Question 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.
A lan is cabled
A wlan is wireless
An advantage is you can use it anywhere, a disadvantage is that it has limited
distance, slower than cabled.
Question 7
Give two advantages and two disadvantages of having computers networked.
Advantage 1: communicate with anybody.
Advantage 2: share software
Disadvantage1: it may be slower if lots of people are using it .
Disadvantages 2: viruses spread

Question 8
To protect the customers data the company owner will make sure the system
uses encryption. Describe encryption
It scrambles the data so hackers carnt intercept ur computer. Using encryption
key.

Question 9
Describe the role of a proxy server when a lan is connected to the internet.
Filter and blocks webpages, used to monitor peoples sites that there accesing

Question 11
describe four differences between intranet and internet .
1.
2.
3.
4.

Intranet is one organisation

2. Intranet is monitored or policed
More info on internet than intranet
Internet globally accessible
Question 12

Mobile phones are used for accessing the internet. Give two advantages
and two disadvantages of using a mobile phone rather than pc to access
the internet.
Advantage 1: you can use it anywhere
Advantage 2: it is portable

Disadvantages 1: lose your phone

Disadvantages 2: not same content on phone rather than pc

Question 13
Explain the purpose of data protection act and one of the principles
It only collects data that is necessary, have to keep your work up to date,
data protection act is a law which must be followed by people/people
rights
Question 14
Give three advantages of video conferencing
1. People can work from home
2. Easy to use
3. Dont have to pay to travel