Personalised Feedback Sheet for IGCSE Section 4 - Networks

Name: Olivia Cox

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: 17/54
Percentage: 31.481481481481481%
Grade: F
Your personal targets:
1.

Use the information from what we have learnt more than my own views to
get more marks.
2. Go over what the intranet is and advantages and disadvantages
3. To be able to describe encryption and explain how it works.
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: WLAN is a wireless area network a LAN is a local area network
WLAN:
Disadvantage it is less secure because more people use it.
Advantage you can travel without losing connection.
7. Give two advantages and two disadvantages of having a computer networked.
Advantage You can communicate.
Advantage - You can access the internet to look at web pages.
Disadvantage They are not as secure.
Disadvantage viruses can be easily spread.
8. To protect the customers data the company owner will make sure the system
uses encryption. Describe encryption:
Encryption is the process of scrambling files before they are sent over a network
to protect them from hackers.
9. Describe the role of a proxy server when a LAN is connected to the internet.
Answer: To filter through web pages.
11. Describe four differences between an intranet and the internet.
Answer 1: A intranet is more secure than the internet because it is more local.
Answer 2: The internet is open for all
Answer 3: The intranet is open for a specific group of user
Answer 4: Visitors traffic is unlimited on the internet but on the intranet there si
limited visitor traffic.
12. Mobil phones are used for accessing the internet give tow advantages and
two disadvantages of using a mobile phone rather than a pc to access the
internet.
Advantage 1: It Is easier to transport because it is lightweight
Advantage 2:
Disadvantage: You can loose it easier
13. Explain the purpose of the data protection act and one of the principles
It is a law that sets specific rules about your rights to protection over your data.
14. Give three advantage of video conferencing:

Advantage one: You can hold meetings