Unit

What is Information technology?

Information technology is the study or use of computers and telecommunications.

What is an Information system?

An information system is an organized system for organization, storage and communication of

information.

What is an Information process?

Information process is a processing information in a way that a server can detect it and observe it

How can environments affect information systems?

It can affect information systems by overheating.

Exercise 1.2

What is an information system?

An information system is an organized system for organization, storage and communication of

information.

Describe the purpose of an information system.

The purpose of an information system is to organize, store and communicate information

List the five functions of hardware.

Store, process, display, input and output/print

What function is performed by the CPU?

the function of a CPU is to process information

What part of the computer coordinates the operations of input, processing, output and storage?

The motherboard coordinates the input, processing, output and storage

Describe four different types of computers.

Business, gaming, home, work

How is system software different from application software?

System software is what software that u base the computer on when application software has a
specific purpose and runs on top of system software
 Which element of an information system does each of the following represent?

1. product sales for the week: capture data

2. the operating system: manipulate data
3. a manager: retrieve data
4. a manager producing the sales figures: display data
5. the keyboard and mouse: transmit data
6. an annual report.: store data

exercise 1.5

1. Describe some of the traditional methods used to represent and store data.

Storing in a internal hard drive is a traditional way to store data

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of digital data?

A advantage is it is very easily accessible but can be compromised

3. Describe four digitising trends.

Digitisation partners will continue to exploit the cloud and mobile, Savvy CIOs will seek out digitisation
partners, AWS will continue to dominate and Transition will take time

4. What is a byte?

A group of binary numbers operated as a group to create memory size

5. Why do computers represent data using only two digits?

Because they run on or off 1 or 0 this is easier for the computer to process

6. Convert these measurements to the units indicated (approximate value only).

1. 2 Mb = 2 000 000 b
2. 160 Kb = 160 000 b
3. 3 000 000 b = 3 Mb
4. 4 Gb = 4 000 000 000 b
5. 560 Mb = 560 000 000 Kb
6. 8000 Kb = 8 Mb
7. List two commonly used coding methods for digital data.

HTML and Java script

8. How many different characters can be represented using a 7-bit ASCII?

128 characters

9. Why was extended ASCII developed

The did it so there was 128 more characters

Exercise 1.6

1. Who are hackers? A hacker is a person that breaches defences and exploits weaknesses in a computer
2. What safeguards can be taken to protect data? People can set up fire walls when people protect
their data it usually has some significance to someone either them, their school or work.
 3. Why is it difficult to check the accuracy of data? It is difficult to check accurate data because
4. What is data validation?
5. List four different ways that data validation can be built into software.
6. What is copyright?
7. List the information needed to cite an Internet site.
8. Explain the difference between shareware and public domain software.
9. Why are software copyright laws difficult to enforce?