The topics below are those where a large majority of students lost marks in the mock exams. Click on the links, check out the presentations, and post your responses to the blog:
Data Logging
What piece of equipment changes analogue to digital?
Give two reasons why remote data logging might be used?
What is a data logger?
What is the logging interval?
Validation and verification
Write down a definition of validation
What is the difference between a type check and a range check?
What does a presence check ensure?
List 3 types of verification
Programming languages
Give one advantage and one disadvantage of machine code
Why might you use an assembly language?
Give two examples of a high level language
Simulation and Modeling
Give two examples of modeling
Give two advantages and two disadvantages of using modeling
User Interfaces
What is a CLI?
Give two advantages and two disadvantages of a CLI
Give two advantages and two disadvantages of a menu interface
What is a GUI?
What should a good GUI be designed to do?
Data Protection Act
What is the difference between the data subject and the data commissioner?
Which of the following is not a principle of the Data Protection Act?
• Personal data should be obtained and processed fairly and lawfully
• Personal data should be adequate, relevant and not excessive for the required purpose
• Personal data can be transferred to countries outside the E.U. if the organization deems necessary
• Personal data should be accurate and kept up-to-date
• Appropriate security measures must be taken against unauthorised access
Give two examples of sensitive data
Give two examples of exemptions from the Data Protection Act
Society and ICT / Globalization and ICT
Explain what the digital divide is
Give two benefits and two issues with the use if ICT in society
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