7e Adv and Disadv of Networking *

Question 0

The company is opening a booking office on the wharf next to the boats. They need a computer in the booking office.
(a) Describe three advantages to the company of networking the booking office to their head office.(6 marks)

Answer 0

Three from:
Data can be backed up (1) without physically transporting it (1) Monitoring of bookings (1) so the office know what to advertise (1) Anti virus/ spam/updates (1) can be done centrally (1)
Shared documents such as policies (1) immediate updates to both sites (1)
Access to files (1) to monitor employees (1)
Communication (1) to solve problems/update on bookings (1

Question 1

(e) Describe two reasons why the company’s computers should be networked (4 marks)

Answer 1

2 from - 2 marks each
Sharing of files(1) more than one person can work on the same file at the same time (1)
Monitoring (1) use of the network can be monitored to make sure users are not doing anything illegal (1)
 Backup (1) can be centralised and scheduled to ensure nothing is lost
(1)
 Communication (1) sending emails/files to other users (1)
 Centralised updates of virus/application (1) run on a single machine to
affect all connected machines (1)
 Sharing peripherals (1) allows higher quality printers to be purchased
and all machines to use them (1)
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Question 2

A small primary school has five standalone computers, one with an internet connection. The IT
manager has suggested to the school that they set up a network.
Describe three advantages to the school of networking the computers (6 marks)

Answer 2

3 from, 2 marks each eg:
less risk of virus (1) anti virus can be updated centrally (1)
less change of data being lost (1) backup can be centralised (1)
work can be shared on different computers (1) allowing team working (1)
internet connection can be shared (1) allowing central filtering (1)
one cost for internet connection (1) one connection to monitor (1)