ICT In The Home

Question 1

What are 2 advantages of a LAN in the home.

Answer 1

• Monitoring by parents
• Parental control of accounts
• Can ensure antivirus is kept up to date on all computers
• Central software installation
• Central pool of data
• Central backup
• internal email

Question 2

What are 2 disadvantages of using a LAN in the home

Answer 2

• If a virus gets into the system it can damage data very easily
• Security is worse as there are more access points for hackers