Information Formats

Question 1

What is a Static Website?

Answer 1

A website where the same content is displayed to all viewing the website at the same time

Question 2

What is a Dynamic Website?

Answer 2

Website where content may change from user to user

Question 3

Characteristics of a static website

Answer 3

• Fixed Content
• Changed manually
• Use only a web server

Question 4

Characteristics of a dynamic website

Answer 4

• Changing content
• Use a web server
• Changes are loaded through an application where resources are stored in a database

Question 5

Purpose of RRS Feed?

Answer 5

Web feed used to deliver regularly changing web content. Allows people to stay up to date with information they are interested in

Question 6

What are examples of social media channels

Answer 6

• Social Networks - people can connect with each other
• Media sharing - Promote brand awareness
• Discussion forums - used to share news, ideas and opinions

Question 7

What is a document store?

Answer 7

Used for storing, retrieving and managing semi-structured data

Question 8

Types of information sources

Answer 8

• Financial - related to profit and loss of a company
• Personnel - Information held by business relating to employees
• Marketing - which products and services are most successful

Question 9

What are the 4 main data types?

Answer 9

• Primary data - directly from source; raw data. For example a survey
• Secondary Data - Collected by a third party and available from other sources
• Qualitative - Non-numeric and arranged into categories, for example, gender, colours, names
• Quantitative - Measured with numbers, for example; products available or number of employees

Question 10

Types of Information Styles

Answer 10

• Numerical
• Braille
• Boolean

Question 11

Types of Information Classification

Answer 11

• Sensitive - Data protected from unauthorised access to maintain privacy
• Private
• Public

Question 12

What is the Hybrid cloud?

Answer 12

Type of cloud computing using a mix of on-premises, private cloud and public cloud services

Question 13

What is Hypervisor?

Answer 13

Hardware virtualisation that allows multiple guest operating systems to run a single host system

Question 14

What is the Internet of things?

Answer 14

Computing concept that describes a future where everyday physical objects will be internet connected

Question 15

What is VoIP

Answer 15

• Voice over Internet Protocol
• Allows calls to be made over the internet