Unit 1: Learning Aim A

Question 1

Email, instant messaging, newsgroups, social networking, online conferencing and blogs are all examples of what?

Answer 1

Online Communication

Question 2

Train timetables, news serves, traffic reports, flight status updates and weather are all examples of what?

Answer 2

Real-Time Information

Question 3

Real time information is information that updates:

a) once a week
b) once a day
c) instantly

Answer 3

c) Instantly

Question 4

Internet banking, ebay, tesco are all examples of what?

Answer 4

Commerce (buying and selling) websites.

Question 5

online tax returns, e-voting, applications for services/grants,tax collection are all examples of what?

Answer 5

Government communication

Question 6

video conferencing, collaborative working, business networks are examples of what type of online service?

Answer 6

a) gaming
b) entertainment
c) education
d) business

Question 7

How does FACEBOOK make money?

Answer 7

Targeted advertising based on your LIKES

Question 8

What is another word for the “Affiliate Model”?

Answer 8

Pay-per-click

Question 9

What is the name for where we save our photos, documents and files?

Answer 9

The Cloud

Question 10

Give TWO examples of the advantages of saving files in to the cloud.

Answer 10

a) Collaborative working;

b) Automatic back ups