Unit 10 Flashcards
Explain the use of email.
Emails are a fast form of useful communication, messages can be composed, files can be attached, along with many other things. The receiver can also send back emails and all this can be done anywhere in the world.
What are things to be considered before sending an email?
(1) Relationship with receiver.
(2) Type of message being conveyed.
What are the things to maintain for emailing?
(1) Consider work guidelines.
(2) Decide before sending.
(3) Do not say anything if you cannot say it in front of someone.
(4) Always have a proper subject.
(5) Greeting and signing.
(6) Be brief and clear.
(7) Spelling and punctuation.
Explain the importance of security.
Security is needed to access the internet, specially while receiving and sending emails. Failure of security could lead to a virus infection from a malware can cause damage to the system.
What are the threats of using the internet.
(1) Hackers.
(2) Virus.
(3) Spam.
(4) Phishing.
(5) Identity theft.
Methods of dealing with spam.
(1) Read the terms and services of any site.
(2) Use unsubscribe option at the bottom of marketing emails.
(3) Turn on spam filter.
(4) Use ‘mark as spam’ or ‘block senders’ feature.
(5) Make sure password is secure.
(6) Keep antivirus up to date.
How to blogs work as a means of communication?
They are useful for sharing knowledge and other people can comment directly on blogs. They are also easier to sustain than a website.
How does the Wiki work as a form of communication?
A collaborative site filled with information that is always being revised, anyone can edit the site, thus not all information is guaranteed to be accurate.
How do forums work as a means of communication?
Allows visitors to communicate with each other by posting messages.
What are the expected rules in forums?
(1) No personal abuse.
(2) Disagree politely.
(3) Don’t spam.
(4) Write clearly and remember anything written is there forever and can be read by anyone.
(5) Avoid posting copyright material.
What is the importance of internet protocols?
Set rules that are used to ensure that all computer follow the same procedures.
What are the strategies to implemented to improve search engine experience?
(1) Try out other search engines.
(2) Find search engine with less inconvenient ads.
(3) Explore filters.
(4) Check if results can be filtered according to time.
(5) Use quotation marks to make searches more relevant.
(6) Use the word “or” to have more than one subject in the result.
(7) Search using alternative words, this allows the creation of different results.
What are the risks behind using the internet?
(1) Content with swearing.
(2) Adult content.
(3) Websites that give you a negative feeling towards yourself.
(4) Sites encouraging vandalism, crime, terrorism, and racism.
(5) Pictures, videos, and games of extreme violence.
(6) Gambling sites.
(7) Unmoderated chat rooms.
(8) Sites that portray people in a different light than actuality.
What are the countermeasures against risks on the internet?
(1) Parental and educational control.
(2) ISP control.
How does this countermeasure help against risks on the internet: parental and educational control.
Set filters for the content displayed and change search engine settings to block access to undesirable websites.
How does this countermeasure help against risks on the internet: ISP control.
Parental controls that customize the internet and provide web-blocking controls to restrict access to inappropriate content.
Explain the functionality of ISP control
ISP automatically detects if a website is appropriate to show or not just by checking things such as keywords. ISP settings can also be changed depending on different profiles, so that some sites are only accessible to some people.
What is the importance of netiquette online.
Applies the principles of courtesy and behavior that we expect from others.
What are the netiquette factors for emails?
(1) Proper control.
(2) Proper subject.
(3) Capital letters.
(4) Message size.
(5) Message convenience.
(6) Recipient’s background.
Explain why this is important for emails: proper use.
It is important to consider what type of message is being conveyed so that people do not misunderstand the email’s message.
Explain why this is important for emails: proper subject.
Make sure the subject matches the content of the email.
Explain why this is important for emails: capital letters.
Use capital letters properly.
Explain why this is important for emails: message size.
Larger messages may be inconvenient and may even take larger space to store.
Explain why this is important for emails: message convenience.
The recipient may not be interested in all the small details.
Explain why this is important for emails: recipient’s background.
The culture, language and behavior of the recipient may be different.
What is the functionality of email groups?
Email groups allow the same message to be sent to a lot of people at the same time without typing in everyone’s email address, this saves time and energy.
What is the usefulness of being able to forward emails?
The email does not have to be replicated or copied just to send to someone else if required, thus it saves time and energy.
What is the usefulness of email attachments?
A digital file is sent to the recipient. This allows for a simple and fast way of sharing information and documents, the file or document can also be downloaded by the recipient to their device.
What are the uses of internet?
(1) Sending and receiving emails.
(2) Research.
(3) Downloading files.
(4) Taking part in discussion groups.
(5) Playing interactive games.
(6) Education and self-improvement.
(7) Friendship and dating.
(8) Using social networking sites.
(9) Reading electronic newspapers and magazines.
(10) Job-hunting.
(11) Shopping.
(12) Communication through blogs, wiki, and forums.
Explain how social networking woks as a means of communication
Allows the creation of a profile and communication with other profiles. Allows users to add to ‘friends’ and ‘like’ posts. Instant messages and direct messages can also be sent.
Companies use social media as a form of promotion and see customers’ opinion, it also allows companies to find out about changing attitudes and act accordingly.
Explain what it means to check if the information is up to date.
Check when the article was written to see if it is recent enough.
Explain the functionality of domain names
As people are not very good at remembering numbers, the number format is converted into letters or words, which would be used to find the domain instead of using the numbers to find the domain.
Explain the importance to evaluate information on the internet.
To find a suitable and dependable website, it is important to make sure the website is fit for its purpose.
Explain the use of URLs.
URLs contain all the information a computer needs to find the correct page, image, document or video on a website.
