Unit 1 Revision

Online Services

100

Instant messaging

Communication, this service is about moving data between users, name 1 example?

200

Train timetables News services Traffic reports Flight status updates Weather

Real-time information, this service is used to get up to date with live information, name 3 examples?

300

Communication Real-time information Commerce Government Education Business Download services VLE Entertaintment

Name 5 types of online services?

400

It cuts costs of government because it reduces the need for people to access paperwork.

Give an advantage of government online service?

500

You can upload your work and get feedback from teachers. There is set-up/training costs.

Give an advantage and disadvantage of VLE's online services?

Online Advertising

100

Sponsored links Banners Pop-ups E-mail Pay-per-click

Name one example of online advertising?

200

Businesses will advertise banners at the top of websites so they can't be missed.

Explain banners in online advertising?

300

Is an internet advertising model used to direct traffic to websites, in which advertisers pay the publisher when the ad is clicked.

Give a definition for PPC.

400

Electronic commerce business model that enables a firm to generate revenue streams on hundreds (even thousands) of items without carrying inventories, managing orders, processing payments, or handling packaging and shipping.

Give a definition for an affiliate model?

500

A website owner can host an advert and earn money every time a user clicks on it. An advertiser can put their advert on popular websites and potentially get more custom as more users will see their advert.

Why might a website owner and a an advertiser want to be involved with an affiliate model of online advertising? Give a reason for each.

HTML

100

Hyper Text Markup Language

What does HTML stand for?

200

What would the HTML tag be for bold?

300

What would be the HTML tags for italics and paragraph?

400

Plain text editor What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editor

HTML is typically written (or generated) in two ways, name them?

500

An editor like Notepad offers greater control over the code when compared to a WYSIWYG editor because each and every character that forms the HTML and the resulting web page is hand typed. The disadvantage is it’s a slow process.

Explain what a plain text editor is?

URL's

100

Uniform resource locator.

What does URL stand for?

200

They tell the browser what to do with the URL.

What is a protocol?

300

File Transfer Protocol.

What does FTP stand for?

400

Protocol Domain name Path

Label the 3 parts of a URL?

500

Web pages that have uploads and downloads begin with ftp://.

The URL for most webpages begin with http://www, but web pages that have uploads and downloads have a different URL beginning, What is it?

Threats to data

100

Data could get lost. Data could get damaged. Data could become corrupted. Data could be hacked. Destroyed by natural disasters.

Name 3 threats to data?

200

This would be natural disasters like floods, fire, hurricanes or damage from untrained users.

Give a definition for accidental damage?

300

A fake email or website that is trying to trick the user into handing over their personal data.

Give a definition for phishing?

400

One threat would be virus, which is a malicious program that can damage or steal your data. Another threat could be accidental damage, like flooding or burglaries.

Describe 2 threats which can affect a business data?

500

Never open an email attachment unless you are certain what the file contains. Be careful when visiting websites –. Never give out your personal details. If you must leave your computer unattended whilst you are logged on make sure that the screen is “locked” so that no one can use it.

Name precautions that can be taken to prevent data theft.