The question should be targeted as the people who are going to use it
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Name an advantage to the customer of E-Commerce
No travelling is required as goods are ordered from home
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Name an advantage to the business of E-commerce
Fluid pricing- easy to change prices from day to day
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Define the term FTP
File transfer protocol- a standard internet protcol (way of doing things) providing a simple way of transferring files between computers using the internet
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What does the term 'crawler' mean?
program that searches the Web for new links, new content and changes in order to keep Search Engine results up to date. A crawler may also be called a bot (short for robot) or spider.
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What is a benefit of Electronic patient records (EPR)
Provides faster access to patient records
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What is a disadvantage of the use of CAL with pupils with learning difficulties
Lack of teacher encouragement
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What is expert systems?
Main components
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Define the term distributed database
A mode of 2+ data files located at different sites in a network
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Name an error in data collection, data entry and data processions
Interviewee lies or make mistakes, imcomplete information supplied, badly designed questions
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What are the costs associated with data collection (getting data)
Financial, time, humann resource costs
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Name a reason for encoding data
Less time is spent typing the data in, so data entry costs are lower
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Name one reason for keeping data up-tp-date (In a school)
If contact details are out of date then letters/phonecalls to parents might not get to them or they may not be contacted during an emergency
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What does Verification mean?
Checking the data being entered into ICT system has been copied correctly from one medium to another
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What is a CD-ROM?
A type of optical disc read by a laser beam which is capable of storing large amounts of data
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How quality information adds value?
Targeting of resources- leads to- giving competitive edge and identifying a gap in the market
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Good quality information is:
Accurate, complete, up-to-date,
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Name a point from the Data protection act
Be kept for no longer than is necessary
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When was the The Computer Misuse Act
1990
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Name one of the rules the act stated
DON'T ACCESS UNAUTHORISED DATA AND PLAN TO COMMIT A FURTHER CRIME
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Transcription errors are what
errors occur when data is being transferred so that it doesn't match the source data
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What is a benefit of computer networks?
ability to share files
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Define the term Intranet:
A private network only to be used by employees of an organisation
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Name an advantage to the customer of E-Commerce
Back
No travelling is required as goods are ordered from home
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