Personalised Feedback Sheet for IGCSE Section 4 - Networks

Name: Rohan Sahota

Target grade: D
General feedback/class needs:
There was a lot of material covered in this unit from the definition of a network,
to LANs, WANs, WLANs, network hardware, security, authentication methods,
video conferencing, Fax, Email and the Data Protection Act. This meant that there
really wasnt anywhere to hide if you didnt do your revision. Unfortunately for
many of you, this was your problem in this test. If you look back over the lessons
you did:

Notes from each topic

Multiple practise exam questions
Revision lessons

Worse you all went over the correct answers in class and you also had access
to ALL past exam questions, answers and revision material on my site, so even if
you didnt get it the first time you couldve improved by doing some revision.
Those who didnt do so well also fell in to the same old traps:

Not reading the question or relating to it in your answer

Giving short or one word answers when you need to explain yourself!

These three things should now be considered so basic that no one is making
these mistakes. There is no magic formula for passing a test and no one is just
better than you, it all comes down to how much work youve done and are
prepared to do. If you are able to sit yourself down, practise questions from my
site and test yourself then you stand a chance of doing seriously well.
Finally, you have GOT to stop talking about hackers in your answers! It seems
that as soon as one of you is unsure of an answer you revert to itll get
hacked!!! This is NEVER going to be an exam answer so please, stop using it
unless I explicitly tell you that its ok.
Your performance:
Marks: 17/54
Percentage: 31.481481481481481%
Grade: f
Your personal targets:
1. I must read the question to get an understanding of it.
2. So more examples for the questions.
3. Understand what the questions mean.
Challenge/Extension
Copy out and answer questions 2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 from the test, with
their full and correct answers.

2.A large company has a lan the manager of the company wants to replace with
a wlan. Explain the differences between a lan and a wlan, giving advantages an
advantage and a disadvantage of a wlan;
A lan has is different to the internet because it has cables but a wlan is wireless.
7.Give two advantages and two disadvantages of having computers networked .
Advantage 1: It can connect to a large area.
Advantage 2: files can be shared by users.
Disadvantage 1: purchasing files are expensive
Disadvantage 2: virus can spread on to other computers
8. To protect the customers data the company owner will make sure the systems
uses encryption. Describe the encryption.
Answer: encryption is a code that protects data
It will make fire wall so no hackers can get in to it
Also it will hold data that the users can see
9. Describe the role of a proxy server when a lan is connected to the internet.
Answer: a proxy will run when it is connected to the inter net because it will need
to request sever files.
Also the proxy server can also run on a lot slower because it is connected to
multiples of computers
It will be easier to send more data.
11. Describe four differences between an intranet and the internet.
Answer 1: the internet is a global communications.
Answer 2: the intranet is shared by a organisation
Answer 3: the internet allows you to search stuff e.g. videos
Answer 4: intranet will allow you to use private data.
12. Mobile phones are used for accessing the internet. Give two advantages and
two disadvantages of using a mobile rather than a pc to access the internet
Advantage 1: you can use a mobile phone any where
Advantage 2: you will connect faster because the network on the phone lets you
connect.
Disadvantage 1: you cant be able to do work on your phone
Disadvantage 2: you cant send an email quickly
13. Explain the purpose of data protection act and one of the principles.
Answer: securely kept this could mean that your data is protected.

14. Give three advantage of video conferencing

Advantage 1: you dont have to drive there
Advantage 2: you can talk to them quicker if there far away.
Advantage 3: you can speak to them about work