ICT Homework Activity Year 8 Video Shop Your uncle is now ready to open his video shop. He hopes to have lots of members, but will need to keep careful records so that he can follow up any videos that are not returned quickly. He therefore needs to keep records of his members. He is thinking of using a set of cards, like the one below, for each member. He would keep them in order in a drawer of the shop. He plans to complete one each time a member joins and to number the cards. Each member will have a number and cards will be in number order. These cards are very important since they are the only way your uncle can find a member’s details. Here is an example of one of the cards: MEMBER NUMBER Title 138 Mr Jacks__ First Name John Address 51 Staple Road Spifton SP1 3EY Telephone 012-81363 ID shown Driving Licence Surname __ You are not sure that this is the best way for your uncle to store his members’ details. Questions 1 The cards are to be stored in number order. Why do you think this is not a good idea? Because it wouldn’t be very easy to find who it is if they just say their name ICT Homework Activity Year 8 Video Shop 2 What do you think would be a better order to store the cards in, and why? Alphabetical order because it is easy to find their name 3 You think it would be better to store the information in a database on the computer. Write down three reasons you could give your uncle for using a database to store this information. i. You can easily find the person just typing a few letters ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………… ii. You can save halfway ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… iii. You won’t lose it and you can have a backup ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 The database is very important since it will be the only way your uncle can find a member’s details. Write down three things your uncle should do to make sure his database is safe. i. Have a antivirus program………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… ii. Have a passwordyou’re your computer……………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………… iii. Keep a backup
