Mock ICT Exam Revision Materials
– Paper 1
December 2012
1 hr 30 mins
Hi meet Jim, Seb, Harper and
Nazeem. They are all 18 years of age
and great friends. They like travelling
together, attending sporting events
and concerts together and between
them have many of the technical
gadgets available on the market today.
Nazeem invites the lads round to his
house to watch a David Price boxing
bout. They plan to watch on his new HD
TV. The connection from the Sky box to
the TV is via a HDMI cable. The boxing
is viewed by Nazeem subscribing to the
Pay Per View channel.
There is a problem with the viewing on
the new TV so Seb logs onto his I Pad
and loads up Wikipedia to find a
solution. The problem with this is that
the information may not be accurate or
up to date and anyone can put anything
on the site so it may not necessary be
trustworthy.
A solution cannot be found so Harper
decides he will make a telephone call using
the Internet to Sky customer support. He
uses VoIP to do this and uses his headset
with microphone and web cam to make the
call.
The problem with the TV can still
not be resolved so they decide to
stream the boxing using Sky Go
on Jims laptop. This means that
they can access ‘live’ content in
real time whilst it is being
downloaded to the laptop.
Streaming does not use as much
storage as downloading and is
usually easy to search for what is
needed.
The laptop is constantly ‘buffering’.
This could be because there are too
many people trying to access the same
stream. Luckily there are 4 different
streams so they can select another one
to see if the picture is any better.
As the friends are 18 they do not really need
parental permission to access the Internet.
Nazeem however needs to protect/supervise his
younger brother when he is on the Internet. This is
so that he does not access adult content, does not
access gaming websites, does not become
addicted, does not create relationships with
predators, does not download/install software such
as viruses and does not give away private
information such as his address etc.
Hi meet Tony. Tony is
17 years old and is a
huge Preston North
End football supporter.
Tony likes to travel the
country with his friends
following his team. He
uses his ICT devices
to help with planning
trips to games and to
keep up to date with
the latest news of his
favourite team.
Tony is planning a trip to Brentford away.
He needs to book a train journey so uses
his PC to help achieve this. The website
asks Tony for his postcode. This helps
find the nearest train station for Tony,
which is Preston.
Tony is able to use 3G to pick up a
connection to the app on his Smart phone.
Rail enquires have an app to access a wider
audience and some on the normal content
of the website will not work on some mobile
phones.
As a frequent traveller on the trains Tony
receives an email containing a QR code which
allows some money off a future booking. Tony
has a scanner app where he can scan the code
to read the data off it, then then takes Tony to
the website.
Tony books the train tickets for his
friends. If he travels on his own he
will pay via PayPal but when there
are a few lads going he pays by
credit card so that he can then
collect the money off his friends and
pay the bill at a later date.
Tony prefers to buy train tickets online
particularly months in advance as he offers gets
good deals than paying on the day at the train
station. He can track his orders does not have
to travel to the station to purchase and the
website usually remembers his details from
previous orders.
Although Tony knows where Preston train
station is, he uses his Smart phone to help
him with directions once he arrives at his
destination. This is achieved by using the
GPS in the phone. He has less chance of
getting lost and does not have to use paper
maps. There are drawbacks however such
as the map may require updates and the
signal can get lost.
Tony’s details are stored on the rail enquires website via cookies. The use of
cookies allows the tracking of Tony’s buying habits and can reward loyal
customers. They can be also used to store his address and payment details so
the next time Tony purchases off the site, the transaction will be quicker.
Hi meet Susan. Susan is 18 years
old. She has just completed her ALevels and is going to Durham
University to study Computer Science.
Susan likes to use a range of ICT
devices and likes socialising with
friends and going for nights out during
the weekend with them.
Susan will be taking her computer with her to
university. She wants to purchase a new monitor.
She purchases one like the one shown, her main
reason for getting this one was because it had a
good sized resolution for displaying her work.
Susan uses many backup devices such a
removable pen drive, CD-R and DVD-R.
She finds it a good idea to use online
storage so she has a drop box account.
She can access her work anywhere with
Internet connection and she can access
work via apps on her Smartphone and I
Pad tablet.
Susan needs to get rid of her old
computer. There are many options
available to her. She is concerned about
what data is on her computer and wants
to remove it as she is concerned that the
data can still be read by someone and
she is fearful of identity theft.
As Susan's family all have their own
computers she decides to give it to a
charity chop so someone else may benefit
from it. She could have put it on eBay but
felt it was not worth the hassle as she
would not have got much money for it.
Susan needs to make sure that her computer is
up to date in terms of protection from Internet
threats. She makes sure that she has installed
an anti-virus piece of software on it. She also
looks at her pop-up blocker settings are turned
on.
Another safety measure which Susan
carries out is to make sure that her
firewall settings are turned on. This will
help prevent unwanted intruders from
accessing Susan's computer.
Susan has decided to set up an online
banking account with Barclays. She can
access this 24/7 and she received a better
deal online rather than in the branch.
Susan has received this email from what
appears to be from PayPal. This looks
suspicious and Susan knows from her ALevel ICT course that this could be an
example of ‘phishing’. She deletes the
email as if she clicked on the link people
could have accessed her personal
details.
Susan uses the University computers to
access her bank account. She makes
sure that she does not tick the
‘Remember my user ID’ box as she is on
a shared computer and other students
may be able to access her details.
Susan has an app on her Smart phone for
her online banking. When she logs in she
is asked for her PIN. This is displayed as
a set of asterisks so that none of the PIN
numbers are revealed.
Susan takes her PS3 to university and
decides to buy a new game online. As
money is tight she found that the game
was cheaper to download the game. She
is not really bothered about owning the
actual disk. She can also receive regular
updates if connected to the Internet. Her
only concern was that it would take up
space on her 160gb hard drive.
When Susan pays for the game she uses
her debit card visa. After entering in
details she is asked for her password.
This is to ensure that is Susan’s card and
to prevent other people from using it.
Hi meet Adam and
Jake. They are both
14 years of age and
are the best of friends.
They are both ‘savvy’
users of ICT and have
most of the latest
‘must have’ gadgets.
Adam has just had his birthday and
would like to buy some new games
consoles. He is after a PS3 and
visits the shop Game station. He
has the choice between a 160gb,
320gb or 500gb storage capacity.
Due to cost he chooses the middle
sized device.
Adam has a little money left over so he also
buys a DS. This is useful for when he goes
travelling as it is portable and as long as it is
charged he can play it almost everywhere.
Adam runs out of money but his mum Julie buys him a
new peripheral device to go with his PS3. She buys him
a gaming headset so he can play online with Jake when
they play Call of Duty. The headset Julie bought has a
Bluetooth connection.
Jake has a different headset to play with his
device. He uses a simple USB cable to
establish his connection.
When Adam sets up his device he has to
perform a system update via the menu. On
the menu there are other options such as
looking at photographs, listening to music or
browsing the Internet. This is a key feature
of a multifunctional console.
Adam and Jake also own a Nintendo Wii.
They like to play online particularly Wii
Tennis.
When playing Wii Tennis they like to use the wireless
controllers because they can play anywhere in the
room and move about and Adam feels that it is good for
exercise. Jake is always on the Nintendo Wii and feels
that he has to constantly change the batteries and he
has to be careful not to damage the TV in case the
controller slips out his grasp.
Adams sister is in a wheel chair but he
plays on the Wii with her and her
boyfriend. Adams sister finds it difficult to
play certain games and it can be difficult at
times to communicate with the consoles
sensor bar.
Adam and Jake play FIFA 13 against each
other on their consoles. This allows them
to develop their friendship and make new
friends. They get great satisfaction when
they work together online and beat other
opponents.
On occasions the game play slows
down and there are some delays. This
is down to the bandwidth (the volume
of data that is downloaded is low) and
latency (which if high can make the
game lag or slow down.)
The boys spend hours on their consoles
and their parents are worried about health
issues. They feel that by being on their
PS3s for long periods can result in
repetitive strain injury (RSI). The boys are
advised to take regular breaks.
Jake and Adam spend some time
looking at social network sites and they
add sites to their social bookmarking
account. They can store bookmarks
online which can then be shared with
other users.
Adam uses his account to share some
web links. Other things that he can do is
to organise events, share videos and
communicate with other users.
Adams has his privacy set so that anybody
can view his profile. Jake does not think
this is a good idea as it could result in
identity theft and leave Adam vulnerable to
cyber-bullying.
The use of social networks is having an impact on
society.
Organised London 2011 riots
Businesses use for advertising
Use of feeds to follow interests
Used by education to connect
students such as edmodo
The use of social networks is having an impact on
society.
Organises events - parties
Work/life balance
Can be used by criminals to
collect personal details
Lack of real life – more virtual
worlds