BTEC iCT Unit 1 – The Online World
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Knowledge Check
Part One
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Which of these is the correct category of online service for shopping?
 Commerce
2.
 Education
 Education
 Education
 Government
 Real-time information
 Server
 Client
 Browser
 Database
 Server
 Client
 Browser
 Database
 Firefox
 Word
 Internet Explorer
Which of these is a type of website that’s designed to be updated frequently?
 Chat
9.
 Education
Which of these is NOT a web browser?
 Chrome
8.
 Real-time information
What is the general term we use for the software we use to view websites?
 Network
7.
 Government
What is the general term we use for the different types of computer we use to view websites?
 Network
6.
 Real-time information
Which of these is the correct category for plane status update websites?
 Commerce
5.
 Government
Which of these is the correct category for Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) like Moodle?
 Commerce
4.
 Real-time information
Which of these is the correct category for paying taxes?
 Commerce
3.
 Government
 Blog
 Wiki
 Podcast
Which of these is a type of audio or video files that’s designed to be downloaded easily?
 Chat
 Blog
 Wiki
 Podcast
10. Which of these involves posting & replying to text messages instantly or in ‘real time’ ?
 Chat
 Blog
 Wiki
 Podcast
11. Which of these is a type of website that can be edited - but only by people who’ve signed-up ?
 Chat
 Blog
 Wiki
 Podcast
12. Which of these is another term for ‘chat’ ?
 Instant Messaging
 Netiquette
 Virtual world
 Synchronous
13. Which of these is an online space created by software, such as a 3D environment or a game?
 Instant Messaging
 Netiquette
 Virtual world
 Synchronous
14. Which of these is the term for basically showing good manners when communicating online?
 Instant Messaging
 Netiquette
 Virtual world
 Synchronous
15. Which of these is the term for communication that happens immediately or in ‘real time’ ?
 Instant Messaging
 Netiquette
 Virtual world
 Synchronous
16. Which of these is the technology used to provide voice or video communication online?
 Profiles
 VoIP
 Servers
 Clients
17. What term do we use to describe when people work together & share documents online?
 Podcasting
 Collaboration
 Chat
 Wikimedia
18. Which of these terms means storing documents online?
 Cloud Storage
 USB Storage
 Email Storage
 CD Storage
19. With cloud storage, where are the documents actually stored?
 On your home PC  On your smartphone
 On external servers in data centres
20. Can you access cloud services anywhere?
 Yes  No Explain your answer: __________________________________________
21. When you store documents online, how do you control who can use them?
 Lock screens
 Access rights
 Locks
 Time bans
22. What access right would you give to people so they can look at a document you have
stored online, such as a poster to promote a school event?
 Read
 Write
 Full control
23. What access right would you give someone to allow them to change a shared document?
 Read
 Write
 Full control
24. What access right could be risky to give to someone if your work is very precious?
 Read
 Write
 Full control
Part Two
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Sally wants to promote her engineering business
with weekly news for customers to read.
Look at the list on the right that shows different
ways to communicate online.
Which one would suit her needs best?
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Many people use their smartphones to access
content online, such as maps to find places.
But what is the technical term for all the different
kinds of device that we use to get online?
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Look carefully at this graphic that shows
part of a screen for an online service.
What category of online service does it show?
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If you use a cloud storage service, your files will
be stored on special & very powerful computers
in massive data centres.
What do we call those special kinds of computers?
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Ben and Judy are talking via a video link with
their daughter Jackie, who lives in Australia.
What technology allows them to talk like that?
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Here’s a screenshot from a cloud storage
service showing an option to ‘invite to a folder’
so you could allow other people to view it.
What is the correct the term for controlling who
can see or edit files stored on the cloud?
 Wiki
 Chat
 Blog
 Podcast
 Virtual World
 Podcast
 Cloud storage
 Clients
 Servers
 Core Routers
 Home Routers
 Databases
 Commerce
 Government
 Real-time Info
 Business
 Download
 Education
 Clients
 Servers
 Core Routers
 Home Routers
 Databases
 Synchronous
 Netiquette
 VoIP
 Synchronous
 Synchronous
 Access rights
 Netiquette
 VoIP
 Protocol
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Lots of businesses use chat or instant messaging  Real time
to communicate online with customers.
 Access rights
 Micro-blogging
But what is the technical term for this type
 Netiquette
of communication that happens instantly?
 VoIP
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Some kinds of cloud service allow you to use
software applications such as the one shown on
the left.
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Which statement best describes these kind of
cloud-based applications?
 It’s the same as
you use on your
desktop computer
Here is a song listing from an online music
service that gives lots of info about tracks.
 On a computer in
the company offices
In technical terms, where would you expect this
information to be stored by the company that
runs the online music service?
 In the company’s
web server in a big
data centre
Nathan, Jo and Mary are students who need to
collaborate on a presentation for a joint project.
 Pen drive
 Blog
 Podcast
 Cloud storage
 Chat
 Virtual World
Look at the list of options on the right for
working together or collaborating.
Which option would be best to use?
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Here are several people who work for the same
business – but they all live in different countries
so they need to communicate online.
What kind of online communication is this?
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 It’s a free online
version
Look at Eric. He’s upset because he’s just lost the
pen drive that stores a presentation for his Boss.
Where should Eric have stored his work, so it
wouldn’t get lost & he’d get automatic backups?
 Micro-blogging
 VoIP
 Podcast
 SMS
 Chat
 Chat room
 Social media
 Cloud storage
 Virtual World
 Smartphone