• Data;              2 marks
• Information;    2 marks
• Knowledge.    2 marks

State three factors that affect the value and importance of information. Give an example that shows clearly how each factor affects the information's value.     6 marks.

A school wishes to allow its students unrestricted access to the Internet for research work during their lunchtimes. The head-teacher is concerned that this might cause problems.
State two problems that the head-teacher might be concerned about, and for each one explain a measure that could be taken to prevent the problem.    6 marks

Three components of an Information Processing System are input, processing and output.
State what is meant by: Input, Processing, and Output and give an example of each one.         6 marks.

When buying a new house through a large estate agency, customers are asked if they object to the data they are giving to the estate agent being passed on to other companies.

• a) Explain why the estate agent must ask this question.     2 marks
• b) State, with an example, what the estate agent could do with the customers' details if they give permission for them to be passed on?     2 marks

Explain, with reasons, two levels of access that could be given to different categories of users of an on-line stock control system.    4 marks.

Describe, using examples, four ways in which a company could make use of the Internet to benefit its business. 8 marks.

Explain, using examples, four different ways in which the Internet is being used to support illegal activities.    8 marks.

• (i) The Registrar (Information Commissioner);     2 marks
• (ii) A data subject.     2 marks
  State three items of data that a company must include in an entry on the Data Register.    3 marks.

A clerk working at the offices of a mail order company spends all day entering order data into the company's sales order processing system.
The clerk uses a workstation linked to the company's main computer.
To ensure the health and safety of the clerk, state, with reasons:

• (a) two work practice procedures that the company could introduce;     4 marks
• (b) two design features that the hardware the clerk uses should have;     4 marks
• (c) two design features that the software the clerk uses should have.       4 marks.
  

Week 11. AQA 10.7 Exam.

An advertisement for an IT support worker to join the PC support team in a company specifies that the applicant must be, "willing to work flexible hours, be able to communicate well orally, have good written skills and get on well with a wide variety of people".

Explain, giving examples, why each of these characteristics is important for someone working in such a role.     8 marks.