6 Mark Questions practice

a) A secondary school wants their computer systems to be more accessible to students with disabilities. Describe, with examples, input and output devices which are available for students with disabilities.

First you should set up the system with a basic input output system that asks the pupil for their name and then what class they are in and it should ask them in words with a large keyboard so then partially sighted students could use the computers with ease.

Braille and a braille printer so that the blind students could also use the computers and then use printouts that could help them when they aren’t using the specialised computers.

An eye tracking system so the pupil can look at their class and their name and then look at things on the screen so that they could still use the computers like the other students.

Enlarged/zoomed in screen for the visually impaired as well as a text to speech system so the student can check their work without having to read what they wrote, so then they can keep up with the rest of the class.

b) A large company with 200 employees uses a local area network (LAN) which includes all the computers in its head office.

Describe the security measures and network policies which can be used to safeguard the security and privacy of the company’s data on the network.

They computers and servers could be in locked rooms and laptops could also be locked away at night this could prevent theft and physical hacking, the room that they should be locked in should have a security system or the room should change every night.

They could also set a login in system so only authorised users can use the computers so that unauthorised people can use the computer or certain programs on the computer even if they are authorised to use the computer this would be linked to an access system

Password protection should be used for every computer just to be able to start the computer up, then the personal credentials of a worker should be then put in once the computer has been unlocked.

Encryption should be used for all data unless they have been authorised and given a password to access the encrypted data and this data encrypted or not should not be shared with third party’s to ensure safety in the data.