The importance of computer systems in the modern world questions
Q1. Explain what is meant by ‘tele-working’?
Q2. What is meant by ‘phishing’?
Q3. Describe how computers have changed the way some people shop.
Q4. Describe some typical features of smartphones that aid communication.
Q5. What is meant by a 'network' of computers?
Q6. Describe some ways that someone looking for a job might use a computer or the Internet to help them.
Q7. Many small businesses use only the Internet to sell their products. Describe some advantages to them of doing this.
Q8. What is a FAX?
Q9. Some burglars have been caught because the home owner of the place they were burgling, whilst on holiday in another country, rang the police and told them they were being burgled at the time it was happening! They had in their homes an IP camera. Do some research on the Internet. (There are some very interesting videos of burglars being caught in the act.) What is meant by an IP camera?
Q10. A lot of devices and phones use wifi and the phone network . What is it about wifi and the phone network that some experts think might be dangerous, especially to young people?