Cambridge IGCSE™ Information and Communication Technology
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10 Communication
Answers to exercises
10a 1 John, Mary, Karl; Tim, Ahmed, Dimitri
2 John, Mary, Karl; Tim, Ahmed, Dimitri
3 Themselves plus John, Mary, Karl; Tim, Ahmed, Dimitri
4 Only the sender can see this.
10b A good, balanced argument from students. Each group should produce a poster showing the
reasons why it should be policed and reasons why it should not.
Answers to exam-style questions
Answers to questions 2, 3, and 4 in this section are example answers for past paper questions. The details of
the relevant past paper can be found with the corresponding exam-style question in the Student’s Book.
1 True False
Statement
() ()
The internet is part of the World Wide Web (WWW)
All recipients of emails can see all the recipients in the Bcc and Cc lists
Extranets allow intranets to be extended outside the normal organisation
Forwarding of emails is always good practice to keep everyone in the
organisation or family informed
Using email groups increases the risk of identity theft
Netiquette refers to the need to respect other users on the internet
It is not always illegal to copy or forward email attachments
Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology Teacher's Guide 1
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Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology Student's Book answers
2 a short for web log:
• a personal online diary/journal
• owner’s opinions/single author
• others can post comments
• frequently updated by owner
• postings tend to be in reverse chronological order
• a blog is a website.
b allows users to create/edit webpages using a browser
• many people can contribute/edit/update entries
• members of the group can contribute
• it holds information on many topics
• posting not in chronological order
• the structure is determined by users/contents
• Wiki is a website or software
• Wiki is usually objective.
3 • an intranet has restricted access/the internet is worldwide
• an intranet is used only within a company/organisation
• an intranet access has more control of data whereas internet access is public and has
no control
• an intranet is policed/moderated/managed
• an intranet has reduced unauthorised access to material whereas the internet has general
material
• an intranet can restrict access to some websites/the internet has no restrictions on websites
• data on an intranet is more likely to be reliable/relevant – anyone can add material on
the internet
• an intranet sits behind a firewall
• an intranet is protected by passwords/extra security layer – more chance of hacking on
the internet
• an intranet used to give information relating to company whereas the internet is general
information
• the internet has much more information.
Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology Teacher's Guide 2
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Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology Student's Book answers
4 Blog Microblog Wiki
() () ()
Very restricted in the size of the post
Allows readers to edit posts
Entries are not usually in chronological order
Very difficult to customise
5 Intranet Internet
() ()
Information on the network is specific to a particular company or
organisation
Requires a password and user ID to gain access to the network
Allows public access to all information available
The network is always behind a firewall giving some hacking and
virus protection
It is possible to access the network from anywhere in the world
using an ISP account
The network is owned by a private company or organisation
The network gives access to unlimited amounts of data on many
topics
There is an unlimited amount of traffic on this network
Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology Teacher's Guide 3
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Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology Student's Book answers
7 a (b) ISP
b (a) Uniform resource locator
c (e) Secured
d (b) HTTP
e (e) name@[Link]
f (d) Browsing
g (d) FTP
h (c) Allows a user to view webpages
i (c) Extranet
j (a) Spam
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