Computer Science

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Question: What is the purpose of a firewall? Answer: To prevent unauthorized connections coming in to and out of a network
Question: What is the purpose of a username and password? Answer: To identify the user and to verify they are who the claim to be
Question: What makes a secure password? Answer: A secure password should be one that you will easily remember and be a mixture of upper-case and lower-case letters, numbers and characters
Question: Why are access levels useful? Answer: They control the level of access a user has to the network
Question: What is encryption? Answer: Encryption disguises data so that it can't be understood
Question: What is the purpose of anti-virus software? Answer: Anti-virus software detects and removes viruses from computers
Question: What is an archive? Answer: A copy of old data that is removed from the network and kept safe for later use
Question: Why do organisations have network policies? Answer: A network policy forms an agreement between the organisation and its users on acceptable usage of the network.
Question: How do you know if a website is secure? Answer: The prefix of the website is "https"
Question: What is a dynamic website? Answer: A website that has interactive elements
Question: What web development languages are most websites written in? Answer: HTML and CSS with some scripting languages like JavaScript and PHP
Question: What does a cascading style sheet (CSS) do? Answer: It is where the different formatting choices are stored for the website and is used to edit the appearance of the website
Question: What is a mashup? Answer: A website or application which mixes code from different external sources
Question: What are cookies? Answer: Text files that are stored on your computer that tell a website if you have been to that site before
Question: What identifies the kind of device that is accessing the website? Answer: A protocol
Question: What is the difference between the client-side scripts and the Server-Style Scripts? Answer: Client-side scripts are programs that are processed by the web browser and server-style scripts are processed by the web server
Question: How do search engines rank the website result they receive? Answer: Websites appear higher up a list of results because they are judged to be more important by the search algorithm. This is measured by the popularity of a site and how many connections it has with other websites
Question: What is cloud computing? Answer: Cloud computing is storing and using services online, rather than storing them locally on a device such as a hard drive
Question: Why is cloud computing advantageous? Answer: Data backed up in the cloud with a reliable provider can be more reliable than storing your information on a hard drive or USB flash memory stick
Question: What is a web browser? Answer: Software that allows the user to access web pages, documents and web applications on the internet
Question: What is needed for a broadband connection to the internet? Answer: An ADSL modem, an ISP and wired or wireless connection
Question: What can affect the speed of data transfer over a telephone line? Answer: The quality of the telephone line and the distance between the modem and the telephone exchange
Question: Which type of connection is preferable for streaming high-definition video? Answer: Fibre optic
Question: What is Fibre Optic? Answer: Fibre optic cable is more expensive than most connection types but has a higher data transfer rate.
Question: What is a protocol? Answer: A protocol is a set of rules that defines how devices communicate
Question: What does the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) do? Answer: It transfers web pages from web servers to the client
Question: What does compressing a file do? Answer: It reduces the size of a file
Question: What is a buffer? Answer: A temporary storage space where data can be held and processed
Question: What happens at the 'handshaking' between two devices? Answer: The client requests access, the server grants it, and the protocols are agreed
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