AS ICT

What is Data?

What is Information?

What is Knowledge?

How can data be collected?

What is coding Data?

Name 3 benefits of coding data

Name 2 disadvantages to
coding data

What is GIGO?

What is a Value Judgement?

Name 3 factors that influence the
value of Information

What 3 ways can good quality information be used for?

What factors make data costly to obtain and keep up-to-date?

When do data errors occur?

What is Validation?

What is verification?

Name the 6 validation checks

Examples of verification

Name the 6 advantages of ICT

5 Factors that effect the efficiency of data processing systems

What is CAD?

Name 4 features of CAD

Advantages of CAD

What is CAM?

Advantages of CAM

Hardware requirements for
CAD and CAM

Definition and examples of EFT

Advantages of EFT to both customer and the store

Disadvantages of EFT to both customers and store

What is e-commerce?

The main parts of an E-commerce system

Advantages to e-commerce

Disadvantages of E-commerce

What is EPOS?

Where are bar codes used?

Advantages and disadvantages
of Bar Codes

What are the uses of
automatic Stock control?

What is JIT?

Advantages of JIT

Disadvantages of JIT

What is CAL?

What is CBT?

Features of CBT and CAL

Examples of School administration methods

Advantages to using ICT to record attendence

Disadvantages to using ICT to record attendance

Problems with paper based records

Advantages of electronic patient record keeping

Advantages of an electronic prescription

Features of patient identification

The stages of the
blood tracking process

Advantages of blood tracking

Name several types of sensors used in healthcare

Advantages of sensors

Disadvantages of sensors

Features and uses of MRI scans

Features and uses of CAT scans

Benefits of scanning

Disadvantages of scanning

Definition of a neural network

Name the 3 components of an expert system

Advantages of an expert system

Disadvantages of an expert system

Uses of ICT in the home

3 Special features of music in the home

The choices of format rely on...?

Features of word processing and DTP software

What is the difference between home and professional DTP Software?

Advantages of WP and DTP software

Disadvantages of WP and DTP

Presentation software features

Features of Web authoring software

Define a stand alone computer

Advantages of stand alone computers

Disadvantages of stand alone computers

Definition of a network

Advantages of a network

Disadvantages of a network

Define LAN

Define WAN

Define Internet

Define Intranet

Define Extranet

Benefits of email

Disadvantages of Email

Services available on the internet

Define HCI

Examples of HCL

Health issues associated with ICT

Define, with examples, Malpractice

Define, with examples, Crime

Define the Computer Misuse act 1990

Copyright and designs patents act 1988

Sages of Data protection act 1998