Impact of the Internet on Organisations & Society (Edexcel IGCSE ICT): Exam Questions

The concert venue uses an online booking system.

Customers can store a digital ticket to their smartphone and access the venue by scanning their phone.

Explain why the venue must also provide customers with the option to print tickets.

The venue promotes events on a website.

Explain one global cause of unequal access to ICT.

The staff at the venue work online.

Explain two positive impacts the use of the Internet has on the venue.

The internet has had positive impacts on organisations.

Which one of these is an example of an organisation using access to a global workforce?

Kofi owns a small business that makes leather bags. Until now, the business has only sold bags in its own town.

Explain one way access to global markets through the internet could benefit Kofi's business.

A chain of supermarkets has shops in many cities. Customers can also order food from the supermarket's website and app.

Explain two ways the internet has changed how the supermarket manages and uses information.

State one reason why the internet has increased the competition that organisations face.

An insurance company lets its staff access customer data over the internet while they work away from the office.

Describe one security issue this creates for the company.

A family-run bookshop has sold books in the same town for many years. It has now started to take orders and payments through its own website.

Explain two negative impacts the internet could have on the bookshop.

Many people can now access networks such as the internet at any time and from almost anywhere.

State one negative impact of this on society.

Many people can now access networks such as the internet at any time.

Explain one positive impact on society of individuals now having less-restricted access to networks.

Many people can now publish text, photographs and videos online at any time. Most of this content is not checked by anyone before other people can see it.

Discuss the impact on society of individuals being able to publish content online without it being checked first.

State what is meant by the term 'information rich'.

Explain one reason why the gap between people who are information rich and people who are information poor may be getting wider.

The government of a country plans to provide free internet access and computers in community centres in towns across the country. It says this will close the gap between people who are information rich and people who are information poor.

Discuss whether this plan will close the gap.

In your answer you should consider:

• people who are information poor

• people who are information rich

Which one of these is a political cause of unequal access to ICT?

Amani lives in a village that has no internet connection.

Explain one way this could affect Amani's chances of finding a job.

A small island has just been connected to high-speed internet for the first time.

Explain two ways the internet could change how people on the island socialise.