Exam code: 4IT1
Joe posts a link to the shows on an online community.
People find information online.
Which one of these would negatively affect the fitness for purpose of information found in online communities?
Bias
Collaboration
Encryption
Plagiarism
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State two methods people can use to check the reliability of online information.
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Which one of these can be used to avoid plagiarism?
Copy and paste
Copyrighting
Paraphrasing
Secondary source
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Joe’s use of digital technologies has implications.
Joe’s show is available as a radio broadcast and also online.
Discuss how the reliability of broadcast information compares to the reliability of information only available online.
You should consider these points in your response:
government oversight / regulation
responsibility of users
methods available to verify information.
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The venue promotes events on a website.
Gail uploads new images for the website.
Describe one method for improving the search rank of the website.
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Camille’s child, Sarah, uses websites and video sharing sites for her school work.
Sarah is researching changes in global temperatures.
Here is an image of her use of a search engine.
Explain one way the search can be improved.
Discuss the reliability of information from online sources.
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Camille designs controllers for a games console.
Camille is writing an article for a website.
Discuss how ICT makes it easier to plagiarise and the impact of plagiarism on others.
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A student is gathering information for a school project about climate change.
Give two different types of online source the student could use.
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Jae is researching a health condition for a school project.
Explain one reason why a website run by a national health organisation may be a more appropriate source for Jae than a post on a discussion forum.
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Amani is writing an article for a community news website. The article is about plans to build a new airport near the town.
Explain two reasons why Amani should gather information from a range of different sources.
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Deniz uses a search engine to find information about a sports competition. Deniz only wants results that were published in the last month.
Which one of these search features should Deniz use?
Autofill
Date filter
Image search
Quotation marks
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A student types the words renewable energy targets inside quotation marks (" ") into a search engine.
Explain one effect this has on the search results.
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Kofi wants to find news reports from the last week about a flood in their town. Kofi types the word flood into a search engine and gets millions of results.
Explain two ways Kofi could use the search engine more effectively.
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Information found online is not always fit for purpose.
Give two properties of information, other than bias, that can affect its fitness for purpose.
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Explain one way the age of online information can affect its fitness for purpose.
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Rin is writing a school report about the effect of a new road on local wildlife. Rin finds a web page about the road that was written by the company that built it.
Explain two reasons why this web page may not be fit for purpose for Rin's report.
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A student is writing an essay using information found online.
Which one of these actions is plagiarism?
Rewriting a paragraph in their own words and naming the website it came from
Putting a copied sentence inside quotation marks and giving its web address
Copying a paragraph from a website into the essay without saying where it came from
Asking the owner of a photograph for permission to use it and crediting them
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Explain one reason why a student should acknowledge the sources they use in a piece of homework.
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Sami is making a website for a school club. Sami wants to use a photograph and some text that Sami found on another website.
Explain two things Sami should do so that Sami does not break copyright or commit plagiarism.
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