Online Software (Edexcel IGCSE ICT): Exam Questions

Exam code: 4IT1

5 mins3 questions
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2 marks

Visitors usually bring a digital device to events at the venue.

The venue uses a barcode scanner that connects to the booking system.

Give two benefits of hosting the booking system in the cloud.

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1 mark

Camille uses digital devices for work.

Camille’s laptop uses secondary storage.

Which one of these is a reason for using local storage rather than online storage?

  • Data stored locally is harder to intercept

  • Local storage media cannot be encrypted

  • Online storage cannot be backed up automatically

  • Online storage is always compressed

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2 marks

Camille shares family photographs online with friends.

Explain one reason why Camille should use hosted software to edit her photographs rather than local software.