A general ITGS Revision guide PPT.

1. Mr Atif Hussain
Hayah International Academy
2012/ 2013
ITGS
General
Revision Guide

2. • Read the question twice
• Make sure your answer is what the examiners want!
• Look at the number of marks for the question
• Have you written enough points for the marks?
• Does your answer need expanding?
Read the question
carefully

3. • Don’t use words such as ‘Google’ or ‘Word’, instead say
‘Search Engine’ or ‘Word Processor’
• This exam is about where you get information from –
paper based as well as computer based
Exam Tips

4. • Reference books, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia
• Card Indexes, Dictionaries, Atlas
• Directories, Newspapers
Paper based Information

5. • USB Drives, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM
• Teletext & Ceefax, Viewdata
• Bulletin Boards, The Internet
• Intranets, The World Wide Web
• What hardware and software do you need to access the
above?
Computer based
Information

6. • There are ten main divisions: 000, 100, 200, …., 800,
900
• These divisions are then split into sub-divisions e.g. 500
Natural Sciences & Mathematics divides into:
• 510 Mathematics
• 520 Astronomy & Allied Sciences
• 530 Physics
• Etc
Dewey Decimal System

7. • If necessary these sub-classes can be further sub-divided
e.g.
• 520 Astronomy & Allied Sciences
• 523 Specific Celestial Bodes & Phenomena
• 523.1 The Universe
• 523.2 Solar System
Dewey Decimal System

8. • Locks on computer room doors
• Access to computer room by swipe card
• Voice recognition or finger print comparison to enter
room
• Use of ID Cards (with photographs)
• Locks on computers and/or keyboards
• Password protect files
• User rights – read only, read/write, no access
Keeping Information
Secure

9. • Use a list of contents
• Use a glossary
• Use an index
• Search catalogues
• Interpret information from graphs/charts
• Interpret information held in tables
Searching for Information (paper)

10. • Use a search engine
• Use lower case letters NOT CAPITALS
• Use quotation marks to get more accurate results
• Ask direct questions
• Use operators (and, or, not, =, -)
Searching for Information
(ICT)

11. • Radio
• Television
• Telephone
• Fax
• E-mail
• Networks – LAN- WAN
• VOIP
Methods of
communicating

12. • Processed fairly/lawfully
• Held for a specific purpose
• Adequate/relevant/not excessive
• Accurate
• Up to date
• Not kept longer than necessary
• Processed in accordance with the data subject’s
rights
• Kept securely
• Not transferred to countries without protection
Data Protection Act – Data must be

13. • This protects the work of authors, artists, composers as
well as software, from being copied or reproduced
without permission.
• Warnings are along the lines of ‘All rights reserved….’
• Check for the © symbol
• Check the symbol
Copyright

14. • Proof-read your work
• Keep back-up copies on another disk or location
• Save your work regularly using different and appropriate
filenames
• Keep information free from viruses
• Respect confidentiality
Standard ways of working

15. Good Luck