BTEC DIT In Class Mini Assessment

A company that sells books has shops all over the UK. The company has a head office in Carlisle and a Disaster Recovery Policy. The policy includes the process for backing up its book sales data. One example of information that should be in the policy is a list of files and folders to be included in the backup. Which of the following two are examples of information to be included?

• The type of back up needed i.e. full or incremental

• A list of competitors

• A marketing strategy

• Location of the back up so the company knows where to recover the data from

A car insurance company sells policies to customers all over the UK. The company uses communication tools to manage its staff. One communication tool it uses is email. Which other communication tool might the car insurance company use?

• Social media which enables the company to create closed groups

• Leaflets that are posted to their customers

• Intranet to enable the company to share information with all the staff

• Newspaper articles to display the information

Anna works for an online estate agency. She travels to different places to meet with people who are selling their houses. She uses a company laptop to record the property details. She then uploads the property details to the company website using a mobile network. Anna often loses connection to the mobile network. What is one reason for this?

• Might be in a blackspot where mobile coverage is poor

• The laptop battery is low.

• The website is under maintenance.

• Limited data allowance so her network has stopped her connecting

Explain two possible drawbacks to Anna of working from home.

• Lack of social interaction and distractions at home

• Increased productivity and better work-life balance

• More time for personal projects and hobbies

• Access to better technology and resources

State two other benefits to Clare of using cloud storage.

• Increased security and automatic backups

• Limited access and high costs

• Requires constant internet connection and complex setup

• Incompatibility with most devices and software

• Synchronisation across devices

Maya has an online shop selling fair trade products. She collects personal data about her customers. There is legislation covering data protection. One of the data protection principles that Maya must follow is to protect the customers' personal data she has collected. Maya uses cloud storage to save all her data. The image shows the interface that she uses. It has been annotated to explain one of the features.

Explain two other features of the cloud storage interface.

• Upload icon so Maya can add her files

• Many can add colour to make it user friendly

• Search bar so Maya can locate items quickly

• Maya can add her profile picture

Which icon provides Maya with messages or updates?

• Notifications (icon)

• Closed Folder

• Add icon

• Download (icon)

What is one of the data protection principles that Maya must follow?

• Share customer data with partners

• Protect the customers' personal data

• Store data on local servers

• Use customer data for marketing

Andrea owns an indoor trampoline park. The park has recently lost data due to an employee accidentally deleting customer records. Andrea has now decided to back up her data using cloud storage. She will be using a service provider to store her data

Explain two benefits to the park of using a service provider for cloud storage.

• Increased data security and automatic backups.

• The data will be backed up at a different location which protects it if systems are damaged

• Limited storage capacity and manual updates.

• Reduced data accessibility and increased downtime.

What is one improvement suggested for the holiday search form to make it more user-friendly?

• Add more fields for additional information

• Make each text box an appropriate size for the input data

• Use a different font style

• Change the background color