INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

What to do this week…

1. Firstly, if you have not completed any of the S.A.T.s you MUST do
so BEFORE FRIDAY
 this is the absolute last date – nothing after this date will
be accepted.
 If you fail to complete all SATs, you will not pass I.T., and
your year will be wasted!

2. If you have been a good student and done all the work, then you
should study for the exam, which is next week:
 TUESDAY 20th NOVEMBER – 10:30am to 12:30pm

What you should study…

NETWORKS
Review your SAT paper
• Networks: LANs, WANs, client/server, peer-to-peer
• Transmission media (UTP, coaxial, fibre optic, wireless)
• Network Topologies (Bus, Star, Ring)
• Different hardware (like Routers, Hubs, Bridges, NIC) & software
(like NOS) used in a network
• Protocols (eg FTP, TCP/IP)
• Network Security (eg. Encryption, use of passwords, firewalls)
• Being able to design a network (or label a diagram)

SOLVING AN INFORMATION PROBLEM

• What is data?
• What is information?
• What are the 9 steps of Information Processing (and what do they
mean)
• What are the 7 steps of problem solving (and what is involved for
Analyse, Design, Develop, Test)
• What are formats? (give examples)
• What are conventions? (give examples)
• Be able to draw a GANTT chart
• Be able to draw a PERT chart
• Be able to draw a layout diagram
• Be familiar with the basic features of PowerPoint
GOOD LUCK!!!