1. Exam Questions
8.A large company with 200 employees uses a local area network (LAN) which includes all the computers in its head office.
Describe the security measures and network policies which can be used to safeguard the security and privacy of the company’s data on the network. The quality of written communication will be assessed in your answer to this question. [6]

2. Candidates should be able to:
Explain the advantages of networking stand- alone into a local area network
Describe the hardware needed to connect stand-alone computers into a LAN, including hub\switches, wireless access points
Explain the different roles of computers in a client server and peer-to-peer network
Describe, using diagrams or otherwise, the ring, bus and star network topologies
Describe the differences between a LAN and WAN such as the internet
Explain the term IP addressing, MAC addressing, packet and protocols
Explain the need for security measures in networks, such as user access levels, suitable passwords and encryption techniques
Describe and justify network policies such as acceptable use, disaster recovery, failover, back up and archiving

3. Paired task Left hand side to research topic 1
Right hand side to research topic 2

4. Research Task (1) Explain the need for security measures in networks:
such as user access levels,
suitable passwords and
encryption techniques

5. Research Task (2) Describe and justify network policies such as
acceptable use,
disaster recovery,
failover,
back up and
archiving

6. Trade information
1 person from each pair go over to the other side of the room
Expert to teach you about their topic
You should make notes & ask questions
Return to your group and teach your original partner – they make notes.

7. Exam Questions
8.A large company with 200 employees uses a local area network (LAN) which includes all the computers in its head office.
Describe the security measures and network policies which can be used to safeguard the security and privacy of the company’s data on the network. The quality of written communication will be assessed in your answer to this question. [6]

8. Mark Scheme
Swap papers and mark partners work.
Scores??

9. Grades
A – 6
B – 5
C – 4
D – 3
E - 2

10. Quiz time Go to www.teach-ict.com Have a go at the following quizzes:
Communication Networks:
Computer Networks
Network Topologies
Network Hardware

11. Homework\Extension Task
Networks test next Wednesday.
Revise all Networks notes
Phone calls home if you score below your Target Grade

12. EXTENSION 2 http://www.cambridgegcsecomputing.org
Read and watch videos and activities (54-57)
Make notes in Powerpoint on all topics (54- 57)