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CDP Homework Quick Quiz 8
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1
A large hospital uses a computer system to help patients choose menu items.
Patients enter their choice on a mark sense card like the one shown below.
How will the data on the mark sense card be input to the computer system?
(1 point)
Resource 1
2
Give
two
advantages in using mark sense cards for data input.
(2 points)
3
Each patient uses a 4 - digit user identification number. The last digit is a
check digit
.
Why is the patient's identification number entered on the card?
(1 point)
4
What is the purpose of the check digit in the patient identification number?
(1 point)
5
The hospital computer contains lots of details on patients of a sensitive and private matter.
State
two
ways in which data held on the computer can be protected from unauthorised access.
(2 points)
6
The police notify the company that they have caught a group of people writing viruses.
(i). What legislation covers deliberate spreading of a computer virus?
(1 point)
7
Name
one
other illegal activity covered by that legislation.
(1 point)
8
Another current piece of legislation is the
Copyright, Design and Patents Act
. How does this Act protect the company?
(1 point)