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(a) two reasons why patches may be required for an operating system.
(b) two methods that may be used to obtain patches.
An international company is in the process of moving its Head Office from Europe to Asia.
(a) two possible compatibility issues as a part of data migration.
(b) how a virtual private network (VPN) will allow employees who are in Europe to communicate with the Head Office in Asia.
(c) one social issue associated with this process.
An application package used in an office includes a word processor.
The office manager decides to buy and install new software and hardware.
The changeover to the new system can be achieved by either direct changeover or phased conversion.
The new software allows basic text summaries and analysis to help check text files, including functions such as calculating word frequency.
(a) how a spellchecker checks whether a word in a text file is correctly spelt or not.
(b) one problem that may arise from the installation of new hardware and software in the office.
(c) direct changeover and phased conversion.
(d) one way of testing this software.
The chief executives of the pharmaceutical company, Western Heights, decided to follow the lead of many major enterprises in embracing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy with its workforce.
This decision was taken after lengthy meetings with its security officers, many of whom expressed doubts about the wisdom of such a policy.
By including reference to the rationale behind this decision, both the security concerns that would have been expressed by the security officers and the measures that should now be taken in order to ensure the safety of the company's data taking into account this new policy.
An international bank continues to use a mainframe computer from the 1980s for its core transactions.
two problems that the bank may face by continuing to use this legacy system.
