Worksheet 6 Impacts of modern technologies

Learning Aim A Modern technologies

Name:..................................................................................................... Class: .......................

Task 1
Infrastructure
The impact of information technology can have positive and negative impacts on organisations.
For each of the impacts below, tick whether they are positive or negative.

Impact Positive Negative

Less paper is used

Employees can be contacted at any time which has an impact on their

mental health

When using software that is locally installed, it may work faster than if
it ran off the Internet

When using a cloud-based system, software and files can be

accessed from outside the office

Files stored on a cloud-based system won’t be accessible if the

Internet connection is lost

Mobile devices allow key people to be contactable in the event of an

emergency or crisis

Task 2
Computer security
It is now incredibly common for data breaches to occur in companies resulting in email
addresses and passwords becoming available to hackers.
(a) Enter your email address into the website below:
https://haveibeenpwned.com
(b) How many times has this email address been compromised?

(c) If your email account has been compromised choose one of the breaches and describe
it below. If it has not been compromised answer question (d).

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Learning Aim A Modern technologies

(d) Describe one of the breaches on the website below.

https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites

Part two
(e) Go to https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords. Put in a password which you used to
use, but don’t now currently use. Has this password ever been used by someone else
with a hacked account?

(f) If someone else has used a password that has been hacked, why should no-one now
use this password?

Task 3
It is common for companies to now employ people who work remotely from home.
(a) What are three technologies that have made this possible?

(b) If a student was unable to come into school due to an illness, discuss how modern
technologies could be used to help them to study at home.

Task 4

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Learning Aim A Modern technologies

Modern technology can have a number of negative affects on teenagers. These range from
reduced face to face interaction and outdoor experiences, to mental health problems such as
depression and self-harm.
(a) Find a newspaper or media article on a modern problem that teenagers experience as
a result of using social media or modern technology.

(b) Write down five key points about the problem.

(c) Give three recommendations that teenagers can do to reduce the risks of this problem.