Joyce Kubo is a Marketing Manager with Kay Ltd She intends to use her home computer to connect to the company's network in order to analyse...

      

Joyce Kubo is a Marketing Manager with Kay Ltd She intends to use her home computer to
connect to the company's network in order to analyse sales data but suspects that her home
computer might.be infected by computer viruses.
Required:
i) Illustrate any four unusual events that could alert Joyce Kubo of possible computer virus
infection.
ii) Suppose after completing her analysis, Joyce Kubo prepares her results in PDF file format
and posts them to the company's website.
Briefly explain two reasons why Joyce Kubo could prefer the PDF file format.
iii) Suppose Joyce Kubo intends to display her results using a presentation package.
Describe four precautions which Joyce Kubo should observe when putting text in
presentation.

  

Answers


Kavungya
i) Unusual events that could alert Joyce Kubo of possible computer virus infection
- New icons and files that she did not create
- Antivirus program becomes disabled.
- The computer runs slower than usual and disks and disk drive become inaccessible
- The computer stops responding or locks up frequently
- Double extension on recently opened documents ii) Reasons why Joyce Kubo prefers
PDF file format

ii) Reasons why Joyce Kubo prefers PDF file format
- Supports high levels of data encryption and security and provides an easy and secure
approach for data
- Preserves all visual element which have been created in another document such as word,
or excel document when saving as a PDF file
- Allows file compression from raw data file such as PowerPoint. It is useful in graphics
laden documents since PDF can achieve effective reduction.
- With the necessary software to read PDF file, PDF documents are portable and can be
easily accessed

iii) Precaution Joyce Kubo should observe when putting text in a presentation
- Ensure the presentation should be precise
- Make use of graphics and other visual styles
- Ensure the fonts are large and well visible
- Ensure information is well arranged in the slides and there is a flow of the information
being passed across
Kavungya answered the question on May 14, 2019 at 09:05


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