Grade 12 Theory V — Mixed Review & Matching Columns

Question 1

Which best distinguishes a thin client from a fat client?

Question 2

Which South African law would most directly apply to a company mishandling customers' personal data?

Question 3

What is the main advantage of RAID mirroring, revisited at Grade 12 in a system design context?

Question 4

A business wants to reduce its data centre's environmental impact. Which is the best-aligned recommendation?

Question 5

What is the risk of using a public Wi-Fi hotspot without a VPN?

Question 6

Why is blockchain considered resistant to tampering?

Question 7

What does 'centralisation' mean in the context of distributed processing?

Question 8

Which factor would you weigh when recommending fibre over ADSL for a household?

Question 9

What is a key risk of storing highly sensitive company data exclusively in the cloud with no on-site backup?

Question 10

What discussion structure is recommended for a multi-mark 'implications of technology' question?

Question 11 — Match the columns

Match each Grade 12 concept in Column A to its correct description in Column B.

Question 12 — Match the columns

Match each performance-improvement technique in Column A to its main benefit in Column B.

Question 13

What is the relationship between 'big data' and business decision-making?

Question 14

Why might a company choose a hybrid processing approach over pure centralised or pure distributed processing?

Question 15

What is one genuine benefit AND one genuine drawback of autonomous vehicles, as expected in a balanced Grade 12 discussion?

Question 16

Which is the best-justified reason to recommend a VPN for a company with remote staff?

Question 17

What South African law would be most relevant if a company's website suffered a data breach exposing customer records?

Question 18

Why is 'diagnose before you recommend' considered the most important Grade 12 hardware exam skill?

Question 19

What does 'right to access' typically refer to in the access-vs-privacy tension?

Question 20

Which combination best demonstrates Grade 12-level critical evaluation of a new technology?