Section 6: ICT Applications

Question 1

What is one of the advantages of online booking systems when booking a flight?

Accepted Answer

Customer gets immediate feedback on the availability of seat

Question 2

Which is the odd sequence of instructions when withdrawing cash from an ATM?

Accepted Answer

PIN is checked to see if it is correct

Question 3

What is the main disadvantage of using paper surveys to handle a high number of applications?

Accepted Answer

Papers have to distrubited by someone

Question 4

What does VoIP stand for?

Accepted Answer

Voice over Internet Protocol

Question 5

Identify the advantage from this list concerning websites

Accepted Answer

It is much easier to update a website than to reprint

Question 6

Which is the odd one out on what goes on behind the scenes when withdrawing money from ATM

Accepted Answer

Customer puts card into ATM

Question 7

Which is the odd one out concerning banking applications?

Accepted Answer

Observing cash flow

Question 8

What is NOT a reason for why a member of the public may need to be tracked

Accepted Answer

someone taking their work seriously

Question 9

What does a Geographic information system (GIS) not allow computers systems to do?

Accepted Answer

remove incidents

Question 10

What is the main advantage using VoIP?

Accepted Answer

Works in real time using the internet

Question 11

How long does it normally take to clear a cheque?

Accepted Answer

three days

Question 12

What would be the main system that is used to handle school reports?

Accepted Answer

Database

Question 13

Does an Electronic funds transfer (EFT) actually transfer money?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What do cookies do?

Accepted Answer

Used to keep track of a persons buying habits online

Question 15

Identify the disadvantage from this list concerning websites

Accepted Answer

Possible for customer to go to undesirable websites

Question 16

What is contained in the chip as well as the magnetic strip of a credit card?

Accepted Answer

Information such as PIN

Question 17

What provides an advantage by offering world wide advertising capability with no need for paper

Accepted Answer

Website

Question 18

Does key-logging software monitor each key press on a users computer

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 19

Which is the odd one out on how 3D printers are used in producing medical aids

Accepted Answer

Creating books

Question 20

A paper survey is used to handle a number of applications, what device is used?

Accepted Answer

OCR, OMR

Question 21

Spot the odd one out for a GPS system used to determine the exact location of somebody in...

Accepted Answer

house

Question 22

An EPOS terminal incorporates a barcode reader which scans the barcode and retrieves the price

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

What is an advantage of online shopping and banking?

Accepted Answer

No longer a need to travel into town/mall

Question 24

What are the reasons why managers listen in to employees telephone calls?

Accepted Answer

can be used as a training tool, to improve the employees performance

Question 25

What happens after conversion with a digitial to analogue convertor (DAC) control used in pumps

Accepted Answer

Data is sent to a microprocessor where it is processed, Microprocessor simply reviews the data from the sensors

Question 26

What would be the main system that is used to handle a club or society records of its members

Accepted Answer

Database

Question 27

Barcodes are not the only way of tracking books borrowed from a library. Some use

Accepted Answer

Magnetic strip, RFID

Question 28

Why is an Analogue to Digital Covertor (ADC) used in measurement applications?

Accepted Answer

The microprocessor and computer can understand digital data

Question 29

Communication media refers 2 methods of delivering an receiving data/information using telecoms

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Which way is not used to send and receive information using telecommunications

Accepted Answer

broadband

Question 31

What is an disadvantage of online shopping and banking?

Accepted Answer

Only possible to see a picture of the goods

Section 6: ICT Applications

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Section 6: ICT Applications

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