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Which of the following 2, are the benefits of using whiteboards in education?
Notes taken on the board can be saved to a central location that can be accessed by students to use outside of the classroom.
It allows teachers to mark student work so students can access their feedback from home.
You can easily & neatly edit the notes taken and bring in content from other software applications.
Presentations & worksheets can be uploaded to it so they can be accessed from home.
Steven wants a change in his career. He has decided to retrain as a games developer but can’t find a course nearby to study this. What use of digital devices in education would help Steven?
VoIP
Online Learning Sites
Virtual Learning Environments
Whiteboards
Haleema is looking into using a VLE in the evening course she teaches. Which of the following is a benefit a VLE would offer to her students?
Haleema can access and mark her students work from wherever she is online.
Notes can be easily & neatly edited and content brought in from other software.
Lesson resources can be accessed from home in order to revise & to help with homework.
Courses can be accessed that are not taught in the students area.
Which of the following is NOT a personal use of digital devices?
Online Banking
Entertainment
Home Appliances
Social Networking
Jim is able to control his central heating system from his smartphone. What term do we use to describe the use of digital devices like this?
Unilateral Computing
Ubiquitous Computing
Obiquitous Computing
Omnilateral Computing
One of the biggest uses of digital devices is for entertainment. We now access things like tv, films & music over the internet thanks to digital devices. What is a drawback of this?
It is much more expensive than buying cds and dvds.
It is much slower than going to the shops and buying cds and dvds.
People are illegally downloading music, tv & films for free over the internet.
It has lead to a smaller choice of music, tv & film.
Susan is going travelling and wants an easy way to keep in touch with all her friends and family. She wants to be able to share pictures & regular updates of her progress. What use of digital devices should she use?
Social Networking
Instant Messaging
VoIP
VLEs
VoIP has replaced traditional phone calls in many cases. What 2 benefits does VoIP have over traditional telephone calls?
You can use video along with your voice so you can see the people you're speaking to.
It's much faster than traditional telephone calls.
It's often much cheaper, especially when phoning someone in another country.
You can leave voice mail messages so the person you're calling can respond to you at a later time.
A large supermarket uses an EPOS system to input product detail and take payments. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using EPOS?
It reduces queue time for customers and reduces the staff required.
It makes it easier to track stock levels and reorder stock.
You can sell your products to a worldwide audience.
You can use electronic payment methods like chip & pin card payment.
The supermarket is also using digital devices for stock management. What is the benefit to the supermarket of this?
It reduces queue time for customers and reduces the staff required.
They are less likely to run out of stock or order too much.
They can sell their products 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
They can sell their products to a worldwide audience.
A small sporting goods store is thinking of setting up its own online retail website. Which of the following 2 are benefits of the store doing this?
They can sell their products 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
They can sell to a worldwide audience.
They can reduce queuing time for customers.
They can take electronic payment methods like chip & pin card payment.
Rahul is a sales rep for a large drinks company. He meets with the managers of retail stores across the country on a regular basis. He is thinking of starting to use video conferencing to do this. What benefit will this offer him?
This will reduce the number of administrative staff his drinks company employs.
He can have a conversation with both voice and video.
He will save time & money involved with traveling to meet with the retail store managers.
There is no benefit to using video conferencing over meeting in person.
Which of the following is an example of using digital devices for administrative tasks?
Using spreadsheet software to track a business's finances.
Using CAD software to design a product.
Creating 3D graphics for a video game.
Using chip & pin at an EPOS till.
Safwaan is a photographer who gets paid to photograph special events like weddings. He uses a digital camera for this. Why might Safwaan use a digital camera?
Digital cameras are cheaper to purchase than film cameras.
He can edit the pictures he takes using his computer to remove issues like red-eye.
Pictures taken on a digital camera are of better quality than film cameras.
All of the above.
Computer-Aided Design software is used in the car manufacturing industry to design cars and car parts. What are the 2 benefits of this?
Designs produced in CAD software can be automatically produced using CAM controlled machinery.
Designing in CAD software requires less training than pen & paper.
Designing in CAD software is cheaper than pen & paper.
Designs produced in CAD software can be easily edited if mistakes are identified.
One of the reasons 3D modelling is being used instead of traditional practical effects is because changes can be more easily made.
True
False
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