Advantages of ICT

Question 1

Repetitive processing

Answer 1

• carrying out the same task to the same standard repeatedly

+ e.g. Processing the payroll run on a computer for a large organisation

Question 2

Data Storage Capacity

Answer 2

• Millions of records can be physically stored in a very small hard disc so reducing the need to buy or rent office space with many filing cabinets.
  + e.g. all the information about students in a large college will fit on one small hard drive

Question 3

Accuracy

Answer 3

• Calculations are carried out accurately(1), e.g. in a spreadsheet
  + If formula and data are correct then calculations will be correct

Question 4

Faster Searching

Answer 4

• Records can be found instantaneously
  + e.g. A company can find a sales transaction amongst its hundreds of thousands when a customer queries a delivery instantaneously

Question 5

Ability to product different data output

Answer 5

• Information can be produced in tabular
  or graphical format
  + e.g. a scientist producing a report will include data in a table and to make some of them easier to understand will produce some of them as graphs

Question 6

Ease of updating data

Answer 6

• Errors in data can be quickly changed without the need to retype everything
  + e.g. if someone changes their address the details can be altered quickly without having to re-write the whole record