Unit 1 - Functions and use of digital devices

Question 1

Key Areas

Answer 1

Education and Training
Personal
Social
Retail
Organisational Use
Creative Tasks

Question 2

Education and Training

Answer 2

IWB
VLE
CBT
MOOC
Collaboration

Question 3

Education and Training - IWB

Answer 3

Interactive whiteboards
Connects to PC as input device
Enables access to wide range of features

Question 4

Education and Training - VLE

Answer 4

Virtual Learning Environment

E.g - uploading a resource for study

Question 5

Education and Training - CBT

Answer 5

Computer Based Training

Available on almost any subject

Question 6

Education and Training - MOOC

Answer 6

Massive Open Online Course
Offered to unlimited people
Self placed and certificated

Question 7

Education and Training - Collaboration

Answer 7

Provides opportunity

E.g - Cloud Docs

Question 8

Personal

Answer 8

Apps
Devices
VOIP
The Internet of Things
Entertainment

Question 9

Personal - Apps

Answer 9

Health
Heating
Lighting

Question 10

Personal - Devices

Answer 10

Phones
Watch
Bluetooth speaker/headphone

Question 11

Personal - VOIP

Answer 11

Voice Over Internet Protocols

E.g - Skype

Question 12

Personal - The Internet of Things

Answer 12

Network of physical devices and other items

Question 13

Social

Answer 13

Social media apps

Question 14

Social - Social media apps

Answer 14

Smartphones

Access to information at touch of button

Question 15

Retail

Answer 15

EFTPOS
Barcodes
RFID

Question 16

Retail - EFTPOS

Answer 16

Electronic funds transfer at point of sale

Used for transactions with credit and debit cards

Question 17

Retail - Barcodes

Answer 17

Pricing/purchase - update shop stock records

Tracking - automated system to ensure stock is ordered without human intervention

Question 18

RFID

Answer 18

Radio Frequency Identification
Contactless Payments:
Cards
Phones - Apple Pay, Android Pay

Tracking Stock:
Automatically from factory to store

Question 19

Organisational Use

Answer 19

Accounts
Sales
Stocktaking
Procurement - acquiring goods to sell
Design
Manufacturing and Consruction

Question 20

Organisational Use - Design

Answer 20

CAD

Question 21

Organisational Use - Manufacturing and Construction

Answer 21

CNC - Computer Numerically Controlled

Question 22

Creative Tasks

Answer 22

CGI
VR
Digital Cameras
3D Printing

Question 23

Creative Tasks - CGI

Answer 23

Computer Generated Imagery

Contributed to rapid global growth of software developers

Question 24

Creative Tasks - VR

Answer 24

Virtual Reality

Question 25

Creative Tasks - Digital Cameras

Answer 25

Do no cost anything to capture

Easily delete photos unsatisfied with - frees up memory on digital cameras and smartphones