Unit 1: Page 30: Uses and Implications of IT systems

Question 1

List the 7 types of IT systems.

Answer 1

• Stock control
• Data logging and analysis
• General office tasks
• Creative tasks
• Online advertising
• Manufacturing
• Security

Question 2

What are the Features/Benefits of Stock Control?

Answer 2

• Automatic stock reordering.
• Accurate stock levels recorded

Question 3

What are the Implications of Stock Control?

Answer 3

• Can be expensive and may require staff training.

Question 4

What are the Features/Benefits of Data logging and analysis?

Answer 4

• Highly accurate recordings.
• Doesn’t require humans to log data.
• Automatic processing of data and output in different formats.

Question 5

What are the Implications of Data logging and analysis?

Answer 5

• Requires persistent data connectivity to provide real time telemetry

Question 6

What are the Features/Benefits of General office tasks?

Answer 6

• Improves efficiency and quality, e.g. in reports.

Question 7

What are the Implications of General office tasks?-

Answer 7

• May require training of staff
• IT support teams needed to correct issues and maintain software.

Question 8

What are the Features/Benefits of Creative tasks?

Answer 8

• Makes it easier to edit film, music and artwork.
• Many ways of sharing creative work, e.g. video sharing websites.

Question 9

What are the Implications of Creative tasks?

Answer 9

• Files from creative tasks, such as film editing, require large storage capacities.
• Piracy concerns.

Question 10

What are the Features/Benefits of Online advertising?

Answer 10

• Allows very specific targeted marketing bases on users’ browsing habits.
• Very cost effective with a variety of payment methods, such as cost-per-click, cost-per-impression and cost-per-lead.

Question 11

What are the Implications of Online advertising?

Answer 11

• Difficult to choose the best site for your adverts from the huge choice.

Question 12

What are the Features/Benefits of Manufacturing?

Answer 12

• Improved efficiency - robots don’t take breaks or make mistakes.
• Hazardous tasks can be performed by machinery.

Question 13

What are the Implications of Manufacturing?

Answer 13

• Loss of jobs in manufacturing, and can be very expensive to implement.
• Cannot deal with exceptions easily.

Question 14

What are the Features/Benefits of Security?

Answer 14

• Includes technologies such as swipe cards and biometrics.
• CCTV monitoring and video technologies require fewer staff patrolling.

Question 15

What are the Implications of Security?

Answer 15

• Often expensive to implement these security systems due to the use of specialist hardware and often bespoke software solutions.
• Privacy concerns.