(a) Match each type of ICT in Table 1 with its relevant 1. ICT Type communication sector. Satellite communication Radio Broadcasting Internet Data network G...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Computer Studies - 2014 (Essay) Subject: Computer Studies

Question 1 Report

(a) Match each type of ICT in Table 1 with its relevant 1.

ICT Type communication sector.
Satellite communication Radio
Broadcasting Internet
Data network GSM
Telecommunication video conferencing

(b) List three computing devices that belong to each of (i) 19th; and (ii) 20th century periods.

Answer Details

(a) Matching each ICT type with its relevant communication sector. The four sectors listed (Radio, Internet, GSM, video conferencing) belong to the ICT types as follows:

Reasoning: Broadcasting is the ICT used to transmit radio (and television) programmes; a data network carries traffic for the Internet; telecommunication covers voice/mobile telephony such as GSM; and satellite communication provides the long-distance links that make video conferencing possible.

ICT TypeCommunication sector
BroadcastingRadio
Data networkInternet
TelecommunicationGSM
Satellite communicationVideo conferencing

(b) Three computing devices for each period:

(i) 19th century (1800s):

  • Difference Engine (Charles Babbage)
  • Analytical Engine (Charles Babbage)
  • Hollerith's Tabulating Machine / punched-card machine (Herman Hollerith)

(ii) 20th century (1900s):

  • Harvard Mark I
  • ENIAC
  • UNIVAC (and the personal/desktop computer)

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