Question 3
(a) (i) Define Information and Communication Technology
(ii) State three uses of Information and Communication Technology in the banking sector.
(b) State the full meaning of the following:
(i) LAN;
(ii) GPS;
(iii) IP.
The expected answers were:
3.(a)(i) Information and Communication Technology is the convergence and use of digital and communication technologies for the purpose of manipulating, transmitting, storing, accessing and retrieving information.
(ii) Three uses of ICT in the banking sector
Online banking e-receipt
e-payment e-statement
ATM card communication
Mobile banking Monitoring of daily activities
Data storage and retrieval Fund transfer
e-transact Sharing of resources
(b) LAN - Local Area Network
GPS - Global Positioning System
IP - Internet Protocol
The question was on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It was popular with the candidates but greeted with some inability to define ICT and stating correctly the acronyms . The candidates’ performance was reported to be average. |