Unit 2 · Information and Communication Technology

Tools of Information and Communication Technology

ScienceSubject
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1Which tools of information and communication technology do you use for different pieces of work in your own daily life? Find out about those tools and fill them into a table.
2Go with your guardian to the ATM branch of a nearby bank. Observe how money held in a bank account is taken out using an ATM card.
3Using a photocopy machine, take a photocopy of a picture on a sheet of A4 paper and present it in class.
4With your teacher's help, scan a document using a smartphone or the scanner in your school, and present it in class.
5Go to your school computer laboratory. Open a word file on the computer there, prepare your own bio-data, and print it with your teacher's help.
6Observe the television set-top box in your home, identify the parts on it, and make a named list of them.
7What is an ATM? Which services does it give to a customer?
8Separate the input devices of an ATM from the output devices and write the work of each.
9By which technology does a photocopy machine work, and what does it need in order to work?
10What is the difference between the work of a scanner and the work of a printer?
11What is a router? How many kinds are there, and on what principle does it work?
12What is Wi-Fi? What are the three parts through which its signal travels?
13Write down the work of a set-top box. How does the signal reach it?
14How is the speed of a printer measured?