IGCSE Information & Communication Technology Paper-1: Specimen Questions with Answers 30 - 30 of 46

Answer

d.

Explanation

The statements A and B describe the advantages of fax.

• The main advantage of using fax is it can be used as a legal document and therefore no other documents are required to make it a legal document.

• There is no size limit of documents in fax and therefore the documents can be very lengthy this is also an advantage of fax.

• Another advantage is reliability all that is needed to successfully send a fax is a fax machine and a recipient fax number.

• Fax ensures security, with email there is always a risk that accounts can be hacked and documents intercepted. There is less risk with a fax. Furthermore, there is no risk in receiving a fax, while receiving an email attachment there is potentially a risk of introducing viruses and harmful software to your computer.

• One among the disadvantage of using fax is slow transmission rate. Email have faster transmission rate.

• Another disadvantage is fax documents cannot be edited easily whereas emails can be downloaded and modified.

• Some other advantages are:

  • Convenience

  • Familiarity and ease of use

• Some other disadvantages are:

  • Not very good quality

  • Cannot send multimedia files

  • Won’t be received if line is busy/receiving fax machine switched off/out of paper

  • Wastes/expense of ink/paper

  • Cannot be certain if correct person has received it