IGCSE Information & Communication Technology Paper-1: Specimen Questions with Answers 30 - 30 of 46
Question 30
Appeared in Year: 2009
Question
MCQ▾Which of the following statements describe advantages of Fax?
Choices
Choice (4) | |
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a. | Documents can be very long. |
b. | Can be used as a legal document. |
c. | Very slow transmission rates. |
d. | Both b. and a. are correct |
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