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IGCSE O-Level Computer Coursebook: Chapter 2: Communications and Internet Technologies

This document contains sample questions and answers from an IGCSE O-Level Computer Coursebook chapter on communications and internet technologies. It defines a sensor as a device that detects changes in the environment and sends information to other computers. It provides examples of temperature, pressure, and semiconductor sensors that could increase safety in a nuclear plant. It also discusses drawbacks of motion sensors in security systems, such as not differentiating object size and using harmful radio frequencies, and ways to overcome these issues. The document describes how infrared sensors in remote controls work and how light sensors in barcode readers distinguish white and black areas to translate barcodes into numbers.

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IGCSE O-Level Computer Coursebook: Chapter 2: Communications and Internet Technologies

This document contains sample questions and answers from an IGCSE O-Level Computer Coursebook chapter on communications and internet technologies. It defines a sensor as a device that detects changes in the environment and sends information to other computers. It provides examples of temperature, pressure, and semiconductor sensors that could increase safety in a nuclear plant. It also discusses drawbacks of motion sensors in security systems, such as not differentiating object size and using harmful radio frequencies, and ways to overcome these issues. The document describes how infrared sensors in remote controls work and how light sensors in barcode readers distinguish white and black areas to translate barcodes into numbers.

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IGCSE O-Level Computer Coursebook

Chapter 2: Communications and Internet Technologies

Q.1 Define the term ‘sensor’.


Ans: A sensor is a device or module whose purpose is to detect events or changes in its
environment and send the information to other computers.
Q.2 Identify three different sensors that could be used to increase safety in a nuclear
plant and describe how they would do this.
Ans: Three sensors to increase safety in a nuclear plant are:
1. A temperature sensor to monitor the internal heat of the plant.
2. A pressure sensor to monitor the air pressure alongside other liquid pressure
throughout the plant.
3. A semiconductor sensor to make sure that no other harmful gases are present inside
the plant that could alter the nuclear production.
Q.3 Explain two drawbacks of using motion sensors in a security system and suggest
how they could be overcome.
Ans: Two drawbacks of using motion sensors in a security system are:
1. A motion sensor cannot differentiate between the size of objects, meaning that the
alarm will get triggered even if a small dust particle crosses the beam. To overcome
this situation, multiple sensors can be used to make sure the dimensions of the
intruding object.
2. Motion sensors use a high radio frequency to communicate between computers, this
harmful for other security guards and also other devices that use the same network
band. To overcome this situation, motion sensors need to be placed only where other
guards or devices are not in sight.
Q.4 Explain how the use of moisture sensors can improve farming.
Ans:
Q.5 Describe how an infrared sensor works.
Ans: An infrared sensor is a device that detects infrared radiation from another object.
Infrared sensors are mostly found in TVs or ACs where the main device contains the sensor
and the remote gives out the signals as infrared radiations. They can also be used in security
systems, where they can be placed in different areas to capture infrared radiation from a
person to trigger an alarm.
Q.6 Describe how a light sensor is used to read a barcode.
Ans: A barcode reader contains a light sensor to read the barcodes. When the reader is turned
on, the light sensor gives off and reflects light to and back from the barcode itself so that the
reader can distinguish between the white and black areas of a barcode and further translate it
to numbers for its desired use.

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