Chapter 10
Banking Applications
Chapter 10
Subtopic Questions
EFT 1,
Card Transaction 2,3
Cards 4,
Contactless 5,
NFC 6,
ATMs 7,8,9
Cheques 10,
Automatic Re-ordering 11,12
Internet Banking 13,14,15
Ch.10: Banking Applications Theory Classified
Banking Applications
1 Electronic fund transfer is a system that allows money transfer instructions to be sent
directly to a bank’s computer system.
(a) Explain what is meant by EFT
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(b) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using EFT technology.
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2 Many customers now use contactless payment and internet banking.
Describe the computer processing involved in using contactless bank cards to pay for
purchases.
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3 Ahmed had a meal in restaurant and decided to pay for it using his credit card.
(a) Describe the process of transaction of Ahmed’s money from his account to the
restaurant account assuming he is using a chip and pin card.
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(b) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using chip and pin card.
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4 A headteacher is considering setting up a card system for students to buy food in the school
canteen.
The headteacher is trying to decide whether to install a system that uses magnetic stripe card
readers or one that uses chip and PIN card readers.
Compare the use of magnetic stripe card readers with the use of chip and PIN card readers. Your
answer must include similarities and differences.
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5 A school is planning to introduce a contactless card system for pupils to pay for school
meals. Each card contains an amount of money which is topped up by parents. Parents
transfer amounts of money into the school system and pupils place the card close to a
reader to upload the money onto the card.
(a) Discuss the benefits and drawbacks, to the pupils, of using a contactless card system
rather than paying by cash.
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(b) The terminals in the school use electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS).
Describe the computer processing that takes place to pay for a meal at the EFTPOS
terminal using the card
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6 Pam entered a self-checkout supermarket where you pay for the products you want by
yourself. One of the payment options was NFC payment using smartphone.
The total price of all items is calculated and entered automatically at the terminal.
(a) Explain what is meant by NFC.
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(b) Explain how the smartphone can be used to make payments.
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(c) Describe the advantages of using NFC technology.
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7 Ted was shopping at a mall and he found out he is out of cash. He decided to withdraw
cash from an ATM.
(a) Describe the steps of withdrawing cash from an ATM.
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(b) State three other uses of ATMs
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(c) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using ATMs.
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8 Many Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) allow customers to print out mini statements of
their bank accounts.
Describe the inputs and processing involved in printing out a mini statement.
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9 Contactless debit cards are replacing standard debit cards. Some countries are
introducing contactless debit card transactions at ATM machines.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to the bank of using these cards at an ATM.
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10 Bank cheques are sometimes used to pay bills.
(a) Name four pieces of information that the bank’s computer may read from the bank
cheque.
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(b) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using bank cheques to pay money to
someone.
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11 Modern supermarkets have automated stock control systems, which use data from the
checkouts.
Describe how food items can be ordered by an automated stock control system so they
are delivered before the stock in the supermarket runs out.
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12 The retail industry uses point of sale (POS) systems.
(a) Discuss the benefits of using POS in the retail industry.
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(b) Describe the steps involved in automatic stock control when an item is sold at a
POS terminal.
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13 A customer is booking a seat on a theatre’s online booking system. The customer
reserves seats using the theatre’s website and a debit card. The website displays the
seats that are available and a database stores the customer details, the payment details
and the seat details.
When the customer enters their debit card details for a seat, the theatre’s computer
communicates with the bank’s computer.
Describe four checks that the bank’s computer will make on the customer’s bank
account.
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14 Internet banking is changing how we carry out banking transactions.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to the customers of the introduction of
internet banking.
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15 Many customers now use contactless payment and internet banking.
Fewer and fewer customers now use high street banks, preferring to bank online using
the internet.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of internet banking to the bank.
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