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1 Computer controlled traffic lights are used to control traffic flow in major cities.
Identify three input devices which could be used and describe their use in such a system.
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2 Many major supermarkets now use a variety of monitoring technologies to check the work of their
employees.
Evaluate the use of technology to monitor employees in the workplace.
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3 Computers are often used for environmental monitoring applications such as pollution in rivers.
Evaluate, by weighing up the advantages and disadvantages, the use of computers rather than
humans in such scenarios.
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4 Chung and Fai both work at the Vacation Hotel. Chung told Fai that the hotel had just installed
a car park barrier system to prevent local shoppers from using the car park. He told her that the
manager had said that it was a computer-controlled system. Pressure sensors have not been
used and it is impossible for the barrier to lower itself on to a car.
Describe, in detail, how such a system would operate both for a guest arriving at the hotel and for
a guest leaving the hotel.
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5 Sensors are used in monitoring systems to measure physical variables. It is important that sensors
are calibrated before use.
(a) Describe, in detail, these sensors and give an appropriate use for each. Each use must be
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6 Describe the differences between one point calibration and two point calibration.
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