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You are a computer specialist. The local traffic department has requested you to assist with the online administration of traffic offences.

9.1 The traffic officers have to record traffic offences at the roadside and communicate them to the traffic department.

9.1.1 What communications technology is most likely to be used to connect to the internet in this case? Motivate your answer.

9.1.2 Barcodes are used on our licence disks.

9.1.3 State TWO advantages of scanning barcodes as opposed to manually writing information down.

9.1.4 Suggest a device that can be used to scan barcodes, other than barcode scanners.

9.1.5 Give the term used to describe data that can be collected from offenders to uniquely identify them based on their physical features.

9.2 The traffic officers would like to prevent traffic offenders from sharing information about speed traps and road blocks on social media.

9.2.1 State TWO ways in which traffic offenders can determine and share the location of a mobile speed camera after passing it.

9.2.2 State TWO ways in which people try to hide social media posts from the authorities.

9.2.3 While driving, your friend uses his smartphone to photograph people committing traffic offences with the aim of assisting the authorities.

Why could his good intentions get him into trouble?

You are a computer specialist - NSC Computer Application Technology - Question 9 - 2018 - Paper 2