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6 Automated and Emerging Technologies · 27 Q

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An automated teller machine (ATM) is a device where a person inserts their bank card and can request to withdraw money. The ATM also allows the person to check how much money they have in their bank account.

4 (a)(i) A sensor is used to detect when a person stands within 1 metre of the ATM. When a person is detected, a welcome message is displayed on the screen.

Identify an appropriate sensor for the ATM to use to detect a person.

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4 (a)(ii) Describe the role of the microprocessor in detecting the person.

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A search engine uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the most relevant web pages for the user.

6 (a) One characteristic of AI is the ability to learn.

Identify three other characteristics of AI.

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6 (b) The search engine uses machine learning.

Explain how machine learning is used by the search engine.

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8 (a) One characteristic of a robot is that it has a mechanical structure.

Give one other characteristic of a robot.

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8 (b) The robot has firmware.

State what is meant by firmware.

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8 (c) Interrupts are generated when the robot is operating in the factory.

Give two examples of interrupts that may be generated when the robot is in operation.

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8 (d) Give two advantages to the workers in the factory of using robots to move the car parts.

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8 (e) The robots have the ability to automatically adapt their own processes.

State the name of the ability described.

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A hospital has computers and technology that it uses when caring for its patients.

(a) One computer is an expert system that is used to help diagnose a patient's illness.

The doctor inputs the patient's symptoms into an interface and a diagnosis is output.

Describe how the expert system decides the diagnosis.

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(b) The hospital has a robot that is used to perform surgery. A doctor controls the robot from a different location to perform surgery on a patient.

(i) One feature of the robot is that it has electrical components.

Give two examples of the electrical components of a robot.

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(ii) Explain the advantages of using the robot to perform surgery.

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(iii) Explain one disadvantage of using the robot to perform surgery.

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(c) Patients use a web page to log into their account to pay for the treatment they have received in the hospital.

(i) The patient enters the uniform resource locator (URL) for the web page into their browser and the web page is requested and displayed.

Complete and annotate the diagram to show how the web page is requested for the patient.

Diagram for Q5(c)(i) - Web page request flow

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(ii) A patient is making a payment through a secure connection.

The secure connection is created using the secure socket layer (SSL) protocol.

Explain how a secure connection is created using the SSL protocol.

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6 A weather station uses automated systems to collect and analyse data about the weather. The automated system uses sensors.

(a) Give one other component that would be part of the automated system.

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(b) One sensor that is part of the automated system is a temperature sensor.

Give one other sensor that could be part of the automated system.

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(c) An alert is sent to an employee in the weather office if a temperature above 40°C is detected.

(i) Explain how a temperature above 40°C is detected for the alert.

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(ii) The data for the alert is sent using serial simplex data transmission.

Explain how the data is sent using serial simplex data transmission.

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(d) Give two advantages to the weather station employees of using an automated weather system.

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(e) Give one disadvantage to the weather station employees of using an automated weather system.

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(f) The automated weather system is upgraded and given machine learning capabilities.

(i) Machine learning is part of a branch of computer science.

Identify the name of this branch of computer science.

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(ii) Explain how the machine learning capabilities can be used to predict future weather.

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(b) Explain one benefit to the supermarket of using robots to deliver groceries to elderly customers.

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(c) Explain one drawback to the elderly customers of robots being used to deliver their groceries.

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(e) The robots have artificial intelligence (AI).

Give three ways the robots could make use of AI.

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