cameroon gce advanced level 2025 information processing 2

 

SHILOH BUSINESS PLC

Company Name: SHILOH BUSINESS PLC ¹

Address: P.O.Box 46, Garoua ²

Tel: 223-012-587/223-302-914 ³

Activity: IT Consultancy ⁴

Manager: Maurice Penda ⁵

our Post: Administrative Assistant ⁶

Your Duty: Information Processing ⁷

 

 

Question One: Reprography

Your company is preparing a 10-page brochure for a newly fabricated wrapper⁸. The brochure will be distributed to approximately 20,000 agents⁹. Each page contains a sample of the wrapper and other information¹⁰. You are asked to respond to the following questions:

• Work Required:
  • 1.1: Identify and define the branch of reprography used in this case¹¹.

    1.2: Explain the preparation of any two plates used in offset lithography¹².

     

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Question Two: Scanners

 

The business is having difficulty producing soft copies of graphics/images¹³. You are responsible for training junior colleagues on the digitization of print documents¹⁴.

• Work Required:
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    2.1: Define a scanner¹⁵.

     

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    2.2: State the three roles of a scanner¹⁶.

     

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    2.3: The scanner the company plans to buy will perform functions like copying, archiving, and research¹⁷. Briefly explain how these functions work¹⁸.

     

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    2.4: Based on a quotation, you need to provide a guide on the best scanner for SHILOH Business¹⁹. You must differentiate between the following types of scanners by considering their definition, function, advantages, and disadvantages²⁰:

     

    • Drum scanners ²¹

       

    • Flatbed scanners ²²

       

    • Handheld scanners ²³

       

    • Sheet-fed scanners ²⁴

       

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Question Three: Mail Room Equipment

 

You are to explain to your boss some of the mail and outgoing mail equipment used in the company²⁵.

 

• Work Required:
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    3.1: Classify the following mailroom equipment as incoming, outgoing, or incoming/outgoing²⁶:

     

    • Date/time stamping machine ²⁷

       

    • Mail tabber ²⁸

       

    • Mail scanner ²⁹

       

    • Scale ³⁰

       

    • Letter opening machine ³¹

       

    • Folding machine ³²

       

    • Signature machine ³³
    • Franking machine ³⁴
    • Trolley ³⁵
    • Sorting machine ³⁶
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    3.2: Elaborate on the procedure for treating outgoing mail and identify the equipment used at each stage³⁷.