The effects of using IT (health and safety) — IGCSE Information And Communication Technology (0983) questions by topic
Matching health issues to described causes such as prolonged keyboard typing, describing ways to reduce an electrocution risk from computer equipment, explaining how a parking sensor detects an obstacle, and weighing the positives and negatives of a microprocessor-controlled speed alert are typical of the 6 effects of using IT questions from 2023 to 2025, worth 3 to 6 marks.
State, describe and discuss are the only three command words tracked here, with discuss specifically expecting both benefits and drawbacks rather than one side alone. It is easy to list two ways of reducing a risk that are really the same idea twice, so answer the risk-reduction and sensor questions in full and use instant marking to check every point earns credit as a genuinely separate one.
May–June 2025, Paper 12
The use of computer equipment can lead to many different safety issues. For the following safety issue, describe three different ways of minimising the risk. Electrocution
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2024, Paper 12
Complete each of the following sentences which relate to health and safety issues when using ICT equipment. (a) Trailing leads in a computer room can cause…
Answer this question and get it marked →Vehicles can contain microprocessor controlled devices to improve transport safety. For example when a vehicle approaches a road speed sign the microprocessor sends an alert to…
Answer this question and get it marked →Cars can have sensors at the front and rear of the vehicle to detect obstacles. Describe how the sensor detects an obstacle and sends the data to the microprocessor when parking…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2024, Paper 11
(a) State three health problems that can be caused by entering data for a long period of time.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 12
State which health issue is most likely to occur from each description shown. Your answer must be different in each case. (a) typing on a keyboard for long periods of time
Answer this question and get it marked →Other IGCSE Information And Communication Technology topics
- Spreadsheets (38)
- Website authoring (25)
- Document production (22)
- Presentations (20)
- Data manipulation (databases) (16)
- Types and components of computer systems (9)
- ICT applications (8)
- Safety and security (8)
- Input and output devices (7)
- The systems life cycle (7)
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