ITPEC FE Morning April 2018 Question 67

An economic or social gap caused by unequal ability and opportunity to use computers and networks — that is the digital divide.

The divide opens between people, regions or countries that can use information technology and those that cannot, whether because of cost, missing infrastructure, age or lack of skills. Those left out lose access to information, jobs and services, so a gap in IT use becomes an economic and social one. Promoting IT literacy and accessibility is aimed at closing it.

Answer (a)

Why not others:

• •(b) — communications and broadcasting that every citizen can use at reasonable charges regardless of region is universal service, a policy meant to prevent such a gap
• •(c) — citizens taking part directly in government policy through the Internet is e-democracy (electronic participation)
• •(d) — providing every service for a life event or a business field in one place is a one-stop service

Key rule: The digital divide is a gap in access to and skill with IT, and what makes it a problem is the economic and social inequality that follows.

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