ITPEC FE Morning October 2019 Question 66

More chances to learn information literacy, and an environment that makes IT equipment and services easier to use — that closes the digital divide.

The digital divide is the gap between people, regions or countries that can use information technology and those that cannot, because of cost, missing infrastructure, age or lack of skills. It has two causes, access and ability, so closing it needs both: education in information literacy, and an environment (infrastructure, affordable services, accessible equipment) in which IT can actually be used.

Answer (b)

Why not others:

• •(a) — estimating IT investment, setting result targets and evaluating them in advance is IT investment management; it says nothing about who can use IT
• •(c) — cutting energy use through telecommuting and efficient equipment is Green IT, an environmental aim
• •(d) — tracking products and food from production to disposal with IC tags is traceability, a logistics and safety aim

Key rule: The digital divide is a gap in access to and skill with IT, so measures against it widen access and teach literacy.

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