CH 12: Automatic Identification & Data Capture

Which factor increases the cost in manual data collection?

• Automated systems

• Full-time attention of human worker

• Reduced errors

• Faster data entry

What happens during data decoding in AIDC?

• Alphanumeric characters are translated to machine-readable form

• Encoded data is read by a scanner

• Electrical signals are transformed into digital data

• Data is transmitted wirelessly

What is the sequence of steps in AIDC technologies?

• Encoding, scanning, decoding

• Scanning, encoding, decoding

• Decoding, encoding, scanning

• Encoding, decoding, scanning

What type of AIDC technology is used in machine vision?

• Optical

• Electromagnetic

• Magnetic

• Thermal

Which AIDC technology is associated with bar codes?

• Electromagnetic

• Optical

• Magnetic

• Thermal

Which of the following technologies is used for data capture in AIDC?

• Optical character recognition

• Thermal imaging

• Acoustic sensors

• Infrared scanning

What is a smart card?

• A card with a magnetic stripe

• A small plastic card embedded with microchips

• A card used for playing games

• A card with a holographic image

What technology uses voice recognition, fingerprint analysis, and retinal eye scans?

• Smart card

• Touch techniques

• Biometric

• Magnetic stripe

In a set of encoded data containing n characters, how is the expected number of errors calculated?

• SER multiplied by n

• FRR multiplied by n

• SER divided by n

• FRR divided by n

Which measure indicates the probability of a scanner reading a character as some other character?

• Substitution Error Rate

• First Read Rate

• Final Read Rate

• Fast Read Rate