Race results for recording system for a school sports day

How the system may works

There may be several terminals (computers) which are all connected together to form a network. In that network,
there may also be a printer which is shared across all the terminals. A network operating system may be used on
different terminals. The school may have hired a programmer to build a custom solution or may have bought an offthe-shelf software. Before the sport day, all data may be recorded in the system. The data may be entered into the
system manually through a keyboard by an operator. On the sports day, the results may be input into the system
and reports produced.
Requirements Specifications
The recording system will record race results. It has several requirements specifications. It should be able to record:
- different types of competitions (such as Marathon, Hurdles, Football)
- participants
- record results for different types of competitions (such as Marathon, Hurdles, Football)

Consider the 5 components of a computer system:

1. Input
2. Processing
3. Output
4. Storage
5. Communication
Input
1. What are the input devices required to enter data in the system ?
2. Describe a database structure for the system
3. Describe the use of a transaction file for this system
Processing
1. What types of processing can/needs to be done on data ?
2. Write an algorithm to sort names
3. Draw

Output
1. What types of Output is required from the system?
2. Describe the use of reports in such a system?
3. Give examples of some types of reports that can be produced from the system?
Storage
1. Where will the data be stored ?
Communication
1. Describe the importance of using networking in such a system
2. List some of the devices important for networking