Cambridge Assessment International Education: Information and Communication Technology 0417/22 May/June 2019
Cambridge Assessment International Education: Information and Communication Technology 0417/22 May/June 2019
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examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.
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Teachers.
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Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2019 series for most
Cambridge IGCSE™, Cambridge International A and AS Level and Cambridge Pre-U components, and
some Cambridge O Level components.
This syllabus is regulated for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.
These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers.
They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors
for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles.
• the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question
• the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question
• the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts.
Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions).
• marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit
is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme,
referring to your Team Leader as appropriate
• marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do
• marks are not deducted for errors
• marks are not deducted for omissions
• answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these
features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The
meaning, however, should be unambiguous.
Rules must be applied consistently e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed
instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors.
Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question
(however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate
responses seen).
Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should
not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.
Merge Fields inserted – – placeholders and <> correctly replaced for all
«Title» | «First_name» | «Family_name» | «Road» | «Area» | «County» | «Postcode» correct
position and spacing maintained 1 mark
«Title» | «Family_name» | «Memb_code» spacing, punctuation and bold/underline retained 1 mark
«Duration» | «Theme» | «Month». | «Discount» spacing and punctuation retained 1 mark
Task 6 – Presentation
Slides imported (5), title and bullet layout, no text changes, blank slides,
or overlap of items, name inserted after Presented by: 1 mark
Master slide items (same position and consistent on all slides)
Name, centre no, candidate number/auto slide numbers only 1 mark
Threats slide – speaker notes added – correct position and accurate – 1 mark
Threats slide printed as presenter/speaker notes layout 1 mark
Step 3 – EVIDENCE 3
TC-subhead style
TC-subhead text style created, named correctly 1 mark
sans-serif, 16pt, bold, italic 1 mark
centre aligned, single line, 0pt space before, 6pt space after 1 mark
Step 4 – EVIDENCE 4
Step 5 – EVIDENCE 5
Style list
Includes TC-subtitle, TC-body, TC-table 1 mark
Step 19 – EVIDENCE 6 - Tawara Cruises is planning to publish the annual report data on its
company wiki. Evaluate the suitability of a wiki to share this type of data.
Disadvantages:
Anyone can edit, delete or modify the content
Could make data unreliable
Accessibility – computer/internet needed
Advantages
Allows the company report to be seen by many people
Saves distribution/printing/time costs
Eco-friendly
Recommendations
Should be presented in a non-editable format
Include a link to the published report on the company website
[3 marks]
Step 20 – EVIDENCE 7
Step 21 – EVIDENCE 8
Step 23 – EVIDENCE 9
Database formula for total passengers 1 mark
Step 29 – EVIDENCE 11
(a) Explain why styles are used:
− consistent format/layout
− to give a corporate image/brand recognition
− saves time editing/formatting (if a paragraph style is altered) [1 mark]
(b) Explain the purpose and limitations of spell check software:
Purpose: to identify potential data entry errors
to assist user to reduce errors [1 mark]
2 Limitations:
− only checks against words in its dictionary/may not recognise technical
names/abbreviations or words in another language/may not recognise proper
nouns/names
− spell checking does not ensure that correct spelling is used for context/does not
eliminate the need for proofreading
− could introduce new errors
− cannot check text in imported images [2 marks]
Step 32 – EVIDENCE 12