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Al -Ittihad School / International Programme

Scholastic Year 2023-2024


First Semester

Information and Communication Technology – 0417


IGCSE – Grade 10
Chapter 18: Data Manipulation Worksheet 1
Validation & Verification
Classified Past Papers Answer Key
Q1 June 2020 P11 Q4
(a) Question 1 Numeric: integer
Question 2 Date
Question 3 Boolean
Question 4 Text/alphanumeric

(b)

Two marks for four correct ticks


One mark for two or three correct ticks
Zero marks for one correct tick

(c) Gender = F AND Blood_group = A*


Gender – 1 mark
= F – 1 mark
AND –1 mark
= A* – 1 mark
use of wildcard – 1 mark
Blood_group – 1 mark

(d) Two from:


The age changes every year therefore it will need to be changed regularly and this is more time consuming.

The age of the donor can be easily and automatically calculated from their date of birth therefore improving
accuracy.

Data only needs to be entered once reducing errors.

(e) Length check

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Q2 June 2020 P12 Q1

a)

b) Six from:
Italic
Increase/decrease font size
Border
Tab
Bold
Superscript
Underline
Text highlighting

Q3 June 2019 P11 Q2

Q4 June 2017 P11 Q6

Length check
Range check
Type check/Character check
Format check/Picture check/Input Mask

Q5 June 2017 P13 Q8

a)

2
b)
Membership_number > 200 OR Expiry_date_of_membership < 01/01/2017
1 mark for Membership_number
1 mark for > 200
1 mark for OR
1 mark for Expiry_date_of_membership
1 mark for < 01/01/2017

c)
Benefits
Max five from:
• Membership details can be searched / sorted very quickly useful if there are hundreds of members
• Membership details can be easily edited by searching for a record then changing / adding / deleting
• The data in the database can be backed up easily therefore preserving the records
• creating an archive of past members
Far more secure than other methods can be password protected
Can be used as a source for mail merging
• saves re-writing the database
• Re-writing the data each time it is used would cause errors
• Re-writing the data each time it is used could take a lot of time
Drawbacks
Max five from:
• Need IT skills
• Need to have to correct software
• Can take up a lot of storage space / memory in the computer
• The software could be expensive to buy
• Training on how to use the software could be expensive for the club
One mark available for a reasoned conclusion

Q6

a. Numeric (Integer)
b. Alphanumeric
c. Boolean
d. Date

Q7

(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) Product type
(d) Mupe
(e) Bar code
(f) Range check: Checks that a value falls within the specified range.

Q8

3
Q9

Q10

Q11

Q12

Q13

(a) One mark for check, One mark for description from:

Range check
Number must be no lower than zero/no higher than highest number/158

Character/type check
Only digits can be entered – no other characters

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(b) Must be different to (a)
One mark for check, One mark for description from:

Boolean check
Data must be true or false/N or Y

Character/type check
Only alphabetic characters can be entered/no digits

Length check
Must be exactly one character

(c) Must be different to (a) and (b)


One mark for check, One mark for description from:

Format check
Data must be two digits followed by slash followed by two digits followed by slash followed by two digits

Character/type check
Only digits or slashes can be entered/no alphabetic or punctuation marks other than slash

Length check
Must have the same number of characters/be no more and no less than 8 characters

Q14

Q15

Three pairs from:

Length check
Checks there are exactly 16 characters

Character/type check
Checks all characters entered are digits

Check digit
Single digit calculated from other digits appended to these, computer carries out fresh calculation on digit
and compares answer with original check digit.

Existency check
Is the card number on the database

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Q16

Q17

Q18
(a) Four from:
Open/load database/select menu database tool
Select create relationships
Select/insert/drag tables A/Venue details and B/Concert details
Venue ID in table A/Venue details is selected as the primary key/key field
Location ID in table B/Concert details is selected as the foreign key
Venue ID and Location ID are linked
A one to many relationship is created

(b) Two from:


All records are stored in one place/table.
Easier to understand/comprehend
Easier to setup
Simple sorting/searching can be carried out.
Filters are easier to set up

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