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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/12

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Paper 1 Theory February/March 2022

2 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 A tablet computer consists of both hardware and software.

(a) Define the term hardware.

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(b) One input device used on a tablet computer is a touch screen.

Name two other input devices built into a tablet computer.

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bank card bar code laser printer

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3 The internal memory of a computer consists of both ROM and RAM.

(a) Describe the terms ROM and RAM.

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(b) Modern laptop computers use Solid State Drives (SSD) rather than Hard Disk Drives (HDD).

State three advantages of using SSDs rather than HDDs in a laptop computer.

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4 Tick (✓) whether the following statements refer to control, measurement or modelling systems.

Only tick (✓) one answer for each statement.

control measurement modelling

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Maintaining the growing conditions in a
glasshouse

Aircraft flight simulation

Monitoring the pollution in a river

Using what-ifs

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5 The World Wide Web (WWW) is often mistaken for the internet.

(a) Explain the differences between the WWW and the internet.

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(b) The web address for Cambridge IGCSE is:

https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/IGCSE

Describe the following parts of the web address.

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6 Global Positioning Systems (GPS) are used for many different applications.

(a) Describe how GPS is used by a smartphone to pinpoint its location.

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(b) Give three other examples of the use of GPS.

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7 Tawara School is presenting a concert. For previous concerts the booking of tickets was carried
out manually using pen and paper.

For this concert they are going to use an online booking system.

(a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Tawara School using an online booking system
rather than the manual system.

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(c) Explain, giving reasons, why your answer to part (b) is the most appropriate method of
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8 Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using a smartphone rather than a laptop computer
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9 The introduction of computers into the work place has affected job patterns.

(a) Explain what is meant by part-time working.

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(c) Employees working in an office use computers for prolonged periods of time.

Describe three items that an employee should be provided with to help reduce the health
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(d) The office must be a safe working environment.

State two physical safety issues that might exist from the introduction of computers.

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10 A touch screen is both an input device and an output device. Touch screens are used on many
devices. A tablet computer uses a touch screen.

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using a touch screen rather than a monitor and
keyboard for the tablet computer.

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11 When creating an ICT solution, the legal, moral, ethical and cultural implications have to be
considered.

Choose the most appropriate implication that matches the descriptions given below.

(a) Ensuring that copyright laws have been followed.

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(b) Not giving information about the ICT solution to another company.

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12 The manager of a car garage has asked a systems analyst to create a new database system for
the checking of cars making sure they are safe to drive. The checking of cars is known as a service.

Each car has a unique licence plate.

The cars can either be powered by electric or petrol.

Cars are serviced every 10000 km, for example 10000 km, 20000 km.

The minimum cost of the service is 1500 rupees and the maximum is 5000 rupees depending on
the model of car.

Different models of car are serviced.

The date of the service is agreed.

(a) Complete this table, filling in the field names and the most appropriate data types to create
the database using the information given above. For any numeric field, specify the type of
number.

Field name Data type

Vehicle_licence_plate

Powered_by

Numeric:integer

Cost_of_service

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(b) The systems analyst is planning to create a relational database.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of creating a relational database rather than a flat
file database.

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(c) For each of the fields shown, name and describe one validation check that could be used on
the data. Your answers must be different in each case.

(i) Vehicle_licence_plate

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13 A family has a number of different devices connected to the internet.

(a) Identify three items of computer hardware that may need to be purchased in order to set up
a computer network so the devices can use the internet.

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(b) Arjun is a member of the family. He uses the internet to carry out research and send work to
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(d) Arjun can log directly into his office system from his home computer. The office system only
requires users to enter their user id and a password.

(i) Explain why this is not very secure.

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Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable
effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will
be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment
International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at
www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/12

*8667658371*

Paper 1 Theory May/June 2022

2 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 16 pages.

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1 Circle two input devices.

Digital
3D printer Actuator CD ROM
camera

Keyboard Linker Monitor Speaker

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2 A computer-controlled glasshouse is used to grow plants.

Identify two output devices used in this glasshouse.

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3 Network devices are used in computer systems.

Complete each sentence by identifying the most appropriate network device.

(a) The network device that is used to transmit the data along an analogue telephone line is a

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(b) The network device that connects a LAN to a WAN is a

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(c) The network device that allows data to be directed to a specific computer on a LAN is a

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4 Many word processing packages have a number of formatting features.

The paragraph below shows some of the formatting features that can be used.

(a) Write down four of the formatting features that have been used in the paragraph shown.

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(b) The logo for the Summer Steam Festival is shown and labelled A. The organisers of the event
are planning to create a second logo for all their correspondence. This is shown and labelled B.

Summer
Steam Festival Summer
2022 Steam Festival
2022

A B

Describe the steps that have been used to transform logo A into logo B.

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5 A library is considering the way it issues books. The librarians are planning to use RFID rather than
bar codes.

Describe the advantages of using RFID rather than bar codes.

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6 Laptop computers use Solid State Drives (SSD) rather than Hard Disc Drives (HDD).

Describe two disadvantages of using an SSD rather than an HDD in a laptop computer.

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7 A patient has an injury and the doctor treating him needs to find out information about the patient.
Most of the data he needs to collect is personal data.

The data collected is protected by data protection legislation. Most data protection acts include the
principle that data should be kept confidential and secure.

(a) List four other principles of a typical data protection act.

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(c) Explain why personal data should be kept confidential and secure.

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8 Uniform Resource Locators (URL) are used to locate websites and resources. A teacher needs to
find a teaching guide from Cambridge Assessment International Education. To download the
teaching guide she types in:

(a) Write down only the part of the URL which shows the file name of the teaching guide.

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(b) Write down only the part of the URL which is the folder where the teaching guide is stored.

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(c) Write down only the part of the URL which is the domain name.

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9 A student is creating a spreadsheet of airports for a project.

The formula in G2 is:

=VLOOKUP(F2,A2:B9,2,0)

(a) Explain, in detail, what the formula in G2 does.

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(b) Before the spreadsheet can be used, data needs to be entered to test the spreadsheet.

There are three types of test data: normal, abnormal and extreme.

Explain what is meant by these three types of test data.

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(c) Explain, using examples, the differences between a function and a formula.

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(d) The completed file could have been created using a database.

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10 The prolonged use of computers can cause several health problems particularly when sitting down
and using monitors.

Discuss the strategies that you have developed to minimise health risks which only relate to sitting
down and using a monitor.

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11 A car manufacturing company uses computer-controlled robots to manufacture its cars.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to the company of using computer-controlled robots
rather than using humans to manufacture the cars.

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12 Different methods can be used to analyse a system.

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of analysing a system by observing staff rather than looking
at the current systems documentation.

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13 A librarian in a college department library is entering data into a student borrowers’ file. As the data
is entered it needs to be verified.

(a) Describe the two types of verification.

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(b) Explain, using examples, why it is necessary to carry out validation as well as verification for
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14 Spam is associated with ICT systems.

(a) Explain what is meant by the term spam.

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(b) Describe the ways that a user can recognise spam and methods to help prevent it.

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15 (a) Explain what is meant by cloud storage and how it is used.

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16 A company uses corporate house style within the headers and footers in its documents.

(a) Explain what is meant by corporate house style.

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Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable
effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will
be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment
International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at
www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

© UCLES 2022 06_0417_12_2022_1.15

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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/13

*2949337011*

Paper 1 Theory May/June 2022

2 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Circle two storage devices.

Digital DVD RAM

Bridge Linker
camera Drive

Memory
Mouse Printer Spreadsheet
stick

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2 Name an appropriate validation routine for each statement. Each answer must be different.

(a) The last digit in a code used to ensure the other digits have been entered correctly.

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(b) This validation routine ensures a password is always 8 characters.

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(c) This validation routine ensures data has been entered into a field.

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(d) This validation routine ensures that a date is entered as DD/MM/YYYY.

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4 Computers can store data in the cloud rather than using storage devices in the computer.

(a) Describe three benefits of storing data in the cloud.

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5 The manager of a cinema has purchased a new booking system. There are 26 rows in the cinema
with 20 seats on a row. Each seat is identified by a unique ID. The seat ID consists of the row letter
followed by the position of the seat on the row. An example of the seat on row F position 12 would
be F12.

He is setting up a test plan to test the system.

(a) Write down one example of each of the following types of test data. The answers must be
different in each case.

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(b) When a ticket is produced for the new system it contains a QR code.

Here is an example of a QR code.

Describe the benefits of using a QR code.

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6 Eye strain is one of the health issues associated with using computers.

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7 Tawara Stores has realised that the number of people shopping for food online has increased over
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(a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to the customer of shopping for food online.

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(b) Tawara Stores are also aware that many current websites do not cater for older people. They
intend to create a version of their website for this audience.

Describe the features of this website to meet the needs of an older audience, giving reasons
for your choice of features.

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8 Tawara Hotel uses magnetic stripe cards to allow guests access to their bedrooms. The hotel is
changing the electronic lock it uses on its bedroom doors so the lock can work with RFID cards.

Compare the use of magnetic stripe cards and RFID cards for key entry. Your answer must include
similarities and differences.

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9 The Internet of Things (IoT) allows devices as well as computers to connect to the internet using
a router. Each device uses an IP address.

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10 Both the internet and the intranet are used for communication.

(a) Define the terms internet and intranet.

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11 An image has been taken of a bird watcher and a bird. The original image has been saved as a
jpg file type. You have been asked to remove parts of the image to just show the bird and to save
it as a png file type to become the new image.

Original image

New image

(a) Explain the steps needed to change the original image to the new image.

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(b) Explain the differences between a jpg and a png file type.

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12 The protection of personal data is important as many transactions are carried out online.

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(b) Controlling the freedom of speech is part of policing the internet.

Discuss whether the internet should be policed or not.

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13 In a college library if a book is not available students can reserve the book. When the book becomes
available the librarian needs to inform the student. He does this by typing a letter and printing it.
He has a database of students and has decided that in future he will use mail merge to produce
the letters.

Give four advantages of using mail merge instead of typing out the letter each time.

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14 People can manage their banking transactions using the internet. However, if the internet signal is
poor telephone banking can be used.

A person wishes to use telephone banking without speaking to an operator to transfer money from
one bank account to another.

Describe the steps needed to do this.

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/11

*6189791534*

Paper 1 Theory May/June 2022

2 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

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1 Circle two network devices.

Actuator Bridge Database DVD

Hub Linker Monitor Printer

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2 Complete each sentence using the most appropriate item from the list. Your answers must be
different in each case.

ADC an applet hardware HDD

a router a sensor software SSD

(a) The physical components of a computer are called

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(b) Programs and data are examples of

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(d) An input device used in measurement applications is called

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4 Many laptop computers use the cloud to store data. A technician has produced a report on his
laptop computer but has stored the report on a memory stick rather than storing it on the cloud.

Describe two advantages of using a memory stick rather than the cloud to store data.

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5 Many bank cards now use contactless technology.

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using these cards rather than cards that use chip
and PIN.

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6 Stylesheets are used in web pages.

(a) Explain the term stylesheets when used in web pages.

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7 Two types of database are relational and flat file.

(a) Compare and contrast relational databases and flat file databases. Your answer must include
similarities and differences.

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8 When using computers people can suffer from Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).

(a) Describe the term RSI. Include in your answer the causes of RSI.

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9 Martin, who is a teacher, is creating a multimedia presentation to explain a topic to his students.

(a) He produces a master slide.

Write down four objects he could include in the master slide.

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(b) Martin wants to record a message for his students. His voice will be added to the presentation.
He will also need to listen to his voice to make sure the sound is of good quality.

Name two devices that he will need.

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(c) Martin will need to use software to create different types of content before including them in
the presentation.

Name two types of software that he might use and for each one, write down what he would
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10 A river authority is concerned about levels of pollution in a major river. The quality of the water in
the river needs to be monitored using sensors.

(a) Name three sensors that could be used to measure the pollution in the river.

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(b) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using computers to measure the pollution in
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11 A system can be analysed using different methods.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of analysing a system by interviewing staff rather than
using questionnaires.

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12 Many company computer network systems use WiFi as a communication system to help prevent
the issue of tripping over trailing cables.

(a) For each of the following physical safety issues describe two ways of helping to prevent them.

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A common use of home computers is online gaming.

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(c) In order to log onto online gaming a user ID and password is needed.

Explain what is meant by a user ID and password and why they are needed.

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13 (a) Explain the need for copyright legislation when data is published on the internet.

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(c) Emails are used by people to communicate with each other. Copyright and using acceptable
language in the email are two of the constraints that affect the use of email.

(i) Describe four other constraints that may affect the use of email.

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14 The manager of a medical centre keeps the doctor’s stock records in a database. The stock for
any item is not allowed to fall below 15 items and the manager keeps a maximum of 100 items in
stock.

The table shows examples of the stock.

Name_of_item Serial_number Number_in_stock Name_of_supplier Shelf_number

Medihoney 3081043612211 15 Capimed 0126

Sodium fusidate 1437210227870 60 Brooks Medical 0112

Crepe bandage 2541233164353 100 Capimed 0064

Crepe bandage 2834954736849 89 Cams Meds 0064

As data is entered it needs to be verified and validated.

(a) Explain why verification is carried out.

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(b) Write down the field name from the table that would be the most appropriate for each of these
validation checks. Each answer must be different.

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15 A customer is booking a seat on a theatre’s online booking system. The customer reserves seats
using the theatre’s website and a debit card. The website displays the seats that are available and
a database stores the customer details, the payment details and the seat details.

When the customer enters their debit card details for a seat, the theatre’s computer communicates
with the bank’s computer.

(a) Describe four checks that the bank’s computer will make on the customer’s bank account.

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be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment
International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at
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Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/13

*0243543375*

Paper 1 Theory October/November 2022

2 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Complete the following sentences using the most appropriate words from the list.

centred a footer a gutter a header indented

justified landscape an orphan portrait a widow

(a) The orientation of a page that is taller than it is wide is called

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(b) An area at the bottom of a page is called

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(c) The first line of a paragraph that appears as the last line of the previous page is called

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2 A computer controlled glasshouse is used to grow plants.

State three sensors that could be used in the glasshouse.

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bullets images numbers photographs

sound tables text video

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4 A person contacts an online medical website that uses an expert system to allow users to
self-diagnose illnesses.

(a) Write down the component within the expert system that matches the definition given.

(i) This component contains a database of facts.

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(ii) This component carries out the reasoning of the expert system.

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(iii) This component allows the person to interact with the system.

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(b) Describe how an expert system is used to diagnose an illness.

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5 A restaurant uses a number of different types of software. These include control, measurement,
spreadsheet and word processing software.

(a) Tick (✓) the most appropriate piece of software to carry out the tasks shown.

Word
Control Measurement Spreadsheet processing
(✓) (✓) (✓) (✓)

Producing menus for the restaurant

Calculating the cost of each of the

meals

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when the room gets too hot

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The restaurant owner is planning to upgrade the software used to book reservations. He has
employed a systems analyst who is analysing the current system. The systems analyst can either
send out questionnaires for staff to answer or observe staff working with the current system.

(b) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using questionnaires that staff answer rather
than observing staff to gather information about the current system.

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6 A web page can contain images saved as png or gif file types.

(a) State what is meant by png and gif file types.

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7 A school librarian is setting up a database of all the revision books he has in stock. The school
library sells revision books to students. The books range in value from $1 to $10 and are available
either in electronic book type (E) or physical book type (P).

(a) The librarian is planning to set up a number of different types of validation rule for the fields
to check data entry. Write down the most appropriate field name from the table that could be
used with each of the validation rules. Your answers must be different in each case.

Name_of_book Department ISBN Book_type Cost

Modern History HIS 0140621393432 P $5.20

GCSE ICT ICT 0006132237 E $1

A Level Calculus MAT 0006153516 E $1

Human Biology SCI 0006511376 E $2.30

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The librarian needs to set up a primary key field.

(b) Write down the most appropriate field name from the table that could be used as a primary
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Most of the revision books are available in electronic book type as digital versions of the printed
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(c) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of using the digital versions.

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8 An organisation has changed the way in which members of staff can enter the building. Previously
they typed in a four-digit code on a key pad; now they use a device that reads a handprint.

(a) Discuss the effectiveness of using a handprint to enter the building rather than keying in a
code.

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9 The use of email has replaced many forms of communication.

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10 (a) For each of the following types of backing storage give one example of its associated media.
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11 A student is carrying out some research for school.

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12 The internet contains three web development layers. One layer is the content layer. This layer is
used to enter the content of a web page structure.

(a) Name and describe the other two web development layers.

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13 A teacher is concerned that students are playing online computer games at home without considering
eSafety. The teacher is going to create a set of rules that he feels they should be following.

Write down a list of eSafety rules that he could include.

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15 An employee is carrying out work for her company at home. The work she is doing is confidential.
She has been advised by her company to use encryption. She wishes to transfer some of this work
to the office.

(a) Discuss two different methods she could use to transfer this work to the office. Include in your
answer the advantages and disadvantages of each method.

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(c) Tick (✓) the most appropriate working pattern to match the following statements.

Compressed Flexible Job Part-time

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/12

*5122596074*

Paper 1 Theory October/November 2022

2 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

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1 Complete the following sentences using the most appropriate words from this list of word processing
terms.

bullet centred gutter hanging header

justified landscape orphan portrait widow

(a) The orientation of a page that is wider than it is high is called

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(b) A symbol placed in front of each item in a list is called a

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(c) The indentation of a paragraph where all the lines except the first are indented is called

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(d) The last line of a paragraph that appears as the first line of the next page is called a

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2 Database, presentation, spreadsheet and word processing software are used by a medical centre.

Tick (✓) the most appropriate piece of software to carry out the tasks shown.

database presentation spreadsheet word processing

(✓) (✓) (✓) (✓)
Producing a letter to send out to
patients

Creating graphs to show

numbers of people attending the
medical centre

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3 Smartphones use a Graphical User Interface (GUI).

(a) Give three benefits of using a GUI.

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4 Workers in an office log onto the office computer network using a password.

(a) Aaron is using his name as his password.

Give two reasons why this is not a good idea.

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(b) One method that hackers use to find people’s passwords is to install key-logging spyware onto
computers.

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has been installed on a computer.

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5 The secretary of a sports club is setting up a database of members to replace the current manual
system. He will need to create a database structure.

(a) Describe the steps involved in setting up and testing the database structure before it can be
used in the new system.

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When the new system is completed it needs to be implemented. The secretary of the sports club
can implement it using direct changeover or parallel running.

(b) Describe the term parallel running, giving one benefit and one drawback of using this method
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6 In June 2000 the London Millennium Bridge opened to the public but closed shortly afterwards for
repairs. The bridge was swaying as people walked across it. Before bridges are built, computer
models are produced and the models are tested.

Explain why computer models are used before building a bridge.

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7 A club has many members. The secretary of the club wants to keep details of the club members
in a database.

(a) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of storing membership details on a computer database.

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(b) The secretary collects data from the members on paper-based forms.

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8 In 2019 Cambridge recorded the highest temperature for July in the UK. The data was collected
automatically using sensors by a weather station and sent to a computer.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using sensors to collect data rather than humans
collecting the data.

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9 Many organisations store data in the cloud.

(a) Explain what is meant by the ICT term cloud.

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As our use of the cloud increases, new ways of accessing it safely need to be developed.

(c) The use of typed passwords is being replaced by biometric methods.

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using biometric methods.

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10 High street banks now offer customers access to internet banking when they are in the physical
bank.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to the bank of using internet banking in this way.

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11 A village is built next to a river. During heavy rain the river floods and endangers the people living
in the village. If the river is in danger of flooding, an email is sent to all members of the village.

(a) Explain why an email group is used when contacting the villagers.

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Sensors are placed in the river to check the water level. If the water level in the river rises more
than 5m above normal river levels, a flood barrier is raised to safeguard the village. The flood barrier
remains raised until the water level drops to normal levels.

(b) Explain why the data from the sensors cannot be read directly by the computer and name the
device that needs to be used so that the computer can read the data.

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12 A computer system uses a Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Write down two features of a GUI and for each give a reason why they are needed.

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13 Computers are being used in offices.

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14 rtf and pdf are file types.

(a) Describe what is meant by an rtf and a pdf file type.

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(b) Explain the differences between the two file types.

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15 Proofreading is often confused with visual verification.

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effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will
be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment
International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at
www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/11

*8329717149*

Paper 1 Theory October/November 2022

2 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Complete the following sentences using the most appropriate words from the list.

centre double line space footer gutter hanging

header indented justified left wrapping

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2 Smartphones and smartwatches can be used in everyday life. A smartwatch is a wearable computer
in the form of a wrist-watch.

(a) Apart from accessing the internet, give three other uses of a smartphone.

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(b) Give two advantages of using a smartwatch rather than a smartphone.

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3 According to research carried out on passwords the top three most used passwords are 12345,
qwerty and sunshine.

Describe, using other examples, the difference between a weak password and a strong password.

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4 A teacher is setting up a database which she will use to record her student’s exam marks.

(a) The teacher is planning to test the mark range using different types of test data. The range of
marks that the teacher can award is 0 to 100.

(i) Write down one example of extreme test data that the teacher can use to check the
range.

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(ii) Extreme test data is one type of test data. The teacher uses two other pieces of test
data.

Write down the type of test data for each of the examples.

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(b) Part of the database is shown.

Student_name Date_of_birth Gender Exam_mark Average_mark

Seth 25/02/2007 M 22 43.4

Adom 17/07/2007 M 67 73.1

Maria 02/05/2007 F 78 67.9

Lesedi 15/12/2006 F 45 50.0

Write down the field name which is the most appropriate for the data type, based on the data
shown in the table. Your answers must be different in each case.

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5 A student is carrying out a scientific experiment to measure the temperature of a liquid as it cools
down. The student uses a sensor connected to a computer to read the temperature.

(a) Give three advantages of using computers and sensors rather than the student taking the
temperature readings herself.

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(b) Describe how the readings taken by the sensor are displayed on a graph using the computer.

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(c) Explain the differences between measurement systems and control systems.

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6 There have been major issues regarding the accuracy of facial recognition systems for identifying
suspects by the police.

Tawara Airport has installed biometric security including facial recognition systems to help the
police recognise known criminals entering and leaving the country. Previously video was taken of
all passengers and then checked manually.

(a) Discuss the effectiveness of using facial recognition systems rather than the manual video
system to increase security in this way.

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7 Instant messaging involves users sending text messages to each other.

Evaluate how you would use eSafety strategies in your own use of instant messaging.

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8 Discuss the moral implications which need to be considered when creating an ICT solution.

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9 Use of smartphones to access the internet has increased by over 200% in the past five years.

Compare the use of smartphones to access the internet with the use of desktop computers to
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10 A group of students in a school are planning to publicise a school concert. They can either produce
a web page which will be sent to the company that runs the school website or create a multimedia
presentation and show this to students and visitors.

(a) Give two types of content which could be used in a multimedia presentation that cannot be
used in a printed leaflet.

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(b) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using a multimedia presentation rather than
a web page on the school website.

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The students need to test their multimedia presentation before it can be used.

(c) Name two output devices they can use and for each one, write down a reason for its use.

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11 A receptionist in a medical centre is going to send out emails to patients about medical results. The
receptionist will use the data from patients’ medical and personal records and mail merge these.
One of the disadvantages of this system is that the receptionist will have access to personal data.

(a) Describe four other disadvantages of using mail merge.

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Due to data protection laws, personal data should be kept confidential and secure.

(b) Explain why personal data should be kept confidential and secure.

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12 Many students prefer to store data on external storage devices like pen drives or portable hard disk
drives.

Describe four advantages of using a pen drive rather than a portable hard disk drive.

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13 Hyperlinks, bookmarks and anchors are software tools used in web pages and web browsers.

(a) Describe the function of a hyperlink.

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(b) Describe the term bookmark.

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14 A research student is undertaking a study of endangered animals in the Amazon rainforest. She
is using a drone to replace surveys carried out on foot. A drone is a remote-controlled flying vehicle.

Describe the benefits and drawbacks of using a drone to monitor the animals in the rainforest.

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effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will
be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment
International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at
www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/12

*5302604894*

Paper 1 Theory February/March 2023

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 12 pages.

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1 (a) Explain what is meant by the term software.

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(b) State the two types of software used by computers.

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2 ........................................................................................................................................

[2]

2 Tick ( ✓) the device which produces hard copy.

A Buzzer

B Laser printer

C Touch screen

D Webcam
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3 State three items that should be included in the technical documentation of a computer system.

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4 Young people use the internet for research and communication.

(a) Search engines can be used to research information on the internet.

Describe three benefits of using a search engine to find information.

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(b) Social media can be used to communicate with friends.

Give four precautions that young people should take when using social media.

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5 The number of people using online shopping has increased. This has led to an increase in the
number of journeys for the delivery drivers.

Describe how an expert system can be used to produce the best route for the delivery of items.

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6 Bluetooth is a method of wireless communication.

State two devices found in the home which could be connected via Bluetooth.

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7 Describe the characteristics of a primary key and a foreign key.

(a) Primary key

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(b) Foreign key

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8 Many devices in the home can connect to the internet. These are called smart devices.

Describe four benefits of using these smart devices.

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9 A web page can contain three web development layers. One of these is the content layer.

(a) State one use of the content layer.

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(b) Identify the other two web development layers and give a use for each.

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Use ...................................................................................................................................

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10 Some computers have touch screens.

Describe three benefits of using a touch screen.

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11 A student has downloaded a file which contains a virus.

(a) Describe the possible effects on his computer system if he opens the file.

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(b) Explain how the student could prevent the computer from being infected by viruses.

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(c) Some files containing viruses have to be quarantined as they cannot be deleted.

(i) State the type of files that may have to be quarantined rather than deleted.

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(ii) Explain how the software detects and quarantines the file.

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12 A tennis coach is creating a presentation to explain to teenagers the basics of playing tennis.

(a) Describe the design features that must be included to make the presentation appeal to the
teenagers.

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(b) The designer needs to be aware of copyright legislation when creating the presentation.

Explain the need for copyright legislation.

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13 People can watch a movie either by streaming or from a Blu-ray disc.

Give two advantages of watching the movie by streaming rather than from a Blu-ray disc.

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14 Compare RAM and ROM. Your answer must include similarities and differences.

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15 Tawara Stores is a small company that does not make much profit. The managing director is
deciding whether to implement a new IT system using direct changeover or parallel running.

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using direct changeover compared with parallel
running in this scenario.

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16 A school car park is controlled by a barrier. When teachers enter the car park their number plate
is read and the barrier is raised automatically.

camera

microphone

keypad

speaker
pressure
sensor

motor

Fig. 16.1

(a) Visitors can use the keypad as an input device to enter a code which allows the barrier to be
raised.

Identify three other input devices shown in Fig. 16.1.

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(b) Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is used to read and check the number plate of
the vehicle.

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using an ANPR system.

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17 Verification and validation are used to check data.

(a) Identify and describe two methods of verification.

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Description ........................................................................................................................

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(b) Explain the following validation checks.

(i) Presence check

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(ii) Type check

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Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge
Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download
at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge
Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/13

*1803529937*

Paper 1 Theory May/June 2023

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 A book has an ISBN which is 0 330 24720 4

Tick (✓) the most appropriate validation check to test the validity of the ISBN.

A character check

B format check

C length check

D range check
[1]

2 Identify the most appropriate hardware from the descriptions given.

(a) An internal hardware component that connects a computer to a Local Area Network.

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(b) An external device that retains a computer’s data even after the computer is turned off.

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(c) An input device that is attached to a monitor.

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3 A group of students are producing a class newsletter which they will email to parents of
students in the class. They are deciding whether to use a laptop computer or a smartphone
to type the newsletter.

(a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using a laptop computer rather than a
smartphone for this purpose.

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(b) The students have decided to use a smartphone. Data for the newsletter will be input,
stored and output by the smartphone.

(i) Identify two devices that are part of the smartphone that could be used to input
the data for the newsletter.

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2 ............................................................................................................................

[2]

(ii) Identify two devices that are part of the smartphone that could be used to output
data from the newsletter.

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2 ............................................................................................................................

[2]

(iii) Identify two appropriate devices that could be used to store data for the
newsletter.

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2 ............................................................................................................................

[2]

(c) The newsletter is to be saved as a PDF and sent as an email attachment to parents.

Describe two benefits of saving the newsletter as a PDF.

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(d) Describe the features that the students must include to make the newsletter appeal to
the parents.

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4 A company uses an intranet. They are considering using an extranet.

Compare an intranet with an extranet. Your answer must include similarities and differences.

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5 Identify two appropriate IT-related causes for each of the health issues. Your answers
must be different in each case.

(a) repetitive strain injury (RSI)

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(b) eye strain

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6 Two-factor authentication can use a number of different forms of identification.

(a) One form of identification is to use ‘where the user is’.

An example of this would be the user’s GPS location.

State two other forms of identification. Give an appropriate example of each.

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(b) Explain the purpose of two-factor authentication.

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7 The retail industry uses point of sale (POS) systems.

(a) Discuss the benefits of using POS in the retail industry.

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(b) Describe the steps involved in automatic stock control when an item is sold at a POS
terminal.

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8 A teacher is creating a spreadsheet as an electronic mark book. Part of the electronic mark
book displays how well a student did on a piece of work. When a student completes a piece
of work the teacher will enter the mark into the electronic mark book and a message will be
displayed.

• If the student gains 60 or more marks then ‘Merit’ is displayed

• If the student gains 50 to 59 marks then ‘Pass’ is displayed
• If the student gains a mark below 50 marks then ‘Not Pass’ is displayed.

The formula the teacher has used is:

=IF(A1>=60,"Merit",IF(A1>50,"Pass","Not Pass"))

The formula will need to be tested. The teacher will do this by entering test data into cell A1.

(a) Explain the steps that need to be taken to test the formula. Include in your answer any
test data used and the reasons why these were chosen.

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(b) When the teacher enters a mark of 50 he expects ‘Pass’ to be displayed.

State the changes he needs to make to the formula to ensure ‘Pass’ is displayed.

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(c) When the electronic mark book is complete it needs to be tested with live data.

Explain what is meant by live data.

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9 The manager of an organisation is planning a meeting of its directors. The manager plans
to use audio-conferencing for the meeting.

(a) Explain what is meant by audio-conferencing.

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(b) The organisation could use video-conferencing for the meeting.

Describe three advantages of using audio-conferencing rather than video-conferencing

in this scenario.

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(c) Identify the hardware and software required to join the audio-conference.

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10 A school secretary is composing an email. She will send the email to a teacher and will
copy the headteacher into the message. She can either copy the headteacher in as cc or
bcc.

Compose

To:
cc:
bcc:
Subject:

(a) Describe what is meant by cc and bcc.

cc ......................................................................................................................................

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bcc ....................................................................................................................................

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(b) A teacher is considering setting up either a forum or a blog for his class to help his
students with their studies.

Describe the benefits of using a forum rather than a blog.

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11 Many books contain a gutter margin.

Explain what is meant by a gutter margin.

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12 A web page has an attached stylesheet in the head section and also has an inline style
attribute in the body section.

Explain why the inline style attribute is used.

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Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge
Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download
at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge
Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

© UCLES 2023 06_0417_13_2023_1.12

 ™
Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/11

*4935696006*

Paper 1 Theory May/June 2023

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 A book has an ISBN which is 330247204X

Tick (✓) the most appropriate data type for the ISBN.

A Numeric: integer

B Text

C Boolean

D Date
[1]

2 Identify the hardware from the descriptions given.

(a) A volatile internal memory that stores the current instruction.

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(b) A printed circuit board containing the CPU and other components of a computer.

........................................................................................................................................... [1]

(c) A printed circuit board that controls the output to a monitor.

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(d) A printed circuit board that is installed in a computer so that the computer can be connected
to a network.

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3 A headteacher is setting up a newsletter to send to parents of pupils at a school. She has some
photographs saved on storage devices that she needs to place in the newsletter.

State two communication methods which the headteacher could use to upload the photographs
onto the school network.

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4 (a) Describe the purpose of a web browser.

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(b) A company may use an intranet or an extranet.

Describe the differences between an intranet and an extranet.

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5 State the safety issue that is most likely to occur for each of these causes.

(a) Spilling drinks on computer equipment

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(b) Overloading sockets by plugging in too many devices

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(c) Trailing cables across the floor

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(d) Placing a laser printer at the edge of a table

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6 A student has set up a password for his laptop computer. The password he has chosen is
Px2zY!Cg3?bd

(a) Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using this password.

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(b) The student could have protected his laptop computer by using two-factor authentication. This
could have combined his password with a biometric method.

State two examples of biometric methods he could use.

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7 A systems analyst has been asked to carry out an analysis of a company’s current computer system.

(a) State three methods of analysing the current system.

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(b) The systems analyst is working with a team to create some new software. The software
documentation will be stored on the cloud.

Describe how the team can use the cloud to share the documentation.

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(c) Members of the team can use video-conferencing to join business meetings from different
locations around the world.

Describe, giving reasons, three disadvantages of using video-conferencing for business

meetings rather than meeting in person.

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8 (a) Compare Optical Mark Readers (OMRs) with Optical Character Readers (OCRs). Your answer
must include similarities and differences.

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(b) Identify two uses of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR).

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9 (a) Absolute and relative file paths are used in the content layer when creating a web page.

(i) Explain the differences between an absolute file path and a relative file path.

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(ii) Explain why absolute file paths should not be used for hyperlinks to locally-saved web
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(b) Anchors and hyperlinks are both used in HTML.

Compare an anchor with a hyperlink. Your answer must include similarities and differences.

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10 Some people use dialogue-based user interfaces to operate their car audio system.

(a) Describe what is meant by a dialogue-based user interface.

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(b) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of using a dialogue-based user interface in this way.

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11 Portable hard drives can be Solid State Drives (SSDs) or Hard Disk Drives (HDDs).

Explain why the SSD may be better to use than the HDD.

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12 Many media companies now provide media streaming for users to watch their television programmes.

(a) Explain what is meant by the term media streaming.

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(b) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of media streaming.

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13 gif and jpg file formats are used to store images.

(a) Give one reason for using each of the file formats. Each of your reasons must be different.

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(b) Explain the differences between the two file formats.

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(c) The file size of an image can be reduced by changing the file format of the image.

State two other ways of reducing the file size of an image.

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14 Identify the most appropriate method for reducing data entry errors from the descriptions given.

(a) Manually checking the data without reference to the original copy.

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(b) Checking that the data being entered is reasonable.

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(c) Preventing errors when data is copied from one medium to another.

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reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge
Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download
at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge
Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/12

*3882223209*

Paper 1 Theory May/June 2023

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 A book contains a bar code whose number is 503619309903

Tick (✓) the most appropriate validation check to test the validity of the bar code.

A check digit

B format check

C range check

D spell check
[1]

2 Identify the most appropriate hardware from the descriptions given:

(a) non-volatile internal memory used to store the start-up instructions

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(b) an internal component that provides the input and output of audio signals

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(c) an internal component that is composed of the main memory, the control unit and the arithmetic
logic unit.

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3 A headteacher is producing a web page about the history of her school. She has been given some
old hard-copy photographs which she will include on the web page. She has a digital camera and
a scanner to use to convert the hard-copy photographs into a digital format.

Compare the use of a digital camera with a scanner in this scenario. Your answer must include
similarities and differences.

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4 A company uses an extranet.

(a) Explain what is meant by an extranet.

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(b) Describe the differences between the internet and an extranet.

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5 State which health issue is most likely to occur from each description shown. Your answer must
be different in each case.

(a) typing on a keyboard for long periods of time

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(b) looking at a computer screen for a long time

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(c) sitting with poor posture

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6 A company requires its employees to regularly change their login passwords for the company’s
computer systems. Passwords must be strong and cannot be reused.

(a) Explain three problems that may occur when the employees change their passwords regularly.

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(b) The company has a website which uses a digital certificate.

Explain the purpose of the digital certificate.

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(c) A digital certificate is attached to an email.

State three items contained in a digital certificate.

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7 A student is creating a spreadsheet that includes a formula to check a number entered in a cell is
between two values.

• The number is entered in cell A10 as an integer.

• If the number is between the two values then a message ‘OK’ is displayed, otherwise ‘error’
is displayed.

The formula the student has created is:

=IF(AND(A10>1,A10<32),"OK","error")

Data will be used to test the formula.

(a) Identify two items of extreme test data the student should use and give the reason why this
data was chosen.

Extreme test data 1 ..........................................................................................................

Extreme test data 2 ..........................................................................................................

Reason .............................................................................................................................

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(b) The student has entered an item of abnormal test data.

Explain why abnormal test data is used.

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8 A teacher provides revision lessons during the holidays. The teacher plans to use web-conferencing
for the lessons.

(a) Explain what is meant by web-conferencing.

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(b) Evaluate the use of web-conferencing in this scenario.

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9 (a) The products in a warehouse contain either a bar code or a Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) tag.

The data about each product is read electronically.

Compare bar code readers and RFID readers. Your answer must include similarities and
differences.

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(b) Identify two other uses of RFID.

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10 Metatags can be used in a web page.

(a) A metatag can be used to define the viewport settings.

Identify three other items that can be defined in metatags.

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(b) Metatags are used in the HTML of web pages.

State the section of the HTML which contains the metatags.

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11 Some gaming systems use gesture based user interfaces to operate a game.

(a) Describe what is meant by a gesture based user interface.

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(b) Describe the drawbacks of using gesture based user interfaces in this way.

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12 Movies can be stored on Blu-ray discs or an internal hard disk.

(a) Describe why Blu-ray discs are preferred to an internal hard disk for storing movies.

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(b) Hard disks and Blu-ray discs are examples of backing storage.

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13 Weather forecasters use computer modelling.

(a) Explain why computer modelling is used to forecast the weather.

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(b) Data is collected by different types of sensor and then input to the computer model to be
processed.

Identify two sensors that could be used to collect weather data.

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(c) The processed data is then output.

Identify two output devices that could be used.

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14 ePublishing software is used to create an ePublication to display a school’s yearly magazine.

(a) Describe the characteristics of an ePublication.

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(b) The ePublishing software is subject to software copyright legislation.

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Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge
Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download
at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge
Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/13

*9345090520*

Paper 1 Theory October/November 2023

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Peter needs to create a validation check for product numbers. Three examples of product numbers
he needs to check are:

977135120127916

976143148163921

845132120651166

Identify two validation checks he could use to check the numbers.

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2 A student has created a document with images for her geography project.

(a) The layout of page one is portrait orientation. The student needs to set page two as landscape
orientation. Before she can set the landscape orientation she needs to insert a break.

State the type of break that is needed.

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(b) The student has placed images in the document.

State two file formats she could have used for the images.

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(c) Each page of the document includes a footer.

Explain why a footer is used.

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3 A teacher is setting up a school shop. The teacher is setting up a spreadsheet to keep the accounts
of the shop.

(a) Fig. 3.1 shows a box containing 50 Choco Bars to sell in the shop. The information on the box
will be entered into the spreadsheet.

Choco Bars
B
Contains:
D Special Price 50
Only
$1.20 Sell by: C
1/4/2025

Fig. 3.1

State the most appropriate display format in the spreadsheet for each piece of data shown on
the box. Your answer must be different in each case.

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[4]

(b) Each box delivered to the school shop includes a QR code.

Explain why QR codes are used.

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(c) The teacher has created a formula in the spreadsheet that calculates the cost of purchasing
a number of different items.

She has created a formula that:

• subtracts the discount per item from the price of the item to find the cost of the item
• then multiplies the cost of the item by the quantity.

A B C D E F
1 Product Price of item Discount per item Quantity Total
2 Choco Bar $1.20 $0.20 15 –$1.80

The formula she enters into cell E2 is:

=B2-C2*D2

When this formula is entered into cell E2 the result is not what she expected. The result should
be $15.00

Explain why the result was not $15.00

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4 A company’s computer system is protected by both a user ID and a password.

(a) Explain how a user ID and a password are used to increase the security of data.

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(b) The company plans to improve the security of its computer system by using biometric methods.

Describe what is meant by biometric methods. Give two examples of biometrics.

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5 A student needs to purchase a new computer for use on his university course.

The laptop computers available to him are one that contains a solid-state drive (SSD) or one that
only stores data on the internet, using the cloud.

Evaluate these two types of laptop computer.

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6 A computer model can be used to design and test a bridge before it is built.

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using a computer model before building a bridge.

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7 Rockit Aircraft manufactures and flies aeroplanes.

(a) The pilots at Rockit Aircraft are trained using extended reality.

Describe what is meant by extended reality.

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(b) Some of the components used in the manufacture of aircraft are produced using a 3D printer.

Analyse the use of a 3D printer to make the components rather than making the components
by hand.

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8 Many devices in the home can be connected to the internet so they can be controlled remotely.
These devices are called smart devices. A house contains a smart security system.

(a) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of using a smart security system.

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(b) Identify two sensors that could be used with the smart security system.

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(c) Part of the smart security system involves an automatic gate for vehicles approaching the
house. There is a CCTV camera at the gate and the smart security system has software for
recognising each vehicle’s number plate.

Explain how automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems work.

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(d) Describe three problems that could occur when the ANPR system reads a vehicle number
plate.

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9 The secretary of Tawara University has created web pages for former students. The former students
are adults.

(a) State the design features of the web pages that would meet the needs of this target audience.

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(b) The web pages conform to the university’s corporate house style.

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10 A school has employed a systems analyst to help update its computerised examination system.

(a) The systems analyst researches the current system to see what will be required in the
new system.

State the methods of researching the current system that are described:

(i) talking to the network manager and examinations officer about the current system

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(ii) watching the users operating the current system

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(iii) forms sent out to all users to complete and return.

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(b) After completing the analysis, the new system needs to be designed. One item that needs to
be designed is a file structure.

Identify three other items that would need to be designed.

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/11

*5647355667*

Paper 1 Theory October/November 2023

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 A newsagent has created a database with fields to store details of each newspaper and magazine
he sells. Part of the database is shown.

Product_number Name_of_publication Selling_price Frequency Publisher

1001 Wireless Times $1.50 Daily Trinity Press

1015 The Daily Press $1.50 Daily H W Brown

1034 OME $2.00 Monthly Trinity Press

(a) Tick (✓) the field name that would be the most appropriate primary key for the database.

A Product_number

B Name_of_publication

C Selling_price

D Frequency

E Publisher
[1]

(b) The newsagent has added a field called Bar_code to store the bar code number of the product.

Explain why a presence check is not a suitable validation check for the Bar_code field.

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(c) The newsagent could use a relational database rather than a flat file database.

Describe the advantages of using a relational database rather than a flat file database.

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(d) From the data shown in the part of the database, identify the most appropriate data type
for the:

(i) Selling_price

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(ii) Name_of_publication

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2 State the most appropriate word or phrase to complete each sentence.

(a) The type of data output from a sensor is

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(b) The type of data read by a microprocessor is

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(c) The item of hardware that converts data from a sensor so a microprocessor can read it is

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3 A group of students are carrying out a study of the quality of river water for a project. They can
either use a tablet computer or a smartphone to monitor and record their findings.

(a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using a tablet computer rather than a smartphone
for this project.

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(b) Identify two devices that could be used by the students to enter data.

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4 A headteacher is considering setting up a card system for students to buy food in the school canteen.

The headteacher is trying to decide whether to install a system that uses magnetic stripe card
readers or one that uses chip and PIN card readers.

Compare the use of magnetic stripe card readers with the use of chip and PIN card readers. Your
answer must include similarities and differences.

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5 A bridge and a router are examples of networking devices.

(a) Explain the differences between a bridge and a router.

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(b) IP addresses are used in computer networks.

Explain what is meant by an IP address.

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(c) Explain the purpose of a routing table.

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6 A cricket club secretary saves a list of players as a PDF file.

(a) Describe two disadvantages of saving the list of players as a PDF file.

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The cricket club has a junior team for 6−8-year-old players. The secretary has produced an
ePublication to attract new members to the junior team.

(b) State two features of an ePublication that could not appear on a paper poster.

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2 ........................................................................................................................................

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(c) Describe the features that could be used to make the ePublication attractive to a younger
audience.

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7 An employee in a company has used QWERTY123 as his login password for some time.

(a) Give three reasons why this is not advisable.

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(b) Complete the sentences using the most appropriate data protection method from the list.
Your answers must be different in each case.

Anti-spyware Biometrics A digital certificate A dongle

Encryption A firewall Two-factor authentication User ID

(i) A method which scrambles the data so that it cannot be understood is

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(ii) A fingerprint is an example of

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(iii) A method of guaranteeing a website is authentic is

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(iv) A hardware device that filters the information coming through the Internet connection
into a LAN is

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(c) An employee in the company uses his company password for other accounts.

Explain why this is not a good idea.

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8 Microprocessor-controlled devices are used in the home.

Describe, with examples, how using these devices can affect the health and fitness of their users.

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9 Rowena’s laptop computer contains a small capacity Solid State Drive (SSD) of 32Gb and
a large capacity Hard Disk Drive (HDD) of 1024Gb.

(a) State, giving a reason for your choice, a use for the SSD and a use for the HDD in the
laptop computer. Your answers must be different in each case.

(i) SSD

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(ii) HDD

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(b) The laptop computer also contains internal memory.

Give two examples of internal memory.

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10 A teacher has set up a database for a class library. The data about the books in the class library
will be entered by the teacher.

(a) The data can be verified by double data entry or visual verification.

Compare double data entry with visual verification. Your answer must include similarities and
differences.

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(b) When data is entered into a date field it is validated. An example of the data that could be
entered is 01/04/2023

State two validation checks that could be used on this data.

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11 Many Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) allow customers to print out mini statements of their bank
accounts.

Describe the inputs and processing involved in printing out a mini statement.

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12 A student has produced some work for a school project. A page of the work is shown.

A Study of the English Wallaby

The Problem

Wild wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) con nue The Zoological Society of London keeps
to be reported across the whole of England. up-to-date records of private collec ons of
Despite the harsh winter condi ons, these wallabies in England, and to date there are over
animals have flourished in recent years. Many 100 such collec ons.
people have contacted the police with reported
sigh ngs in gardens, quiet country lanes and Many people ask why it ma!ers if these animals
even alongside busy motorways. have escaped, as they are not dangerous. The
problem is that the introduc on of invasive, non-
The original colony, thought to be the source of na ve species can have substan al impacts on
the English wallaby, was first reported in na ve species, and wallabies are no excep on.
Derbyshire in England. These animals were
believed to have been released in the 1940s from
a private zoo. It is more likely that other private
zoos and escapees from wallaby farms are to
blame.

Fig. 12.1

(a) The student has placed a column break in his document.

Explain the purpose of setting a column break.

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(b) After running a spell check and proofreading his document the student notices that one word
is still showing an error.

Explain why this word has caused an error and how the student could ensure that the error
does not reappear when this word is used in future.

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publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge
Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download
at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

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Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/12

*3842394866*

Paper 1 Theory October/November 2023

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 12 pages.

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1 Tick (✓) one external device.

A sound card

B pen drive

C motherboard

D ROM
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2 A computer system uses both analogue and digital data.

(a) Explain what is meant by these types of data.

(i) analogue data

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(ii) digital data

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(b) Digital data is processed in a computer system. Sometimes digital data needs to be converted
to analogue data.

Explain why digital data may need to be converted to analogue data.

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(c) Use the most appropriate phrase from the list to complete the sentences. Your answer
must be different in each case.

analogue data

digital data

display a graph on a monitor

input the maximum safe water level for a river

measure acidity levels in a river

control humidity levels

open the windows in a greenhouse

(i) A motor is used to

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(ii) A DAC outputs

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(iii) A sensor is used to

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3 Identify three different network communication devices and describe what each one does.

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4 A teacher is creating a database for a class library. The teacher types the details of each book into
the database. The teacher has entered a number of records.

Book_number Name_of_book Publisher Date_acquired ISBN

1101 Build a computer JB Books 02/11/2020 9780119192065

1012 IT terms MMA Books 16/05/2021 0893603944

Databases are
1414 Cam Press 01/10/2009 0090116393
fun

Identify and describe a validation check based on the data shown in the database table, which
could be applied to the data as it is entered into each of the fields. Each validation check must be
different.

Book_number

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Description................................................................................................................................

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Date_acquired

Validation check........................................................................................................................

Description ...............................................................................................................................

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5 A group of pupils is planning to create a newsletter for a history project. The group can either use
a smartphone or a phablet computer.

(a) Explain what is meant by a phablet computer.

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(b) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using a phablet computer rather than a
smartphone for this project.

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6 Many teachers use multimedia projectors in their lessons.

(a) State two health issues associated with the use of multimedia projectors.

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(b) State two safety issues associated with the use of multimedia projectors.

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7 A video of a race can be recorded using a camera either on an autonomous flying vehicle (drone)
or in a helicopter. A person would be needed in the helicopter to operate the camera.

Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of using an autonomous flying vehicle (drone)
to record the video of the race.

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8 State the most appropriate storage medium from its description.

(a) A storage medium that stores data on the internet.

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(b) Internal storage where the current instruction is stored.

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(c) A solid-state storage that is used in digital cameras.

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(d) An optical storage medium that stores high-definition (HD) movies.

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9 A hospital administrator enters data from medical forms into a database. Validation and verification
are both used when entering data to minimise errors.

Explain what is meant by validation and verification and why they are both needed in this scenario.

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10 The manager of the Tawara Hotel has decided to computerise the hotel’s room booking system.
The new booking system will allow customers to book rooms online using an app on their
smartphones.

The manager has employed a systems analyst who will carry out research into the current system
by examining existing documentation and completed questionnaires from staff.

(a) One item of information that the systems analyst will need to identify is problems with the
current system.

State three other items of information that the systems analyst will need to identify.

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(b) Following the analysis, the systems analyst will implement the new system using either parallel
running or direct changeover.

Evaluate these different methods of implementation.

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(c) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of using an online booking system.

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(d) The hotel uses both a WAN and a WLAN.

Describe the differences between a WAN and a WLAN.

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11 A clothing retailer only sells its clothes on the internet.

(a) Discuss the benefits and drawbacks to the clothing retailer of using internet shopping.

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(b) A customer is purchasing some new clothes from this retailer.

Describe the steps the customer would take when purchasing the new clothes using internet
shopping.

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12 The manager of a sports club is designing an online form for members to enter their personal
details. The form must be accessible to all members of the club.

(a) State four characteristics of a good form design.

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(b) State two characteristics of good form design that would help users with visual impairment to
enter their data.

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Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge
Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download
at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series.

Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge
Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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