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Pearson Edexcel
Functional Skills

Information and
Communication Technology
Level 2
COVER SHEET
8 – 12 January 2018 Paper Reference

FST02/01
Total Marks

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Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Punch a hole
Sign the declaration.
• Ensure your printouts
in the top left corner of each printout.
• cover sheet using a treasury
are in the correct order and attach them to Page 2 of this
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 Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills
Information and
Communication Technology
Level 2
8 – 12 January 2018 Paper Reference

Time: 2 hours FST02/01

You must have:
 ResponsesJan18L2
 ObanL2
 TourTextL2
 ImagesJan18L2
 Cover Sheet (enclosed)
 Short treasury tag

Instructions
• Complete all tasks.
• Eprinting.
nter your name, centre number and candidate number on each page before

• Attach all tasks securely to the cover sheet using the treasury tag provided.
Information
• The test is divided into TWO sections.
• S1tart with Section A. You are advised to spend 15 minutes on Section A and
hour and 45 minutes on Section B.
• inYouSection
will need to use the internet in Section A. You must not use the internet
B.
• The total mark is 50.
• – usemarks
T he for each task are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each task.

Advice
• Read each task carefully before you start to complete it.
• Keep an eye on the time.
• Checkcomplete
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Background
Ernest Montbatten is the manager of Southlands Scottish Holidays.
He has organised a coach trip to Oban in Scotland.
Your task is to help Ernest by:
• gathering information
• completing a spreadsheet about payments for the trip
• producing an information sheet.

Getting Started
The Data Files folder in your user area contains all the files you need for this test.
These are:
• ResponsesJan18L2
• ObanL2
• TourTextL2
• ImagesJan18L2

Mark Allocation
The marks for the test will be allocated as follows:

Section A Task 1 6 marks

Section B Task 2 19 marks

Task 3 17 marks

Task 4 4 marks

Task 5 4 marks

Total 50 marks

Complete ALL tasks.

Section B covers tasks 2–5 in the test.

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You must use the internet for this section only.
Task 1 – Research for the information sheet
Ernest needs some information about tourist attractions near Oban.
Open ResponsesJan18L2
Enter your name, candidate number and centre number.
(a) Use an internet search engine to find an image of McCaig’s Tower in Oban.
Take a screen shot of the search engine showing the criteria you used and the
results of the search.
Paste the screen shot into ResponsesJan18L2
Complete the table in ResponsesJan18L2
(4)
(b) Use the internet to find:
• the year that the building of McCaig’s Tower in Oban was started
• the website address of the Cruachan Visitor Centre.
Complete the table in ResponsesJan18L2 with your answers.
(2)
Resave ResponsesJan18L2 for use in Section B, Task 3 and Task 5.

Evidence
A printout of ResponsesJan18L2
Remember
Make sure your name, candidate number and centre number are on the printout.

(Total for Task 1 = 6 marks)

TOTAL FOR SECTION A = 6 MARKS

You must not use the internet for the rest of the test.

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Section B
You must not use the internet from this point onwards.
Task 2 – Oban trip
ObanL2 contains details of the payments made by people who have booked the coach
trip.
Open ObanL2
Enter your name, candidate number and centre number in the footer.
(a) Enter formulae to calculate the Total Paid by each person.
(2)
(b) The cost of the trip depends on the age of the person. If the person is aged 16 or
over the cost is 250, if not the cost is 200.
Use a spreadsheet function to display the Cost for each person.
(2)
(c) Enter formulae to calculate the Balance to pay for each person.
(1)
(d) Use a spreadsheet function to display ‘Yes’ in the Paid In Full? column if the
Balance is 0, or ‘No’ if it is not.
(3)

Evidence
A printout of the spreadsheet showing the formulae you used.
Make sure the formulae are not truncated.
Remember
Make sure your name, candidate number and centre number are on the printout.
Resave the file.

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 (e) Sort the data in alphabetical order of First Name within alphabetical order of
Last Name
(3)
(f ) Format the spreadsheet.
(i) Format all currency values to £ with 0 decimal places.
(1)
(ii) Add any other formatting so that the worksheet is clear and easy to
understand.
(2)

Evidence
A printout of the spreadsheet showing the data.
Remember
Make sure your name, candidate number and centre number are on the printout.
Resave the file.

(g) Create a suitable chart to show the age of each person on the Oban trip.
Identify each person by their first name.
Format the chart so that it is clear and easy to read.
Save the chart as a separate worksheet within ObanL2
(5)

Evidence
A printout of your chart.
Remember
Make sure your name, candidate number and centre number are on the printout.
Save the chart.

(Total for Task 2 = 19 marks)

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Task 3 – Information sheet
Ernest wants an information sheet about the Oban trip.
It must:
• fit to one page of A4, portrait
• be fit for purpose and audience.
The information sheet must include:
• relevant text selected from TourTextL2
• the information you found in Section A, Task 1(b)
• the logo from ImagesJan18L2
• the image you found in Section A, Task 1(a)
• one other suitable image from ImagesJan18L2
Create the information sheet.
Format the schedule as a table.
Enter your name, candidate number and centre number in the footer.
Save the information sheet with a meaningful file name.

Evidence
A printout of your information sheet on one A4 page, portrait.
Remember
Make sure your name, candidate number and centre number are on the printout

(Total for Task 3 = 17 marks)

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 Task 4 – Prepare an email
You must not use the internet for this task.
Armand Anderson is the secretary of Southlands Scottish Holidays.
Prepare an email to Armand attaching a copy of your spreadsheet.
Include a message asking him to send a reminder to people who have not paid the full
cost of the trip.
Armand’s email address is [email protected]
Produce a screen shot showing the email you have prepared.
Save the screen shot with a meaningful file name.

Evidence
A printout of the screen shot showing your email.
Make sure it shows clearly the email address, the subject, the message and the
attachment.
Remember
Make sure your name, candidate number and centre number are on the printout.

(Total for Task 4 = 4 marks)

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Task 5 – Using ICT
Answer these questions in the spaces provided in ResponsesJan18L2
Open ResponsesJan18L2
(a) Ernest has been advised that he should use only secure websites when he enters
personal information online.
He wants to know how he can tell if a website is secure.
Give two ways websites show that they are secure.
(2)
(b) The information sheet you created uses an image from the internet.
Ernest must not break the law.
Give two ways Ernest could avoid breaking the law before he publishes the
information sheet.
(2)

Evidence
A printout of ResponsesJan18L2

(Total for Task 5 = 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR SECTION B = 44 MARKS

TOTAL FOR TEST = 50 MARKS

Pearson Education Limited gratefully acknowledges the following sources used in the preparation of this
paper:
Image 1: Peter Muir
Image 2: Peter Muir
Image 3: Peter Muir & Pearson Education, Inc.
Image 4: Peter Muir
Image 5: Peter Muir
Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders to obtain their permission for the use of copyright
material.
Pearson Education Limited will, if notified, be happy to rectify any errors or omissions and include any such
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