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Cambridge International AS & A Level

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 9626/02

Paper 2 Practical May/June 2021
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 110

Published

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for
Teachers.

Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.

Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2021 series for most Cambridge
IGCSE™, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.

This document consists of 21 printed pages.

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Generic Marking Principles

These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They should be applied alongside the
specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these
marking principles.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1:

Marks must be awarded in line with:

• the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question
• the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question
• the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2:

Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3:

Marks must be awarded positively:

• marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for valid answers which go beyond the
scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team Leader as appropriate
• marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do
• marks are not deducted for errors
• marks are not deducted for omissions
• answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features are specifically assessed by the
question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however, should be unambiguous.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4:

Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in the application of generic level
descriptors.

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GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5:

Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question (however; the use of the full mark range may
be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses seen).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6:

Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be awarded with grade thresholds or
grade descriptors in mind.

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Tasks 1 and 7

Rows 1 and 3 Orange background with black text 1 mark

Row 1 Centre aligned, 28 points high 1 mark
Row 3 Centre aligned, 18 points high 1 mark
Row 4 ½ height of row 5 1 mark
Cells A5 and C5 Bold 1 mark
Cells A1:C1 and A3:C3 Merged 1 mark
All rows Sans-serif font 1 mark
Cells B6 to B20 Centre aligned 1 mark
Cells A5:A20 & A22 Right aligned 1 mark
Cells C5:C20 Left aligned 1 mark
Cells L5:L6 Merged and centre aligned 1 mark
Wrapped text 1 mark
A22 Bold 1 mark
B22, F21:F22 Formatted as currency in $ with 2dp [Task 7 mark] 1 mark
Footer Created at [time] on [date] on left 1 mark
Filename and path on right 1 mark
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Task 2

C14 =IF( … ) with correct syntax 1 mark

OR( … , … ) 1 mark
B10=E13 B10=”W” 1 mark
B10=E17 B10=”P” 1 mark
,"Strip foundations are not suitable for this site" 1 mark
,"" Blank cell 1 mark
Conditional formatting applied 1 mark
… when not blank 1 mark
… white, centre aligned, bold text on a red background 1 mark
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Tasks 3 and 4

B15 =IF(C14<>"", … , … ) 1 mark

,"" 1 mark
VLOOKUP(B10, 1 mark
E8:K18, 1 mark
6+ 1 mark
IF(B12="W",1,0) =IF(B12=”D”,0,1) 1 mark
,FALSE) ,0) 1 mark
Whole VLOOKUP /1000 1 mark
Alternative for lookup:
VLOOKUP(B10, 1 mark
E8:K18, 1 mark
IF(B12="W",7,6) IF(B12="D",6,7) 2 marks
,FALSE) 1 mark

B16 =IF(C$14<>"","", … ) 1 mark

VLOOKUP(B10,E8:K18 1 mark
,4+IF(B12="W",1,0),0) 1 mark
/1000 1 mark
B17 =IF(C$14<>"","", … ) 1 mark
B8 1 mark

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B18 =IF(C$14<>"","", … ) 1 mark

B15 1 mark
*B16 1 mark
*B17 4 1 mark
B19 =IF(C$14<>"","", … ) 1 mark
ROUNDUP( … ) 1 mark
B18*1.07 1 mark
,2 4 1 mark
B20 =IF(B7="B", … , …) =IF(B7="W", … , …) 1 mark
… 1.5 …1 1 mark
…1 … 1.5 1 mark
* 1 mark
=IF(B11="S", … , … ) =IF(B11="D", … , … ) 1 mark
… ,B8*B9*55*3.5 … ,B8*B9*55*3.5*2 1 mark
… ,B8*B9*55*3.5*2 … ,B8*B9*55*3.5 1 mark

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Task 5

A21 =IF( … ) with correct syntax 1 mark

B20/B8 1 mark
>= 1 mark
VLOOKUP(B10,E8:L18,8,0) 1 mark
,"Exceeds the foundation’s load bearing" 1 mark
,"" 1 mark
Conditional formatting replicated from C14 1 mark
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Task 6

B22 =IF(C$14<>"","", … ) 1 mark

B19 1 mark
*F21 1 mark
(…concrete cost…) + (…empty cost with B19 included …) 1 mark
(6-( … )) inside brackets not needed if MOD 1 mark
B19 MOD( … ) 1 mark
- B19 1 mark
6* , 1 mark
INT( … ) 6 1 mark
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Page of 21 1 mark
(…empty cost with B19 included…)*F22 1 mark
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Task 8

Validation Rules applied to all cells B7 to B12 1 mark

Appropriate error messages 1 mark
… includes data to be (re-)entered 1 mark
B7 W or B 1 mark
B8 >=0 and decimal 1 mark
B9 >=0 and decimal 1 mark
B10 Look up from list 1 mark
Cell references used 1 mark
E8:E18 or list C,G,H,J,L,P,S,T,U,V,W 1 mark
B11 S or D 1 mark
B12 W or D 1 mark

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Task 9

Protection Columns A and C protected 1 mark

Row 6 protected 1 mark
Range B15 to B22 1 mark
Rest of worksheet unlocked 1 mark
Sheet is password protected with CCC 1 mark

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Task 10

Modelling
10a W,4,1.5,W,S,D 1 mark
Error displayed in C14 1 mark
Error displayed in A21 1 mark
Blank cells in column B in B14:B19 1 mark
All 4 documents as .pdf & professional output 1 mark

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Modelling
10b W,4,5,J,D,D 1 mark
Depth = 0.7 and Width = 0.45 1 mark
Length =4 and Volume =1.26 1 mark
Volume 1.35 1 mark
Weight 7700 1 mark
Cost $217.46 1 mark

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Modelling
10c B,28,5.2,J,D,W 1 mark
Cost $1894.01 1 mark

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Modelling
10d B,30,50,U,D,W 1 mark
Cell A21 Error message ref: weight 1 mark

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Task 11

Audio
j21music.mp3 Clip speed x2 1 mark
Second track plays alongside 1 mark
Starts after 2 seconds 1 mark
Merged to monophonic 1 mark
Audio file length – first 29.5 seconds 1 mark
Exported as CCCsound_ZZ999_9999.mp3 1 mark
Exported as CCCsound_ZZ999_9999.ogg 1 mark

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