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GCE JUN 2008 : AS 1 Fundamentals of Information and Communication Technology

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Centre Number 71 Candidate Number ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS) General Certificate of Education 2008 assessing Module 1: Fundamentals of Information and Communication Technology ASW11 Information and Communication Technology Assessment Unit AS 1 [ASW11] THURSDAY 5 JUNE, AFTERNOON TIME 1 hour 30 minutes. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces provided at the top of this page. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this question paper. Answer all seven questions. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 90, including a maximum of 4 marks for quality of written communication. Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded to each question or part question. For Examiner s use only Question Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 QWC Total Marks ASW1S8 4675 Marks Answer all seven questions. Examiner Only Marks 1 Remark A customer can pay for goods at a supermarket checkout using a chip and pin credit card. Identify two examples of each of the following from this use of ICT. Input 1. _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ [2] Processing 1. _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ [2] Output 1. _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ [2] ASW1S8 4675 2 [Turn over Storage Examiner Only Marks Remark 1. _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ [2] Feedback 1. _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ [2] ASW1S8 4675 3 [Turn over 2 Students can access a university s intranet using web browsing software. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Explain what is meant by each of the following. (i) An intranet ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [2] (ii) Web browser software ___________________________________ _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [2] (b) Explain how students could use the intranet for each of the following. Information searching ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [4] Information dissemination ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [4] ASW1S8 4675 4 [Turn over (c) Identify two reasons why the students also have access to the Internet. Examiner Only Marks Remark 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [2] ASW1S8 4675 5 [Turn over 3 A teacher records student marks in the following spreadsheet. Examiner Only Marks Remark ICT Practice Tests Name Aldis, Ann Bryans, Bo Cole, Carl Denny, Den Ekhart, Eve October 46 28 53 41 47 November 62 23 75 38 52 December 70 32 69 43 51 Average 59.3 27.7 65.7 40.7 50.0 (a) By referring to the contents of the shaded cell in the spreadsheet, explain what is meant by each of the following. Data ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [2] Information ______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [3] ASW1S8 4675 6 [Turn over The teacher produces the following graph from the spreadsheet. Examiner Only Marks Remark ICT Practice Test Marks Students November October 0 20 40 60 80 % Marks (b) The data displayed in the graph is accurate and up-to-date. Explain three other factors which could affect the quality of information provided by this graph. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 3. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] ASW1S8 4675 7 [Turn over 4 Customers can access their accounts using the Internet instead of visiting a bank. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Describe one other way in which customers can access their bank accounts. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] (b) Describe two other benefits to the customer of this use of the Internet. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] (c) Describe two limitations to the customer of this use of the Internet. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] ASW1S8 4675 8 [Turn over 5 A teacher wishes to send an examination paper which includes a photograph to a number of colleagues. The examination paper is only available as a hard copy. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Explain how the teacher could use e-mail in this case. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [6] (b) Describe how the teacher could ensure that the examination paper is transmitted securely. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] ASW1S8 4675 9 [Turn over 6 A supermarket introduces a stock control system to replace its previous system which was paper based. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Name and describe three of the main costs involved in the introduction of the new system. 1. Cost _________________________________________________ Description ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [3] 2. Cost _________________________________________________ Description ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [3] 3. Cost _________________________________________________ Description ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [3] (b) Name six of the main stages in the development of a new ICT system. 1. _______________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________ [6] ASW1S8 4675 10 [Turn over 7 A new ICT system must be fully tested. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Describe what happens during each of the following types of testing. Application testing _________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] Acceptance testing _________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] (b) Explain how each of the following could be used during testing. Technical documentation ____________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [3] User documentation ________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [3] THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER ASW1S8 4675 11 Quality of written communication S SW1S8 4675 A 12/07 530-054-1 12 [Turn over

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