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Centre Number 71 Candidate Number ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS) General Certificate of Education January 2008 assessing Module 1: Fundamentals of Information and Communication Technology ASW11 Information and Communication Technology Assessment Unit AS 1 [ASW11] MONDAY 14 JANUARY, 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 ASW1W8 3762 Marks Answer all seven questions. Examiner Only Marks 1 Remark A shopper applies for a store card by filling in an application form by hand. (a) Explain what is meant by a direct data source in this case. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (b) Describe how the application form could be used as an indirect data source. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (c) Describe one advantage of a direct data source over an indirect data source. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (d) Describe one advantage of an indirect data source over a direct data source. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] ASW1W8 3762 2 [Turn over 2 A newspaper office makes extensive use of ICT. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Describe two ways in which staff in the office could use ICT for administration. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [3] 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [3] (b) Describe two ways in which the newspaper s journalists could use ICT to produce a range of articles. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [3] 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [3] ASW1W8 3762 3 [Turn over 3 When referring a patient to a consultant, a doctor uses a computer to Examiner Only Marks Remark Access the patient s medical notes Send an e-mail to the consultant Print out a referral letter for the patient One of the main components of the computer system is hardware. (a) The hardware includes a mouse, keyboard and monitor. Identify four other main hardware components in this computer system. 1. _______________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________ [4] (b) Identify and describe the purpose of two other main components of this computer system. 1. Component: ___________________________________________ Purpose: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [3] 2. Component: ___________________________________________ Purpose: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [3] ASW1W8 3762 4 [Turn over (c) Describe two ways in which this computer system could provide feedback. Examiner Only Marks Remark 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [4] ASW1W8 3762 5 [Turn over 4 The Met Office uses signals from a satellite which are converted by computer into weather maps. Examiner Only Marks Remark These maps are used to help predict the weather in different parts of the country. (a) By referring to this application of ICT, explain what is meant by each of the following terms. Data _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] Information _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] Knowledge _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (b) The data from the satellite is up to date. Identify and justify three other factors which could affect the quality of information produced in this case. 1. _______________________________________________________ Justification _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 2. _______________________________________________________ Justification _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 3. _______________________________________________________ Justification _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] ASW1W8 3762 6 [Turn over BLANK PAGE (Questions continue overleaf) ASW1W8 3762 7 [Turn over 5 (a) Describe each of the following stages in the development of an ICT system. Examiner Only Marks Remark (i) Software development ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [4] (ii) Implementation ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [4] (iii) Review ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [4] ASW1W8 3762 8 [Turn over (b) Describe what is meant by technical documentation and identify one way in which it could be used. Examiner Only Marks Remark Description: _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Use: _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [4] ASW1W8 3762 9 [Turn over 6 A school s computer network is connected to the Internet. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Describe two ways in which a pupil could unintentionally misuse the network. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (b) Describe two ways in which a pupil could intentionally misuse this network. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (c) Describe two measures that the network manager could introduce in order to protect data on the network from misuse. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] ASW1W8 3762 10 [Turn over 7 A software company provides a help desk for its customers. Examiner Only Marks Remark Staff who run the help desk can work from home. (a) Explain how ICT can be used to enable the company s staff to work from home. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [4] (b) Describe two reasons why the company might prefer staff to work from home. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (c) Describe two drawbacks to the employees of working from home. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] ASW1W8 3762 11 Quality of written communication [Turn over S SW1W8 302-055-1 A 7/07 3762 12 [Turn over

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