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Sp N ec e ifi w ca tio n Centre Number 71 Candidate Number ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS) General Certificate of Education 2010 Assessment Unit AS 1 assessing Module 1: Components of ICT AW111 Information and Communication Technology [AW111] MONDAY 24 MAY, MORNING TIME 2 hours. 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 six questions. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 120 marks including a maximum of 5 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 Marks Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 110043 QWC Total Marks 6237 1 An on-line retailer asks customers to complete a questionnaire about shopping preferences. Examiner Only Marks Remark A screen from the questionnaire is shown below. Customer Questionnaire First name * Surname * Date of birth DD/MM/YY / / * Email address Confirm Email address * Required Save (a) Explain what is meant by a direct data source in this case. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [2] (b) Describe one benefit and one drawback of an indirect data source. Benefit ______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Drawback ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [4] 6237 2 [Turn over (c) The data provided by customers is validated. Examiner Only Marks Remark By referring to fields in the screen above, explain each of the following validation checks. Presence check _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Range check _________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Format check _________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [6] (d) Data verification is used in the questionnaire. (i) Explain the purpose of data verification. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [2] (ii) Describe two examples of data verification used in the screen shown. 1. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] 6237 3 [Turn over (e) A report is produced summarising the responses to the questionnaire. Examiner Only Marks Remark The retailer uses the report to identify new product lines. An extract from the report is shown below. Which of the following are you most likely to purchase? Product Response (%) Health & Beauty Jewellery DIY Sports None 40 15 10 5 30 (i) Explain what is meant by data. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [2] (ii) By referring to this table, explain what is meant by Information _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Knowledge _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] 6237 4 [Turn over (f) The retailer is a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Examiner Only Marks Remark Explain the purpose of the ITU. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [4] 6237 5 [Turn over 2 An organisation s network consists of a LAN connected to the Internet. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Explain how data is transferred on A bus network _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ A star network _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [6] (b) Describe how each of the following will be used in the organisation s network. A firewall ____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ A switch _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 6237 6 [Turn over A proxy server ________________________________________________ Examiner Only Marks Remark _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [6] The organisation wishes to set up a video conference to inform a group of customers about a new product. (c) Identify four hardware and two software resources which are required specifically for video conferencing. Hardware 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________ Software 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ [6] (d) Describe three features of email which could be used instead to inform the customers of the new product. 1. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 6237 7 [Turn over 3. ___________________________________________________________ Examiner Only Marks Remark _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [6] 3 Access rights and data encryption can be used to keep data secure. (a) Explain what is meant by Access rights _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Data encryption _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [6] (b) Describe one other method of keeping data secure. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [4] 6237 8 [Turn over 4 Manufacturers of various components make extensive use of CAD and CAM. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Explain what is meant by CAD _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ CAM _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [4] (b) State two benefits for a car manufacturer of each of the following CAD 1. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ CAM 1. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [4] 6237 9 [Turn over (c) Identify four different ways in which robots can be used by a car manufacturer. Examiner Only Marks Remark 1. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [4] 6237 10 [Turn over 5 Documentation is produced during the development of an ICT system. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Name two different types of documentation and identify two components of each. Name _______________________________________________________ Component 1 ________________________________________________ Component 2 ________________________________________________ Name _______________________________________________________ Component 1 ________________________________________________ Component 2 ______________________________________________ [6] The new system undergoes testing. (b) Explain what happens during each of the following. Application testing _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Acceptance testing _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [6] 6237 11 [Turn over (c) A project manager is involved in the development of the system. Examiner Only Marks Remark Identify three of the responsibilities of an ICT project manager. 1. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [3] 6237 12 [Turn over 6 The internal memory of a computer uses ROM and cache memory. Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Explain how a typical computer uses ROM _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Cache memory _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [4] (b) Name another type of internal memory and describe how it will be used in a typical computer. Name _______________________________________________________ Use _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [3] 6237 13 [Turn over (c) The software of the computer consists of an operating system and other software. Examiner Only Marks Remark (i) Describe the main features of A multi-tasking operating system _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ A multi-user operating system _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [6] (ii) Describe the main features of Presentation software _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 6237 14 [Turn over Web authoring software Examiner Only Marks Remark _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Internet browser software _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [9] (d) The computer s user has installed some open source software. Describe the main features of open source software. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [4] QWC THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER 6237 15 Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified. 110043

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