Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

* 7 3 5 1 2 0 3 6 8 0 *

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/11

Paper 1 April 2016
80 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper
No additional materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

Answer all questions.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

The syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.

This document consists of 10 printed pages.

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1 Tick the most appropriate output device for each of the following applications.

Graph Laser Dot matrix

Application plotter printer printer
✓ ✓ ✓
Rapid, high quality and high volumes of output

CAD, where large printouts are required such as A0

Industrial environments such as car repair companies

Printing on multipart forms

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2 Complete the table by identifying the most appropriate storage method for each type of application.

Application Storage method

Theatre booking systems

Storing photographs in a camera for printing at a later time

The most portable device used to transport data from
computer to computer
A disc used to sell music albums without video
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3 Complete each sentence using words from the following list.

ROM a bar code reader RAM

magnetic tape joystick OCR

a chip reader MICR

(a) The input device used in flight simulation is

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(b) The type of memory used to store the work that the user is currently working on is

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(c) A medium used to backup data is

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4 Students are investigating the behaviour of a colourless liquid in a beaker. As the colourless liquid
heats up, it becomes cloudy.

Name two sensors that would be connected to a computer in such an experiment.

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5 Tick three benefits to workers of the introduction of robots into car manufacture.

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Once bought robots do not have to be paid

They have to do less hazardous jobs

They don’t need to lift heavy loads

They can become deskilled

It can lead to unemployment

They work in a cleaner/healthier working environment

They can work whenever they want

They get a massive pay rise

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6 Smart phones are used to send and receive emails with and without attachments.

Describe four other ways in which emails can be managed on a smart phone.

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7 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to a teacher of using a tablet computer instead of
another type of computer.

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8. For each use, tick the most appropriate type of application software.

Modelling Database Word processing

✓ ✓ ✓
Writing a letter

Flight simulation

Storing student records in a school

Producing a business card

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9 Tick the type of computer which would be most appropriate for each use of ICT.

Mainframe Laptop Desktop

Use
✓ ✓ ✓

Entering data from a Biology survey while out of

school

Massive transactions which need the use of many

CPUs

Students who need to transport their computer

from home to use in school

Personal use with better performance at lower cost

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10 Scientists want to find the level of pollution in a river running past a chemical factory. They will use
sensors connected to a computer to do this.

(a) Name three sensors that the scientists would place in the river.

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(b) Explain why it is so important to carefully consider the position of sensors placed in the river.

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(c) Define the word “Microprocessor”

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11 A school has introduced a system so that parents of its students can access data about

their children. (a) Give three reasons why the school has introduced this system.

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(b) In order to access this data, parents will need to log on to the school’s website.

Describe the purpose of the following two items of data they will need to enter.

User ID .......................................................................................................................................

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Password . .................................................................................................................................

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12 Ajit has been set homework by her Geography teacher. She has the choice of using her text book
or the internet to find the necessary information. Write one advantage and two disadvantages to
Ajit using the text book rather than the internet.

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13 A video shop owner uses a spreadsheet to calculate his costs.

This is part of the spreadsheet.

A B C D

1 Book title Number in stock Cost price Total cost

2 The Wolf Of Wall Street 4 $18 $72

3 Thinking Fast And Slow 5 $17 $85

4 Be Careful What You Wish For 8 $15 $120

5 The Fell Sword 4 $20 $80

6 Metro 2034 2 $15 $30

8 Overall cost $387

(a) Give the cell reference of the cell that contains $20.

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(b) Give the number of rows shown in the spreadsheet.

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(c) Write down the formula which should go in cell D2.

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(d) Write down the formula which should go in cell D8. Make the most efficient use of a function.

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14 Give three specific examples of work that are carried out by a robot in the car industry.

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(15.1) Write down four rules (or principles) that any data controller must obey.

(a) _________________________________________________________________

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(b) _________________________________________________________________

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(c) _________________________________________________________________

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(15.2) Write down two rights that a data subject has.

(a) _________________________________________________________________

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(b) _________________________________________________________________

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16. Name Aine’s three sons and what city does each son live in: [6]

1. Name ....................................................... City ...............................................

2. Name ....................................................... City ...............................................

3. Name ....................................................... City ...............................................

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You have been invited to Nguyên house and can’t wait to try out his “famous” toilets!!! Howvere there is a power
cut! Name three functions that will not work without electricty and what sensors do each use.

1. Name of Function: ......................................................................................................................................

Senor .........................................................................................

2. Name of Function: ......................................................................................................................................

Senor .........................................................................................

3. Name of Function: ......................................................................................................................................

Senor ........................................................................................... [3]

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