Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/11

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Paper 1 May/June 2015

2 hours
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
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No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

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The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

This document consists of 13 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

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1 This diagram shows a laptop computer being used in a measuring experiment.

screen

printer

pen
drive
DVD drive

touchpad
keyboard
sensor

(a) Apart from the keyboard, name two input devices shown in the diagram above.

Keyboard
1.........................................................................................................................................
Touchpad
2......................................................................................................................................... [2]

(b) Name two output devices shown in the diagram above.

Printer
1.........................................................................................................................................
Screen
2......................................................................................................................................... [2]

(c) Name two storage devices shown in the diagram above.

Pen drive
1.........................................................................................................................................
DVD drive
2......................................................................................................................................... [2]

2 Tick the most appropriate method of inputting data for the following uses.
Magnetic Ink Character Reader Detect a rotation of the ball about two axis
Use MICR Trackerball Sensor

Reading data from a cheque

Inputting the temperature of a greenhouse

People with limited motor skills using computers

Inputting the amount of humidity in a weather station

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3 Complete the table by identifying the most appropriate output device for each type of application.

Application Device

Produces very high quality printing where speed is not an issue INKJET

Production of continuous stationery where noise is not an issue LASER PRINTER

Produces rapid, high quality and high volume printing WIDE FORMAT PRINTER

Produces very large printouts such as size A0 DOT MATRIX

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4 Tick which of these statements apply to a Blog, a Microblog or a Wiki.

Blog Microblog Wiki

Very restricted on the size of post

Allows readers to edit posts

Entries are not usually in chronological order

Very difficult to customise

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5 Complete each of the sentences using the most appropriate word from the list below.

batch sensor OCR Optical character recognition

fan MICR direct

serial motor

MICR
(a) The type of processing used for processing bank cheques is called .................... [1]

(b) The type of access used on a magnetic hard disc is called .................... [1]

(c) An item of hardware which is used to open windows is called a .................... [1]

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6 A floor turtle can use the following instructions:

INSTRUCTION MEANING

FORWARD n Move n mm forward

BACKWARD n Move n mm backward

LEFT t Turn left t degrees

RIGHT t Turn right t degrees

PENUP Lift the pen

PENDOWN Lower the pen

REPEAT n Repeat the following instructions n times

END REPEAT Finish the REPEAT loop

30 mm

30 mm 30 mm

10 mm

20 mm

Start Finish

Complete the set of instructions to draw this shape by filling in the blank lines. Do not use additional
lines.

PENDOWN PENDOWN
............................................
LEFT 90 FOWARD 30
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FORWARD 20 RIGHT 90
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RIGHT 90 FOWARD 30
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PENUP RIGHT 90
............................................
FOWARD 10
............................................ FORWARD 30

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7 A home is fitted with a microprocessor-controlled burglar alarm system. It is not connected to a

police station.

(a) Tick three sensors which would be used in such a system.

Pressure sensor

Oxygen level sensor

Wind speed sensor

Sound sensor

Body sensor

Moisture sensor

Infra-red sensor

Touch sensor

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(b) Describe how a microprocessor-controlled burglar alarm system operates, referring to those
sensors you identified in part (a).
Microprocessor continually monitors sensors. When a burglar breaks into a house,
...........................................................................................................................................
using an infra-red sensor can detect any moving position or changes made in the area.
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Sound sensor can be used to detect if the burglar has broke in and take something from
...........................................................................................................................................
a certain area. When these things has been affected, the microprocessor sends the
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signals to the alarm.
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8 The owner of a sports club has recently had a new computerised stock control system installed.
He employed a systems analyst to research the existing system and then install the new system.

(a) Tick the relevant stage of the systems analysis and design (systems life cycle) for each of the
following activities.

Activity Analysis Design Evaluation

Interviewing the users of the new system

Interviewing the users of the existing system

Planning the validation routines

Examining existing documents

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(b) Before the system was installed, the systems analyst had to decide on a method of
implementation.

Name and describe three methods of implementation.

Paralell Running
Name ................................................................................................................................
Current system and new system run alongside each other
Description ........................................................................................................................

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Direct change over
Name ................................................................................................................................
New system replaces old system overnight
Description.........................................................................................................................

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Name.................................................................................................................................
Pilot running
Description ........................................................................................................................
New system introduced in one branch and other branches continue with old system
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(c) When the system was implemented, the system analyst gave some documentation to the
sports club owner.

Name three items found in the technical documentation of this system.

File structure
1. .......................................................................................................................................

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Flow charts
2. .......................................................................................................................................

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Known bugs
3. .......................................................................................................................................

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(d) Name three items in the user documentation which are not present in the technical
documentation.

How to load
1. .......................................................................................................................................

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How to print
2. .......................................................................................................................................

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How to save file
3. .......................................................................................................................................

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9 A headteacher wants to store details of his students attendances in a spreadsheet. He has typed
in the details of two students so far. Each student is identified by a student ID which consists of
one letter followed by 6 digits. The number of possible attendances is recorded along with each
students actual number of attendances.

A B C D E

Possible Actual
1 Student name Student ID attendances attendances
2
3 Maria Gonzales L543789 80 72
4 Clive Lloyd M351209 80 66
5
6

(a) The headteacher wants to ensure the Student ID is accurately entered.

Describe a method of verifying the input.

Visual verification by comparing it with source of document

...........................................................................................................................................

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(b) He wants the spreadsheet to perform a calculation of the percentage attendance of Maria
Gonzales in E3.

Explain how he would use the spreadsheet to do this.

=D3/C3*100
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(c) He now wants to add another 18 students to the spreadsheet.

Explain how he could calculate the percentage attendance for each student by only using a
computer mouse.

Clicking on cell E3, and click on the black cross on the right corner of the cell.
...........................................................................................................................................
And then drag down to E22
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(d) Give two reasons, apart from cost, why computer models are often used instead of the real
thing.

Easier to change data

1. .......................................................................................................................................

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Less dangerous
2. .......................................................................................................................................

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10 Tick four drawbacks to car manufacturers of introducing robots on production lines.

Redundancy payments to previous workers are expensive

The cars produced are not of a consistent standard

Robots are unable to think for themselves

Robots do not go on strike

Robots are expensive to buy

Mistakes are never made

Maintaining robots costs money

Car workers have to be paid more

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11 (a) Explain what is meant by Spam.

Spam are electronic junk mail sent to everyone at once.

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(b) Describe how web pages can be used to trick users into giving personal information.

Phishing, by creating the same appearance and making people this it is authentic.
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May also send email acting as a bank or organization.
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Pharming, installing malicious codes on to a pc and user is indirected to the website
...........................................................................................................................................

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12 Alfonsos family has three computers. He wants each member of his family to be able to access
internet shopping.

(a) Identify three items of hardware he may need to purchase in order to set up a computer network
that will enable this to happen.

Cables
1. .......................................................................................................................................
Netword card
2. .......................................................................................................................................
Router
3. ....................................................................................................................................... [3]

(b) Alfonsos teenage daughter uses her computer to create and send work to school.

Describe three other ways she could make appropriate use of the internet.

Watching videos on the internet

1. .......................................................................................................................................

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Book tickets
2. .......................................................................................................................................

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Read books online
3. .......................................................................................................................................

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(c) Describe a strategy that Alfonsos daughter could use to back up her school work.

She can back up her school work by copying onto removable storage medium
...........................................................................................................................................
and make incremental backups
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(d) The bank that Alfonso uses only requires customers to log into their account by inputting a
user id and password.

Explain why this is not very secure and discuss other ways the bank could identify the customer
securely.
User ID and password can easily be guessed and accessed in easily. Passwords
...........................................................................................................................................
can be hacked with key logging software. In order to raise security of the bank,
...........................................................................................................................................
they can ask to us a retina scanner to detect retina pattern. They can also ask for
...........................................................................................................................................
the account's owner birth date. Use Finger scanner because everyone's fingerprint
...........................................................................................................................................
is not the same. Biometrics are nearly impossible to forge
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13 Ahmed has asked Anna, a systems analyst, to create a new database system for his video rental
business. He rents out films in DVD and Blu-ray formats only. Here are some of the questions
customers ask:

1. Do you have the film Muppets most wanted in Blu-ray format?

2. Do you have any films which I can rent for less than $3?
3. Do you have any films directed by Stephen Spielberg?

(a) Complete the design table below by filling in the field names and data types. Use the most
appropriate data type to create a database which would answer the questions shown above.
Do not use spaces in field names.

Field name Data type

Film_title Alphanumeric

Format/Blu-Ray/DVD Booleen
Rental Cost Currency

Name_of_director Text

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(b) Describe how Ahmed would use the finished database to produce a report, without using
word processing software, to answer the second question above.

Set up header
...........................................................................................................................................
Set up footer
...........................................................................................................................................
Set up a query
...........................................................................................................................................
select appropriate fields to include in report
...........................................................................................................................................

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14 A lending library has introduced an e-book borrowing facility. Borrowers will be able to download
a book to their tablet computer or e-book reader. It will automatically remove itself from the device
after the loan period has expired.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a system to the library and the borrower.

Advatages of borrowers are:

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Saves cost of travelling to the library
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Will not be fined for going over borrowing period
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Disadvantages of borrowers are:
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Might not have finished reading book when it disappears
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Advantages of Library
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Librarians will have more time to spend on other duties
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Dont have to worry about books not being returned
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Disadvantanges:
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Will lose income from not collecting fines
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