Sample Paper Reference P000132
600/0030/2
NCFE Functional Skills Qualification in ICT at Level 1
Time Allowed: 2 hours (15 minutes additional time is allowed for printing).
This assessment is in two parts: Part A and Part B. In Part A you will have access to the
Internet and will be able to search and obtain information. In Part B you will not have access
to the Internet. You have 30 minutes for Part A and 90 minutes (1.5 hours) for Part B.
Candidate No:
Ext Ass Ref:
Batch No:
Forename:
Surname:
Centre No:
Please ensure that your personal details above are correct.
For this external assessment you’ll need:
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a computer with internet connection
access to a hard disk to save your work
pen or pencil and paper for rough notes.
Read each task and data file carefully and attempt all 4 questions.
You must save all your work in named files. Give each file a name that indicates clearly what
it contains.
Where requested in this document, write your answers in the spaces provided. Make sure
that your writing is easy to read.
You will be given time to produce print outs at the end of the assessment. Make sure you
print out all your work then, not during the assessment. Hand this paper and all printouts to
the invigilator, as instructed.
DO NOT TURN OVER UNTIL YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY THE INVIGILATOR
For Examiner use only
Question
Marks awarded
1a
1b
1c
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3
4
Total
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Assessment tasks
You will be assessed on your ability to use Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) in the following three skill areas:
 Using ICT systems
 Finding and selecting information
 Developing, presenting and communicating information
It will help you to read through each of the activities before starting them.
Activity
Part A
Part B
Activity description
Marks
Activity A: Create a folder for your
work.
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5
Activity B: Receive email.
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10
Activity C: Find information from
the internet.
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15
2
Develop information about walking
and food energy.
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30
3
Create a leaflet about home
exercising.
35
40
4
Answer written questions.
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20
100
120
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Suggested
Total
Time
Time
(minutes) (minutes)
30
90
120
Evidence you need to produce.
A box like this appears at the end of each activity. It tells you what evidence you need to
produce for the activity. Tick the small box by each item, as shown here, as you complete
each piece of work.
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Please indicate how many pages have been attached to your assessment.
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Assessment Scenario
You work for the manager of Town Leisure Centres. You have been asked to help
encourage people to exercise.
Part A: you have 30 minutes to complete this section.
Question 1
Activity A: Create a folder for your work.
Suggested time: 5 minutes
Marks available: 4
Create a folder in your hard disk work area. Give the folder a suitable name.
You must save all your work into this folder.
Activity B: Receive email.
Suggested time: 10 minutes
Marks available: 8
You have new emails.
a. One of your emails says you have won a prize in a lottery. You did not buy a
ticket for this lottery. Delete this email.
b. The email with the subject Leisure Centre contains some information that you
should save. Read the email and follow the instructions.
c. Produce screen shots showing:
 today’s messages in your Inbox
 your folder with the files it contains.
What you need to produce for this activity:
A file containing the information supplied in the email, saved in your work folder.
A file containing screen shot images, saved in your work folder.
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Activity C: Find information from the internet.
Suggested time: 15 minutes
Marks available: 11
In Question 2 you will need to work on some calculations about walking as an
exercise. Before you do this, you will need to find some information from the internet.
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Find a typical value for the speed at which humans walk in kilometres per
hour.
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Copy the information, the search words you use to find it and the addresses of
the web pages on which you find the information into a new file. Save the file
in your work folder.
Make a note of the speed at which humans walk in kilometres per hour. You will
need this information in Question 2.
What you need to produce for this activity:
A file containing the required information, saved in your work folder.
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Part B: you have 90 minutes (1½ hours) to complete this section. You must not
attempt to use email or the internet in this section.
Question 2: Develop information about walking and food energy.
Suggested time: 30 minutes
Marks available: 27
Open the file called food energy.xls
The file contains information about walking to burn up food energy, but the data is not
complete. Your manager wants you to complete the data and use part of it in your
leaflet.
You may find the following information useful:
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Walking time per kilometre (minutes) is minutes in an hour divided by
Average human walking speed in kilometres per hour (kph)
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Distance to walk to burn up food energy (kilometres) is food Energy in
Calories divided by Calories burned per kilometre
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Walking time (minutes) is distance in kilometres multiplied by Walking
time per kilometre (minutes)
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kilometres per hour is often shortened to kph.
You need to complete these tasks:
 Make the titles stand out from the other information. Make sure that all
information can be read.
 A ‘calorie’ is a unit of food energy. Using a label, comment or some other
means, add this information to the data in a suitable place.
 Complete the information on walking and energy. To do this you will need to
use the value for the walking speed that you found on the internet
 Sort the food information in order of food Calories.
 Create a chart showing how long you need to walk to burn up the food energy
for each of the food items listed. Your chart should have titles and data labels.
 Choose one of the food items in the list. Make a note of how long you have to
walk to burn up the food energy for this item. You will need this information for
the leaflet you will produce in the next question.
What you need to produce for this activity:
A file containing the required information and chart, saved in your work folder.
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Question 3: Create a leaflet about home exercising.
Suggested time: 40 minutes
Marks available: 35
Your manager wants you to produce a leaflet to tell people about exercising at home.
You will need to open and use the file leaflet.doc
Your leaflet must:
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be fit for purpose
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be on one A4 page
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use all the text supplied in the file leaflet.doc, suitably formatted
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display the image in the file with suitable formatting
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show a suitable part of the text in a table having at least two columns and
two rows
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show one of the food items from your work in Question 2. You must show how
long you have to walk to burn up the food energy for this item
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be easy to read
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be free of spelling errors.
Check the final content of the leaflet for errors.
Add a footer to the leaflet containing your name and candidate number.
What you need to produce for this activity:
The leaflet files you have produced, saved to your work folder.
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Question 4: Answer written questions.
Suggested time: 20 minutes
Total marks available: 15
Enter answers to the following five questions.
a. What is the name given to the type of email that you were asked to delete in
Activity 2? If this email had an attachment explain why the attachment should
not be opened. (3 marks)
b. When editing a paragraph in your leaflet file you click on a row of buttons in
the word processor user interface and it appears as shown here.
Explain what these buttons do and the effect on the paragraph that you are
editing. (3 marks)
c. In Question 3, the leaflet included an image that had been inserted. Explain
how you would insert and position an image in a document. Describe what
problems you might have when inserting an image in a document with a lot of
text. (3 marks)
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d. When using the internet, you should check that the information you found was
accurate. Explain what steps you can take to do this. (3 marks)
e.
Your manager wants you to set a password on your leaflet file. He suggests
that you use the word ‘leaflet’ as the password. Explain why this is not a very
good choice and suggest a better one. (3 marks)
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The assessment is over
Print all the files that you have created for Questions 1 to 4.
Print out a screenshot showing the files you have saved on your
computer.
Print out any documents you have created during the assessment.
If you have made use of a spreadsheet application, make sure that the
printouts display the gridlines with row and column headings.
You must also produce a printout showing any formulas that were used. Ask your
invigilator for help if you do not know how to do this.
Write the following information at the bottom of each printed page:
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the name of the file
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your name
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your candidate number.
Only pages that contain this information in full will be marked.
Give this paper and all your printouts to the invigilator.
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