Centre Number
Candidate Number
General Certificate of Secondary Education
2006
Information and Communication Technology
Full Course
Paper 1
Higher Tier
G5803
[G5803]
TUESDAY 23 MAY, AFTERNOON
For Examiner’s
use only
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TIME
1 hour 30 minutes.
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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 fourteen questions.
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INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
The total mark for this paper is 140, including a maximum of 7 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.
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Answer all fourteen questions.
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For question 1 insert the appropriate letter in the space provided.
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(a) A DVD is used to store data. What does DVD stand for?
A Digital Video Disk
B Digital Video Download
C Digital Versatile Disk
D Digital Versatile Download
Answer ___________ [1]
(b) MIDI is a communication system used between a computer and
musical instruments. What does MIDI stand for?
A Musical Instrument Digital Interface
B Musical Instrument Download Interface
C Microsoft International Download Information
D Microsoft International Download Interface
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(c) MPEG is the standard for storing what type of files?
A Multimedia Presentations
B Spreadsheets
C Graphic Images
D Motion Video
Answer ___________ [1]
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(d) Ellen is the editor of the school magazine. Which of the following
pieces of software is she most likely to use to produce it?
A A spreadsheet
B A multimedia presentation package
C A desk top publishing package
D A database package
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(e) If you format the hard disk on a computer, you would:
A Save all the information on the hard disk
B Wipe all the information on the hard disk
C Print all the information on the hard disk
D Backup all the information on the hard disk
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(f) Paul wants to print his ICT Coursework with his name and candidate
number appearing at the top of every page. He can do this by adding a:
A Footer
B New page
C Title
D Header
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(g) Mike wants to record details of sales in the school tuck shop and try to
predict next term’s profit using the data.
Which of the following pieces of software is he most likely to use to do
this?
A A spreadsheet
B A multimedia presentation package
C A desk top publishing package
D A database package
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(h) Read Only Memory (ROM) is:
A Volatile and cannot be written to
B Volatile and can be written to
C Not volatile and cannot be written to
D Not volatile and can be written to
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(i) Which of the following file extensions is not used for a picture file
format?
A jpg
B bmp
C gif
D csv
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(j) A school secretary wants to send personalised letters to all teachers of
class 9A. In order to do this it is necessary to:
A Sort and merge the data
B Sort the data
C Search and merge the data
D Merge the data
Answer ___________ [1]
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Eimear goes to PC World to buy a new PC. The photographs below show
some of the devices she could use with a typical home PC.
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(a) Name each device, then circle the Device Type. The first question has
been done for you.
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(i)
(ii)
Device Name
Modem
Device Name
________________________
Device Type
Device Type
Input Output Storage Communication
Input Output Storage Communication
(iii)
(iv)
Device Name
Device Name
________________________
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Device Type
Device Type
Input Output Storage Communication
Input Output Storage Communication
(v)
(vi)
Device Name
Device Name
________________________
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Device Type
Device Type
Input Output Storage Communication
Input Output Storage Communication
(b) She also needs a printer and has the choice between a non colour laser
printer and a colour inkjet printer.
(i) Place a tick (✓) beside the name of the printer which uses toner to
print on to paper.
Non colour laser printer
Colour inkjet printer
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(ii) Place a tick (✓) beside the printer which has the lowest running
cost per page.
Non colour laser printer
Colour inkjet printer
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(c) In the store she has the choice between the following two screen types.
19" TFT flat panel monitor
1280 × 1024 resolution
Built in speakers (Yes)
Plug and Play
9.5 kg weight
£279.00
17" CRT Monitor
1248 × 1024 resolution
Built in speakers (No)
15 kg weight
£80.00
Explain the following terms:
(i) Resolution: ____________________________________________
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(ii) Plug and Play: _________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ [2]
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Chris’s family rent houses to holidaymakers in Portrush.
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The following Data Capture form is used to record bookings.
Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms
(other please specify)
Surname:
First name:
House
number:
Street:
Town:
County:
Num people:
PostCode:
Num days:
Start date:
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The family want to use a database to store details of bookings.
(a) What is a database?
_________________________________________________________
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(b) The family decide to add BookingId as a key field. What is a key
field?
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [2]
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(c) Why should they not use Surname as a key field?
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(d) Below is part of the spreadsheet used to keep track of profits and costs
from each property.
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B
C
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June
J
K
July
Rent
per
night
Num
Nights
Total
Costs
Profit
Rent
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night
Num
Nights
Total
Costs
Profit
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Property 1
£20.00
28
£560.00
£120.00
£440.00
£30.00
28
£840.00
£120.00
£720.00
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Property 2
£25.00
21
£525.00
£10.00
£515.00
£35.00
28
£980.00
£10.00
£970.00
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Property 3
£30.00
21
£630.00
£10.00
£620.00
£40.00
28
£1,120.00
£10.00
£1,110.00
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Property 4
£20.00
28
£560.00
£50.00
£510.00
£30.00
28
£840.00
£50.00
£790.00
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Property 5
£20.00
28
£560.00
£10.00
£550.00
£30.00
28
£840.00
£10.00
£830.00
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Property 6
£25.00
21
£525.00
£10.00
£515.00
£35.00
28
£980.00
£10.00
£970.00
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£3,360.00
£210.00
£3,150.00
168
£5,600.00
£210.00
£5,390.00
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Overall
Profit
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£8,540.00
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(i) Write down the formula used in cell D3.
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(ii) Write down the formula used in cell A13.
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The rent in Property 1 has been increased to £25.00 per night for the month
of June.
(e) Give the cell references of three other cells whose values will change.
1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________ [3]
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The following graph was produced to help compare the profit made from
each property in the months of June and July.
Profit Analysis by Property
£1,200.00
£1,000.00
Profit
£800.00
June
£600.00
July
£400.00
£200.00
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£0.00
Property Num ber
(f) Write down the three cell ranges used to create the chart.
1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________ [3]
(g) How would the family place this graph into a word processed report?
_________________________________________________________
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Below is a fax template designed by Mark, the secretary of Happy Days
Greeting Cards.
(a) What is a template?
__________________________________________________________
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Mark is responsible for sending company faxes.
(b) List two ways in which a fax template can help Mark in his job.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________ [2]
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Mark is also responsible for sending out standard letters to clients about
upcoming events.
He decides to use the mail-merge facility of a word processor to notify
clients that there is an exhibition.
(c) List three steps carried out when creating a mail-merge document.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________ [3]
The company holds information on customers and must abide by the Data
Protection Act.
(d) List two principles of this Act.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________ [2]
Mark has been offered a teleworking contract.
(e) List three ways in which his work patterns may change if he accepts
this contract.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________ [3]
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Here is a picture of the structure of a typical school network.
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File server
(a) Give two advantages of having a network structure in the school.
1. ________________________________________________________
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2. ________________________________________________________
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(b) List two of the functions of a file server on the network.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________ [2]
(c) What will happen to the other computers on this network if the file
server breaks down?
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John has got a new computer to work on his coursework at home. He
connects to the Internet to do research. He has discovered that there is a
virus on the computer.
(a) What is a computer virus?
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [2]
(b) List two ways in which John’s computer may have become infected
with a virus.
1. ________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [2]
(c) Give two ways in which John could protect his computer from
computer viruses.
1. ________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
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John uses his computer to make a copy of a music CD.
(d) Which law is he breaking?
_______________________________________________________ [2]
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(a) Here is a list of values representing the typical storage capacity of
various storage media.
1.44 Megabytes 700 Megabytes 40 Gigabytes
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250 Megabytes
(i) Complete the table below by entering the correct capacity next to
the storage media.
Storage media
Capacity
CD-RW
Floppy disk
Hard disk
Zip disk
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(ii) List one magnetic storage media named in the table above.
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(iii) List one optical storage media named in the table above.
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(b) Jane is a GCSE student. Below is a screenshot of her coursework
folder.
Jane wants to move her coursework onto the school network.
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Complete the following sentences using the words provided.
CD-RW
Floppy disk
Zip disk
Assignment 3 will best fit onto a ____________________________
Video for Assignment 2 will best fit onto a ____________________
Assignment 1 will best fit onto a _________________________ [3]
(c) Look at the storage media in the table below.
Storage media
CD-RW
Floppy Disk
Hard Disk
Zip Disk
Which storage media is the fastest for retrieving data and placing the
data into RAM?
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Mary is working on a GCSE Science experiment to monitor the changes in
temperature in the school greenhouse over a period of 24 hours.
She is using a data logging system with sensors, an interface and a PC.
Interface
PC
Sensor
(a) What is meant by the term data logging?
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [2]
(b) Why does she need an interface?
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [2]
(c) How could feedback be used if Mary wanted to control the
temperature in the greenhouse?
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [2]
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Data can be recorded in analogue or digital format.
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(d) Explain the terms analogue and digital.
Analogue: ________________________________________________
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Digital: __________________________________________________
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(a) Tara is working on an Art project. She has to find information on the
artist “van gogh”. She uses a search engine on the Internet.
(i) What is a search engine?
_____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ [1]
Below are the results of Tara’s search.
(ii) How many results has Tara obtained?
____________________________________________________ [1]
Results 1 -10 of about 8,530,000 for van gogh (0.13 seconds)
(b) Tara has got too many results and decides to refine her search.
(i) What does refine her search mean?
______________________________________________________
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(ii) What effect should refining her search have on Tara’s results?
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(iii) Tara now wants to search for details about Van Gogh’s paintings,
not including the painting “Sunflowers”.
Add the correct words to the search box below in order that she can
achieve this.
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10 Schools are becoming increasingly accustomed to the use of technology.
Academy High School uses its computer system for teaching and in the
school office.
(a) List one way each of the following applications would be used in a
school office:
Wordprocessor: ___________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Spreadsheet: _____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Database: ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [3]
CCEA and other examination boards are increasingly providing information
to schools on-line.
(b) Explain the meaning of the term on-line.
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(c) List two different ways in which teachers could make use of the
Internet to help them with their teaching.
1. ________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________ [2]
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(d) All Internet use is filtered. Why is this a good idea in a school?
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(e) The school has a website which is now being used to share information
with parents.
Give one example of how the website could be used to collect
information.
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11 Parker & Parker Solicitors often send information and legal documents to
clients. Recently the firm has used e-mail to send clients some information
which is not confidential.
(a) How could the company send a document along with the e-mail
message?
_______________________________________________________ [1]
(b) Explain the steps the client would have to follow in order to read the
document sent with the e-mail message.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [2]
(c) Give one advantage of using e-mail instead of postal mail.
__________________________________________________________
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(d) Give one disadvantage of using e-mail instead of postal mail.
__________________________________________________________
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(e) Give one other way of sending an e-mail message rather than using a
PC.
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(f) Suggest two ways the solicitor could ensure that e-mails to clients are
kept secure and confidential.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________ [2]
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E-mail messages are text messages. Sound and video may also be sent with
them.
(g) How could the firm of solicitors reduce the size of a video or sound file
to make it easier to send by e-mail?
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [1]
(h) Suggest one risk the receiver of the e-mail messages may face.
__________________________________________________________
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12 David chooses to use the image shown below in his GCSE Geography
coursework.
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David has made changes to the original image as shown below.
A
B
C
(a) Write down the letter of the image which has been:
(i) Distorted
(ii) Resized
(iii) Cropped
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(b) Look at the picture toolbar below. Circle the button you would use to
crop a picture.
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David inserted the picture of the globe from clipart.
(c) List three other sources where David could get more images for his
coursework.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________ [3]
David wants to enter text into the computer system. He can do this by using
the keyboard.
(d) List two other ways in which text can be entered.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________ [2]
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13 Anita wants to include photos on her website. She uses a digital camera to
take some photographs and a conventional camera to take other photos.
(a) Why is a digital camera more suitable for the job she wants to do?
_________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [1]
(b) Explain one way in which Anita can move the photographs on her
digital camera onto the computer.
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [2]
(c) How can Anita include photographs taken with the conventional camera
on her website?
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Anita has decided to optimise the graphics for use on the website.
(d) Explain the words optimise the graphics.
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ [2]
(e) Give one reason why Anita may want to optimise graphics for use on
the website.
_______________________________________________________ [1]
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14 Using the terms in the list below choose one term that best matches the
definition in the left hand column (not all the words will be used).
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MODEM
SCANNER
OPERATING SYSTEM
ADDRESS BOOK
CD-ROM
FLOPPY DISK
DOWNLOAD
UPLOAD
CPU
CHIP
HACKING
RESOLUTION
SPREADSHEET
SIMULATION
DATABASE
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Term
A list of names and e-mail
addresses stored with an e-mail
account.
To copy files from the Internet to
the computer you are working on.
Converts data from a computer into
a form that can be passed along a
telephone line.
Gaining unauthorised access to a
computer system.
The software that controls the
hardware and also runs the
programs.
An imitation of a system using a
computer program (e.g. aircraft
flight).
A hardware device used to input
hard copies of photographs or
images into a computer system.
The computer’s brain. It stores and
processes data.
A small capacity storage medium
used to hold data.
A software package which consists
of a grid used to contain text,
numbers or formulae, which may
be used for financial predictions.
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