0417 Information Technology: MARK SCHEME For The October/November 2009 Question Paper For The Guidance of Teachers
0417 Information Technology: MARK SCHEME For The October/November 2009 Question Paper For The Guidance of Teachers
0417 Information Technology: MARK SCHEME For The October/November 2009 Question Paper For The Guidance of Teachers
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This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of
the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not
indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners meeting before marking began,
which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers.
Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the
examination.
CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes.
CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2009 question papers for most IGCSE,
GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level
syllabuses.
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Question Part
Answer
Number mark
1 A Scanner [1]
B Dot matrix printer [1]
C Hard disc drive [1]
D Graphics tablet [1]
E Multimedia projector [1]
2
Bar code reader Keyboard Laser printer
3
True False
Dot matrix printers produce high quality output [1]
Laser printers are very noisy [1]
Graph plotters are used when extremely large hard
[1]
copy is required
Inkjet printers are used where continuous stationery
[1]
is required
6 Triangle:
Backward sequence
Square:
7
Health Safety
Headaches caused by prolonged use [1]
8
Producing utility bills
Paying for goods at an EFTPOS terminal [1]
Making an airline booking [1]
Producing monthly payrolls
Monitoring a patients condition in a hospital [1]
Reading data from bank cheques
Extreme data is data which is at either end of a normal range of data [1]
Examples: 1, 6 [1]
Abnormal data is data which is outside the acceptable range/is of the wrong
data type [1]
Example: any negative number or number greater than 6 or text example [1]
(e)
Improvements can be made [1]
The hardware and software can be specified
Limitations of the system can be identified [1]
To see how many books are required
To make sure the user is satisfied with the system [1]
So that program coding can be written
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(f) Technical
Three from:
Program listing
Programming language
Flowchart/algorithm
List of variables
File structure
Purpose of the system/program
Input format or example
Output format or example
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
Sample runs/test runs
Known bugs/possible errors
Validation rules [3 max]
User
Three from:
How to load software/run software/install software.
How to save a file.
How to search
How to sort
How to print
How to add records
How to delete/edit records
Purpose of the system/program (only if not mentioned in technical documentation)
Input format or example (only if not mentioned in technical documentation)
Output format or example (only if not mentioned in technical documentation)
Hardware requirements (only if not mentioned in technical documentation)
Software requirements (only if not mentioned in technical documentation)
Sample runs (only if not mentioned in technical documentation)
Error messages (only if not mentioned in technical documentation)
Error handling
Tutorials
Troubleshooting guide/Contact details/help line/FAQ [3 max]
10
The customer types in the PIN 3 [1]
If the PIN and the number stored in the chip are the same go onto the
5 [1]
next step
The customers account is checked to see if it has sufficient funds 7 [1]
The card is inserted into the reader 1
The PIN number is compared with that stored in the chip 4 [1]
The transaction is authorized 8 [1]
The device checks if the card is valid 2 [1]
The supermarket computer contacts the customers bank computer 6 [1]
[Total: 7]
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Two from:
Values less than 0 (or lower limit) or more than an upper limit
Will be rejected/not allowed/must be within
16 Three from
User ID/Passwords/PIN [1]
User ID/Password/PIN entered is compared with that held on system/never
tell anyone your password/regularly change password/make it not easy to
guess/only person who knows password can access account [1]
Encryption [1]
Data is scrambled up/key must be known to unscramble it/prevents people
from understanding data [1]
Firewall [1]
Prevents unauthorised users/computers from accessing network [1]
Drawbacks:
Not all information is accurate
Some information is purely for advertising/selling purposes
Might need proxy server to prevent access to certain types of site
Some information is pornographic
Anyone can put information on the Internet
Much of the information on the Internet is not filtered
Need to identify the validity of the author
Need to be careful about whether information is fact or opinion
Information can be biased
Results from search engine could be skewed because of
sponsorship/marketing
Internet is not policed
So much information available which might be unreliable
Benefits:
Wide range of information to select (desirable/reliable information)
Able to search quickly (using search engines) to find (reliable/desirable)
information
Information can be downloaded and edited (to make it desirable/reliable)
Can use the final part of a URL to identify reliability
Information can be up to date/real time so reliable
.ac, .gov, .org are usually fairly reliable
Can compare information from sites to see if it is reliable [8]