Cambridge International AS & A Level

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 9626/02

Paper 02 Practical February/March 2024
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 90

Post-standardisation

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Cambridge Assessment International Education – Generic Marking Principles

These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers.
They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level
descriptions for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these
marking principles.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1:

Marks must be awarded in line with:

 the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptions for the question
 the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptions for the question
 the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2:

Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3:

Marks must be awarded positively:

 marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is
given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to
your Team Leader as appropriate.
 marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do.
 marks are not deducted for errors.
 marks are not deducted for omissions.
 answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation, and grammar when these
features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The
meaning, however, should be unambiguous.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4:

Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions
or in the application of generic level descriptions.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5:

Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question
(however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate
responses seen).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6:

Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should
not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptions in mind.

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Task Answer Marks

Task 1 - Spreadsheet
Candidate file JJstock_
See Task 1 in Exemplar solutions document for extra guidance.

1(a) First 5 files combined into a single sheet … 5

Data
combined … with data sorted into ascending order of Product Code

… with no duplication of data/columns

… order of columns as shown

… earrings and chain have cost in column G and sales in column F

1(b) Stocklist file added … 3

Stocklist
… as columns H & I

… with integrity of data maintained

1(c) Saved in spreadsheet format as JJstock_ZZ999_9999 1

Saving

Totals marks 9

Task Answer Marks

Task 2 – Relational database

Candidate file JJ_
See Task 2 in Exemplar solutions document for extra guidance.

2(a) Three tables identified/used in correctly named database 1

Tables
identified

2(b) Customer table created … 5

Customer
table … with appropriate table name

… short meaningful field names with no spaces

… correct 7 fields only

… primary key set on Cust_No field

2(c) All fields in Customer table set as alphanumeric 1

Customer
data

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2(d) Order table created … 5

Order table
… with appropriate table name

… short meaningful field names with no spaces

… correct 7 fields only

… primary key set on new ID field (autonumber)

2(e) Date field in Order table set dd/mm/yyyy format 3

Order data
Quantity field in Order table set as integer

all other data in Order table set as alphanumeric (except primary key)

2(f) Stock table created … 5

Stock table
… with appropriate table name

… short meaningful field names with no spaces

… correct 9 fields only

… primary key set on Product_Code

2(g) Cost_Price and Sale_Price fields in Stock table set in currency (2dp) format 3
Stock data
2 x Quantity fields (Held and Ordered) in Stock table set as integer

all other data in Stock table set as alphanumeric

2(h) Customer.Cust_No to Order.Cust_No … 4

Customer
to Order … Relationship created between these fields
relationship
… 1 to many relationship

… with referential integrity enforced

2(i) Stock.Product_Code to Order.Item … 4

Stock to
Order … Relationship created between these fields
relationship
… 1 to many relationship

… with NO referential integrity enforced

Total marks 31

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Task Answer Marks

Task 3 – Report
Candidate file JJbest_
See Task 3 in Exemplar solutions document for extra guidance.

3(a) Products contain Opal 2

Search
Search - Customers 1, 12, 25 only

3(b) Calculated field Item_Total: … 2

Calculated
field … Sale_Price * Quantity

3(c) 100% accurate 3

Report title
White text on a black background

Largest text centre aligned

3(d) Report grouped on customer family name 4

Group
header Group header contains no labels

Grouped data: 2 x name fields, 2 x address fields, post code

Grouped data black and bold

3(e) Sub-group on order number 6

Sub-group
header Sub-group header contains no labels

Sub-group header data: order number, date …

… text Prepared by: Prepared_By field

Date formatted as dd/mm/yyyy

Sub-group on a light grey background including controls

3(f) Detail rows contain stock item, quantity, metal, stone, sale price … 2
Row detail
… and Item_Total all fully visible

3(g) Data within each customer sorted into ascending order of order number … 2
Data sorted
… then ascending order of Style

3(i) Item totals for each order with correct values and in correct place 2
Item totals
Sum of all item totals at bottom of Item_Total column of report

3(j) Candidate details at bottom left of each page 1

Candidate
details

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3(k) Exported as JJbest_ZZ999_9999.pdf … 2

Export
… as a single A4 portrait page

Mark total 26

Task Answer Marks

Task 4 – Video editing

Candidate file JJ1_
Mark using VLC player.

4(a) Aspect ratio set to 16:9 1

Aspect ratio

4(b) m24items.mp4 placed first … 2

First
section …trimmed so first 2.6 seconds removed

4(c) m24items2.mp4 spliced on end … 2

Second
section … with appropriate transition added

4(d) Slowed to 0.25 x speed … 2

Speed
… for both clips

4(e) End of clip trimmed so that 10 seconds remain 1

Length

4(f) Exported as JJ1_ZZ999_9999 … 2

Exporting
… with a resolution of 854 x 480

Mark total 10

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Task Answer Marks

Task 5 – Video clip

Candidate file JJvideo_
Mark using VLC player.

5(a) 0 seconds: Still image extracted from first frame of JJ1 … 2

0 seconds
…displayed as background

5(b) 4 seconds: company title appears … 5

4 seconds
…company Title Jenna's Jewellery accurate

Text in sans-serif font of appropriate size

Top right of screen

Appropriate colour selection to be clearly visible

5(c) 6 seconds: subtitle appears … 4

6 seconds
… Add the text the Opal specialists accurate

… Set as an appropriate subtitle

Title and bg retained with no adjustment/movement

5(d) 10 seconds: bg still image disappears, and video starts… 2

10 seconds
…Video file JJ1 plays

Total marks 13

Task Answer Marks

Task 6 – Exporting video

Candidate file JJvideo_

6(a) Movie exported / saved as JJvideo_ in mp4 format 1

Exporting

Total marks 1

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