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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ELECTIVE)

1. AIMS

The aims of the syllabus are to:

(1) test candidates’ appreciation of the concepts of Information and Communication

Technology (ICT);
(2) test the capabilities of candidates in the application of ICT skills in education and
business;
(3) verify candidates’ potential for higher studies in Information and
Communication Technology and related areas.

2. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2 and 3 all of which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2
will be a composite paper to be taken at a sitting.

PAPER 1: Will consist of fifty multiple-choice objective questions all of which must be
answered within 1 hour for 25 marks.

PAPER 2: Will consist of five essay-type questions. Candidates will be required to answer
three questions within 1 hour for 30 marks.

PAPER 3: Will be a practical test consisting of three questions all of which must be
answered within 2 hours, for 45 marks.

1. DETAILED SYLLABUS
TOPIC NOTES
1. DATA 1.1 Data types e.g integers, real numbers,
. REPRESENTATION strings etc
1.2 Number bases with special reference to
binary, decimal and hexadecimal.
1.3 Units of data storage.

2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Meaning of information system

TO INFORMATION 2.2 Knowledge of the different
SYSTEMS types of information systems.
2.3 Attributes of good information.
2.4 Internal and external information
eg. intranet, extranet, memos,
intercom,
talking drum, mobile phone etc.
2.5 The role of information in society.

3. INTRODUCTION 3.1 The Internet

TO DIGITAL 3.2 Computer crime
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TECHNOLOGY 3.3 The role and impact of Information

CULTURE Technology on everyday life e.g
e-business, e-health, e-mail,
e-learning, Computer Based
Training, Computer Assisted
Manufacturing, Computer Aided Design, etc.
1.4 Knowledge of media types e.g digital videos
and
1.5 digital sounds, voice over internet protocol
(VOIP),voice recognition system, etc.

4. WORD 4.1 Creating, editing and formatting documents.

PROCESSING 4.2 Business documents eg. memos, reports etc.
4.3 Mail merge.
4.4 Printing of documents.

5. DESKTOP 5.1 Creating, editing and formatting documents.

PUBLISHING 5.2 Printing publications.

6. SPREADSHEET 6.1 Creating, editing and formatting documents.

6.2 Sorting and querying for information.

6.3 Creating graphs and charts to represent data

in
worksheets.
6.4 Working with functions
6.5 Data security: use of passwords.

7. HARDWARE 7.1 External components and their functions.

7.2 Internal components and their functions.
7.3 Computer Diagnostics and Maintenance.

8. SOFTWARE 8.1 System software e.g operating systems and

their functions.
8.2 Utility programmes and their uses.

8.3 Types of application programs.

8.4 Software licensing considerations.
8.5 Installation and upgrading of computer
software.
8.6 Software terminologies and concepts:
- machine language;
- high-level versus low level;
- use of fourth generation language;
- use of language translators;
- source code;
- Error messages;
- Software portability;
- Compilers;
- Interpreters;
- Assemblers, etc.
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9. NETWORKING 9.1 Network concept.

9.2 Types of networks.
9.3 Network Topology
9.4 Network Architecture.
9.5 Network configuration.
9.6 Communication of data on networks.
9.7 Data security on networks.

10. INTRODUCTION 10.1 Flow charts

TO 10.2 Algorithms and data structures
PROGRAMMING 10.3 Program development life cycle.
10.4 Programming languages.
10.5 Web design using HyperText
Mark-up Language (HTML).
10.6 Practical knowledge of BASIC and HTML
programming languages. Questions will
however be limited to QBASIC.

11. DATA BASE 11.1 Designing and creating data bases.

MANAGEMENT 11.2 Working with queries.
SYSTEM 11.3 Working with forms.
11.4 Working with reports.

12. APPLICATION 12.1 Types of tools.

OF ICT TOOLS 12.2 Learning with ICT tools

IN EDUCATION 12.3 Advantages and disadvantages of

using ICT tools in learning.