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Cambridge IGCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/11

*4935696006*

Paper 1 Theory May/June 2023

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 A book has an ISBN which is 330247204X

Tick (✓) the most appropriate data type for the ISBN.

A Numeric: integer

B Text

C Boolean

D Date
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2 Identify the hardware from the descriptions given.

(a) A volatile internal memory that stores the current instruction.

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(b) A printed circuit board containing the CPU and other components of a computer.

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(c) A printed circuit board that controls the output to a monitor.

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(d) A printed circuit board that is installed in a computer so that the computer can be connected
to a network.

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3 A headteacher is setting up a newsletter to send to parents of pupils at a school. She has some
photographs saved on storage devices that she needs to place in the newsletter.

State two communication methods which the headteacher could use to upload the photographs
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4 (a) Describe the purpose of a web browser.

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(b) A company may use an intranet or an extranet.

Describe the differences between an intranet and an extranet.

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5 State the safety issue that is most likely to occur for each of these causes.

(a) Spilling drinks on computer equipment

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(b) Overloading sockets by plugging in too many devices

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(c) Trailing cables across the floor

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(d) Placing a laser printer at the edge of a table

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6 A student has set up a password for his laptop computer. The password he has chosen is
Px2zY!Cg3?bd

(a) Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using this password.

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(b) The student could have protected his laptop computer by using two-factor authentication. This
could have combined his password with a biometric method.

State two examples of biometric methods he could use.

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7 A systems analyst has been asked to carry out an analysis of a company’s current computer system.

(a) State three methods of analysing the current system.

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(b) The systems analyst is working with a team to create some new software. The software
documentation will be stored on the cloud.

Describe how the team can use the cloud to share the documentation.

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(c) Members of the team can use video-conferencing to join business meetings from different
locations around the world.

Describe, giving reasons, three disadvantages of using video-conferencing for business

meetings rather than meeting in person.

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8 (a) Compare Optical Mark Readers (OMRs) with Optical Character Readers (OCRs). Your answer
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(b) Identify two uses of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR).

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9 (a) Absolute and relative file paths are used in the content layer when creating a web page.

(i) Explain the differences between an absolute file path and a relative file path.

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(ii) Explain why absolute file paths should not be used for hyperlinks to locally-saved web
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(b) Anchors and hyperlinks are both used in HTML.

Compare an anchor with a hyperlink. Your answer must include similarities and differences.

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10 Some people use dialogue-based user interfaces to operate their car audio system.

(a) Describe what is meant by a dialogue-based user interface.

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(b) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of using a dialogue-based user interface in this way.

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11 Portable hard drives can be Solid State Drives (SSDs) or Hard Disk Drives (HDDs).

Explain why the SSD may be better to use than the HDD.

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12 Many media companies now provide media streaming for users to watch their television programmes.

(a) Explain what is meant by the term media streaming.

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(b) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of media streaming.

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13 gif and jpg file formats are used to store images.

(a) Give one reason for using each of the file formats. Each of your reasons must be different.

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(b) Explain the differences between the two file formats.

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(c) The file size of an image can be reduced by changing the file format of the image.

State two other ways of reducing the file size of an image.

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14 Identify the most appropriate method for reducing data entry errors from the descriptions given.

(a) Manually checking the data without reference to the original copy.

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(b) Checking that the data being entered is reasonable.

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(c) Preventing errors when data is copied from one medium to another.

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