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Cambridge IGCSE™ SECOND MOCK EXAMINATION

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/21

Paper 2 Document Production, Data Manipulation and Presentations 2 hours 15 minutes

You will need: Candidate source files (listed on page 1)

INSTRUCTIONS
• Carry out all instructions in each step
• Enter your name, centre number and candidate number on every printout before it is sent to the printer.
• Printouts with handwritten candidate details will not be marked.
• At the end of the examination, put all your printouts into the Assessment Record Folder.
• If you have produced rough copies of printouts, put a cross through each one to indicate that it is not the
copy to be marked.
• You must not have access to either the internet or any email system during this examination.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 70.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 10 pages.

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You have been supplied with the following source files:

N2102CHAMPS.rtf
N2102COMPS.csv
N2102EVIDENCE.rtf
N2102RESULTS.csv
N2102STARTS.csv
N2102TRAINEE.csv
N2102TRANSFER.jpg
N2102VETNEWS.rtf
Task 1 – Evidence Document

Open the file N2102EVIDENCE.rtf

Make sure that your name, centre number and candidate number will appear on every page of this
document.

Save this document in your work area as N2102EVIDENCE followed by your candidate number, for
example, N2102EVIDENCE9999

You will need your Evidence Document during the examination to place screenshots when required.

Task 2 – Document

You are going to edit a newsletter. A corporate house style must be used. Three paragraph styles have
already been created. An additional paragraph style must be created and applied to the document as
instructed.

1 Open the file N2102VETNEWS.rtf

The page setup is set to A4, portrait orientation with 2 centimetre margins. Do not make any
changes to these settings.

Save the document in your work area, in the format of the software you are using, with the file
name NEWSLETTER

EVIDENCE 1
Place in your Evidence Document a screenshot to show this file has been saved. Make
sure there is evidence of the file type.
[1]

2 Place in the header automated page numbers centre aligned.

Place in the footer the text Edited by: followed by a space and your name, centre number and
candidate number right aligned.

Make sure that:

• all alignments match the page margins
• no other text or placeholders are included in the header or footer areas

• headers and footers are displayed on all pages. [3]

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3 Create and store the following style, basing it on the default paragraph style:

Font size (points)

Enhancement

Space before
Line spacing

Space after
Style name

Alignment
Font style

(points)

(points)
VE-subhead sans-serif 14 centre bold, italic single 0 6

EVIDENCE 2
Place in your Evidence Document a screenshot to show that these settings have been
defined for the VE-subhead style. Make sure this style is based on the default paragraph
style.
[3]

4 The style name VE-body has already been created, stored and applied to the body text in the
document.

Modify the VE-body style so only the following formatting is applied:

Font size (points)

Enhancement

Space before
Line spacing

Space after
Style name

Alignment
Font style

(points)

(points)
VE-body serif 11 justified none 1.5 0 6
[1]

5 At the start of the document, above the subtitle Quarterly Newsletter, enter the title:

Vocational Education and Training

[1]

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6 The style name VE-title has already been created and stored.

Modify the VE-title style so only the following formatting is applied:

Font size (points)

Enhancement

Space before
Line spacing

Space after
Style name

Alignment
Font style

(points)

(points)
VE-title sans-serif 22 centre bold, italic single 0 0

EVIDENCE 3
Place in your Evidence Document a screenshot of these settings for the VE-title style.
[1]

7 Apply the amended VE-title style to the text entered at step 5. [1]

8 Select the subheading Apprenticeship Update and the following text up to and including the
paragraph ending … can benefit business.

Change the page layout so that only this text is displayed in two columns of equal width with a
1 centimetre space between them.
[2]

9 Apply dash style bullets (-) to the text from

Construction and Building …
to
… Transportation and Logistics

Make sure that:

• the bullets are aligned at the left margin
• the list is in single line spacing with no space between the lines
• there is a 6 point space after the last item in the list.
[3]

10 Identify the 4 subheadings in the document and apply the VE-subhead style to each one. [1]

11 Using the data in the file N2102STARTS.csv create a pie chart to compare each level for the year
2019/2020 only. [1]

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12 Format the chart to display:

• the title: Apprenticeship Starts 2019/2020
• for each sector, only the level and percentage sector labels.

Do not display a legend.

Make sure the sector labels are displayed in full with no overlap.
[3]

13 Insert the chart after the paragraph ending … outnumbered those at intermediate level.

Make sure that the chart and all data fits within the column width.
[1]

14 Import the image N2102TRANSFER.jpg and place it in the paragraph beginning The vocational
skills …

Rotate the image 180 degrees.

Format the image so that:

• it is resized to a width of 3 centimetres with aspect ratio maintained
• the text wraps around the image
• it is aligned to the left of the column and to the top of the paragraph starting The
vocational skills …
[4]
15 Format only the paragraph that starts The 46th WorldSkills Competition … so that:
• the text is indented by 1 centimetre from both the left and right hand margins
• it displays an external 3 to 4 point black border
• it has a light grey (10–25%) background fill.
[3]

16 Spell check and proofread the document.

Make sure that:

• the list, chart and paragraph with the outside border are not split over columns or pages
• there are no widows or orphans
• there are no blank pages
• styles are applied consistently
• spacing is consistent between all items.

Save the document using the same file name and format used in step 1.

Print the document.

PRINTOUT 1
Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number are on your newsletter.

[1]
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Task 3 – Database

You are now going to prepare some reports based on assessment results. Dates are to be imported in
the format of day month year.

17 Using a suitable database package, import the file N2102TRAINEE.csv

Use these field names and data types:

Field name Data type Format

Family_Name Text
First_Name Text
Trainee_No Text
Birth_Date Date/Time DMY
Gender Text
Trainee_Job Text
Training_Provider Text

Set the Trainee_No field as a primary key.

Save the data.

EVIDENCE 4
Place in your Evidence Document a screenshot showing the primary key, field names
and data types used in the table.

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Import the file N2102RESULTS.csv as a new table in your database.

Use these field names and data types:

Field name Data type Format

Test_Date Date/Time DMY to display as dd-MMM-yy e.g.
12-May-21
Test_Day Text
Start_Time Date/Time to display as hh:mm
Subject Text
Test_Version Number
Student_ID Text
Duration Date/Time to display as hh:mm
Mark_Achieved Number
Total_Marks Number
Pass_Mark Number
Test_Type Text
Result Text

Do not set a primary key.

Save the data.

EVIDENCE 5
Place in your Evidence Document a screenshot showing the field names and data types
used in the table.
[4]

18 Create a one-to-many relationship between Trainee_No in the trainee table and Student_ID in the
results table.

EVIDENCE 6
Place in your Evidence Document screenshot(s) showing the type of relationship
between the two tables.
[1]

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19 Enter the following details as a new record in the trainee table:

Family_Name Schneider
First_Name Lina
Trainee_No CA0096
Birth_Date 19/08/2003
Gender Female
Trainee_Job Software Developer
Training_Provider Tawara Digital Academy

Check your data entry for errors.

Save the data.

[1]

20 Using fields from the trainee table only, produce a tabular report that:
• selects the records where:
– Training_Provider includes the text digital
– Birth_Date is in 2003
• shows only the following fields:
First_Name, Family_Name, Birth_Date, Trainee_Job and Training_Provider
in this order, with data and labels displayed in full. Do not group the data
• sorts the data into ascending order of Training_Provider
• has a page orientation of portrait
• fits on a single page
• includes only the text Digital Work Programmes as a title displayed in a larger font
size, fully visible, at the top of the page
• has your name, centre number and candidate number on the report.

Save and print your report.

PRINTOUT 2
Make sure that you have entered your name, centre number and candidate number
on your report.
[7]

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21 Using fields from both tables, produce a tabular report that:

• contains a new field called %_Mark which is calculated at run-time. This field will
calculate the Mark_Achieved divided by Total_Marks and be displayed as a percentage
with 0 decimal places.
• selects the records where:
– Test_Day is Saturday or Sunday
– Mark_Achieved is 25 or more
• shows only the following fields:
First_Name, Family_Name, Subject, Test_Date, Test_Day, Start_Time, Mark_Achieved,
%_Mark and Result
in this order, with data and labels displayed in full. Do not group the data
• sorts the data into ascending order of Test_Day and descending order of Subject
• has a page orientation of landscape
• fits on a single page wide
• includes only the text Weekend Testing as a title displayed in a larger font size, fully
visible at the top of the page
• calculates the number of tests and displays this as an integer below the Subject column
at the end of the report
• has a label Total tests completed to the left of this value
• displays only your name, centre number and candidate number in the footer so it appears
in the same position on every page. Make sure no other data is displayed in the footer.

Save and print your report.

PRINTOUT 3
Make sure that you have entered your name, centre number and candidate number
on your report.

EVIDENCE 7
Place in your Evidence Document a screenshot showing the database formula used to
calculate the number of tests.
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Task 4 – Presentation

You are going to create a short presentation.

All slides must have a consistent layout and formatting. Unless otherwise instructed, slides must be
formatted to display a title and bulleted list.

22 Create a presentation of 6 slides using the file N2102CHAMPS.rtf

Place in the header your name, centre number and candidate number.

Make sure that the header appears in the same position on every slide.
[1]

23 Change the layout of the slide with the title International Skills Competitions to a title and table.

Create a table that contains 4 columns and 7 rows.

Copy the data from the file N2102COMPS.csv and place this in the table.
[2]

24 Format the table so that:

• a plain table style is applied
• no text is wrapped within the table
• the table fits on the slide with all data fully visible
• all internal and external gridlines are displayed when printed.
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25 Insert a new row as the first row of the table.

Merge cells in the first row and enter the text EuroSkills and WorldSkills so rows 1 and 2 look
like this:

EuroSkills WorldSkills
Year Location Year Location
[3]

26 Format the table so that:

• all rows are 1.5 centimetres high
• text in all rows is centre aligned vertically and horizontally.
[3]

27 Add the following text as presenter/speaker notes for the slide with the title International Skills
Competitions

Biennial events held alternate years

Print only this slide as presenter/speaker notes.

PRINTOUT 4
Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number are on this slide.
[2]

28 Save the presentation.

Print all slides in the presentation as a handout using a layout of 6 slides to the page.

PRINTOUT 5
Print this handout. Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number are
on all slides.
[1]

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