Information and Communication Technology 0417/21 February/March 2019: question paper and mark scheme

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• Open the file M219ARCHAEOLOGY.rtf in a suitable word processing package. • Save the document in your work area in the format of the software you are using with the file name A190XINFO 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]

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• Change the document settings to be A4 with landscape orientation. [1]

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• Set all margins to 2 centimetres. [1] EVIDENCE 2 Place in your Evidence Document screenshots to show settings for the: • paper size and page orientation • margins.

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• Place in the header of the document: ○ an automated date field to display today’s date left aligned ○ your name, centre number and candidate number right aligned. • Place in the footer: ○ automated page numbers left aligned ○ the file name with its full path right aligned. • Make sure that: ○ all items align to the page margins ○ no other text or placeholders appear in the header and footer areas ○ headers and footers are displayed on all pages. [4] The house style specifications for paragraphs are: House style specification Font Size (points) Enhancement Space Before Line spacing Space After Style name Alignment Font style (points) (points) ARC-Title sans-serif 20 centre all capitals single 0 12 ARC-Subtitle sans-serif 18 right italic single 0 12 ARC-Subhead serif 16 centre bold, underlined single 0 12 ARC-Body serif 14 justified first line indent double 0 0 1 cm from the left ARC-Table serif 14 left none single 0 0 These styles have already been applied to the document.

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• Check that the styles applied to the document are correct as specified and match them to the house style specifications. Identify and correct only the settings of the styles that are incorrect. EVIDENCE 3 Provide screenshot evidence of any settings for styles that you have corrected and place these in your Evidence Document. [4]

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• Change the page layout so that the subheading Our new international course and all the following text is displayed in two columns of equal width with a 1 centimetre space between them. [2]

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• Import the image M219FORUM.jpg • Place this at the start of the paragraph below the subheading Why Jerash? [1]

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• Remove the bottom third of the image. [1]

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• Resize the image so that it is 6.5 centimetres wide with the aspect ratio maintained. [1] 10 • Align the image to the: ○ top of the text The city flourished through… ○ left margin. [1]

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• Make sure the text wraps round the image. [1] 12 • Format the first row of the table by: ○ merging the three columns ○ centre aligning the text in the merged cell ○ shading the merged cell with a light grey background (20–40%). [2] 13 • Apply the ARC-Subhead style to the top two rows of the table. [1] 14 • Apply the ARC-Table style to the other rows in the table. [1] 15 • Make sure that: ○ the table fits within the column width with no words split on text wrap ○ there are no blank rows in the table ○ all internal and external gridlines are displayed when printed. [2] 16 • Spell check and proofread the document. [1] 17 • Make sure that: ○ there are no widows or orphans ○ the table is not split over two columns or pages ○ correct house styles have been applied as specified ○ spacing between all items is consistent. [1] • Save the document using the same file name and format used in Step 1. • Print the document. PRINTOUT 1 Make sure that you have entered your name, centre number and candidate number on your document. [Total: 26] Task 3 – Database You are now going to prepare some reports for the company. Make sure that currency values display a currency symbol and are to two decimal places. Dates must be imported as day month year. Examine the data in the files M219STUDENTS.csv, M219ROOMS.csv and M219COURSES.csv 18 • Discuss in your own words the advantages and disadvantages of using a relational database rather than a flat-file database to store the data from these three files. [4] EVIDENCE 4 Type your answer in your own words in your Evidence Document. 19 • Create a new relational database. • Import the file M219STUDENTS.csv as a table. • Use these field names and data types: Field Name Data Type Notes Roll_No Text First_Name Text Last_Name Text Gender Text Acc_Code Text Course_Code Text Paid Boolean/Logical Display as Yes or No • Set the Roll_No as the primary key. • Save the table. [2] EVIDENCE 5 Place in your Evidence Document screenshot(s) of the field names and data types used in the table. 20 • The Gender field data entry is to be limited to accept only M or F • Complete the table in your Evidence Document with the words Yes or No to identify which of the examples would limit the data entry and which would not. If the example does not limit the data entry explain why. Example A Example B M219STUDENTS M219STUDENTS Field Name Data Type Field Name Data Type Roll_No Text Roll_No Text First_Name Text First_Name Text Last_Name Text Last_Name Text Gender Text Gender Text Acc_Code Text Acc_Code Text Course_Code Text Course_Code Text Paid Yes/No Paid Yes/No Field Properties Field Properties General Lookup General Lookup Field Size 255 Field Size 1 Format "M or F" Format Input Mask Input Mask Caption Caption Default Value Default Value Validation Rule Validation Rule "M" Or "F" Validation Text Validation Text Enter M for Male or F for Female Required No Required Yes Example C Example D M219STUDENTS M219STUDENTS Roll_No First_Name Last_Name Gender Acc_Code Course_Co Field Name Data Type SS0297 Cong Yuan M F MOL3 C1911 M Roll_No Text SS0298 Nicole Gallagher F SAC3 V1926 Text SS0299 Hendrik Vrijdag M CRC2 M1920 First_Name Last_Name Text Gender Text Acc_Code Text Course_Code Text Paid Yes/No Field Properties General Lookup Display Control Combo Box Row Source Type Value List Row Source "M";"F" Bound Column 1 Column Count 1 Column Heads No Column Widths 2.54cm List Rows 16 List Width 2.54cm Limit To List No Allow Multiple Values No Allow Value List Edits No List Items Edit Form Show Only Row Source Values No EVIDENCE 6 Complete the table for Evidence 6 in your Evidence Document. [4] 21 • Import the file M219COURSES.csv as a new table in your database. Use these field names and data types: Field Name Data Type Format Course Text Course_Ref Text Location Text Start_date Date/Time dd MMMM yyyy e.g. 21 August 2019 Weeks Numeric/Integer Tutor Text Set the Course_Ref field as the primary key. Save the table. EVIDENCE 7 Place in your Evidence Document screenshot(s) of the field names and data types used in the table. [2] 22 • Create a data entry form using all the fields in the students table. • The form must display only one record at a time. [1] 23 • Apply at least four features to this form to make the design user-friendly. [4] 24 • Use your data entry form to enter this data as a new record: Roll_No First_Name Last_Name Gender Acc_Code Course_Code Paid SS0296 Ewan Barrett M UJA3 A1901 Yes [1] EVIDENCE 8 Take screenshot evidence of the form with the new record displayed and place this in your Evidence Document. Below the screenshot list the features you have applied to the form to make it user-friendly. 25 • Import the file M219ROOMS.csv as a new table in your database. Use these field names and data types: Field Name Data Type Notes Acc_Code Text Accommodation Text Room_Type Text Weekly_Cost Currency/Numeric • Make the Acc_Code field the primary key. • Save the table. [2] EVIDENCE 9 Place in your Evidence Document screenshot(s) of the field names and data types used in the table. 26 • Create one-to-many relationships between the tables using: ○ Primary key Acc_Code to foreign key Acc_Code ○ Primary key Course_Ref to foreign key Course_Code [2] EVIDENCE 10 Place in your Evidence Document screenshots of the relationships showing their types. 27 • Produce a tabular report using fields from the relevant tables that: ○ shows only the fields Roll_No, First_Name, Last_Name, Gender, Course_Code, Course, Location, Start_date and Tutor in this order ○ displays data and labels in full ○ selects only courses where the Course_Code starts with the letter A ○ sorts the data into ascending order of Course_Code and then ascending order of Last_Name ○ has a page orientation of landscape ○ fits on a single page wide ○ calculates the number of delegates on these courses and positions this number under the Last_Name column ○ has a label Total delegates to the left of this value ○ includes the report title Archaeology course delegates ○ has your name, centre number and candidate number displayed on each page of the report. • Save and print your report. [9] PRINTOUT 2 Make sure you have entered your name, centre number and candidate number on the report. EVIDENCE 11 Place in your Evidence Document a screenshot showing the formula used to calculate the number of delegates. 28 • Produce a tabular report using fields from the relevant tables that: ○ contains a new field Price which is calculated at run-time and is displayed as currency. This field will calculate Weekly_Cost multiplied by Weeks ○ shows only the fields First_Name, Last_Name, Paid, Location, Weeks, Room_Type, Weekly_Cost and Price in this order ○ displays data and labels in full ○ selects only the records where Location is Amman and Paid is No ○ sorts Weekly_Cost in descending order and then Last_Name in ascending order ○ calculates the total price and places this below the field Price ○ displays a label Total payments to collect to the left of this value ○ has a page orientation of portrait ○ fits on a single page ○ includes the title Amman course update at the top of the report ○ displays your name, centre number and candidate number at the top right of the report. • Save and print this report. [8] PRINTOUT 3 Make sure you have entered your name, centre number and candidate number on the report. [Total: 39] Task 4 – Mail Merge You are going to produce letters for delegates who are joining an archaeology course and field trip. 29 • Use the M219TRIPLETTER.rtf as the master document for the mail merge and the file M219FIELDTRIP.csv as the data source. • In the master document replace <Date> with a field to display today’s date. EVIDENCE 12 Place in your Evidence Document a screenshot that shows the code for the date field. [1] • In the master document, maintain the existing spacing and punctuation, and replace the chevrons and text each time they appear with the following merge fields from the data source. Text to replace Replace with field <TTL> Title <FN> First_Name <LN> Last_Name <ADD1> Street <ADD2> City <ADD3> Country <CSE> Course <CR> Course_Ref <TT> Tutor <SD> Start_Date <FTC> Field_Trip_Cost • Include your name, centre number and candidate number in the footer of the document. • Save the master document. • Display the field codes. PRINTOUT 4 Print your master document with the merge fields displayed. Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number appear on the document. [4] 30 • Merge letters for only those delegates who want to go on the field trip but who have not yet paid for the trip. [1] EVIDENCE 13 Place in your Evidence Document screenshot(s) showing your selection method. 31 • Print the merged letters for the selected delegates only. [1] PRINTOUT 5 Print the result of the merge. Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number appear on the document. [Total: 7] Task 5 – Presentation 32 • Import the file M219PROGRAMME.rtf as a new presentation. • Create a master slide for the presentation with a minimum of 4 features. [2] 33 • Place your name, centre number and candidate number on the master slide. [1] EVIDENCE 14 Place in your Evidence Document screenshot evidence to show the features you have applied to the master slide. You may include additional notes of features you applied which do not appear obvious in your screenshot(s). 34 • Apply the master slide features to all slides in the slide show. [1] 35 • Add your name as the meeting leader on the first slide and make the layout of this slide a title and subtitle with text centred. [1] 36 • Move the last slide Delegate arrival details to become the second slide. [1] 37 • On the slide Arrival of delegates, demote the bullet points with driver names to a second level. [1] 38 • Print the slide with the title Arrival of delegates only as a full-sized slide. PRINTOUT 6 Print this slide. Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number are on the slide. • Print all the presentation as handouts showing 6 slides to the page. PRINTOUT 7 Print these handouts. Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number are on all slides. [1] [Total: 8] Task 6 – Printing the Evidence Document 39 • Print your Evidence Document. PRINTOUT 8 Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number appear on every page of the document. • Save and close your Evidence Document.