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Information and Communication Technology 0417/31 February/March 2021: question paper and mark scheme

Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology (0417), Paper 3 Practical Test B, February/March 2021. Read both free below, or download them. Done the paper? Get it marked by AI against this mark scheme.

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Paper
Paper 3 Practical Test B
Total marks
80
Time
2 hours 30 minutes
Questions
3
Code on the paper
0417/31/F/M/21
0417_m21_ms_31.pdf

0417/31 mark scheme, question by question

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Question 16 marks

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Create a new folder called ocean Locate the following files and store them in your ocean folder. m21banner.jpg m21ocean.css m21ocean.txt m21spinner.mp4 m21text.txt m21whaleshark.jpg Open the file m21whaleshark.jpg in a graphics package. Edit the image by: • rotating it 90 degrees clockwise • reflecting (flipping) it horizontally • cropping it to remove the text • cropping it so all of the whale shark is visible and the cropped image is 500 pixels wide by 1200 pixels high. Save this new image in your ocean folder, in .png format, using the file name ws_ followed by your candidate number, for example, ws_9999 Display the contents of your ocean folder showing the folder name, all file names, file extensions, image dimensions and file sizes. [6] EVIDENCE 1 Take a screenshot of your ocean folder and place this in your Evidence Document. Make sure that the folder name, all file names, file extensions, image dimensions and file sizes are clearly visible. [Total: 6] Task 3 – Web Page You are going to create a web page and stylesheet to promote ocean conservation. The web page and stylesheet must work in any browser. All colour codes except those provided in the source files must be in hexadecimal. Make sure that your stylesheet contains no HTML. Make your HTML and stylesheet as efficient as possible.

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Question 214 marks

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Create, in your ocean folder, a web page called ocean.htm This web page must be created using a single table and work in all browsers. The table must fit 80% of the browser window. The table must have a structure as shown in this diagram: A height = 15% B width = 75% C width = 25% height = 45% D height = 10% E F G width = 25% width = 25% width = 25% height = 20% height = 20% height = 20% H height = 10% Each table cell is identified with a letter. Some dimensions are shown. These must be set as percentage values and not in pixels. The cell contents shown in the diagram must not appear on your final web page. Table borders must not appear on the final web page. [14]

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Question 310 marks

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Place in cell: • A the image m21banner.jpg • B a placeholder to fill the width of the cell containing the video clip m21spinner.mp4 Display an automated text-based error message if the browser does not support this video type. • C the image ws_ that you saved in Step 1. [10]

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Question 43 marks

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Place inline style attributes into the HTML so that each image fits the width of the table cell, with its aspect ratio maintained. [3]

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Question 55 marks

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Place in cell D the contents of the file m21ocean.txt Display this text as two paragraphs. Add, as a third paragraph, the text: Web page updated by: followed by your name, centre number and candidate number Apply style p to all the text in cell D. [5]

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Question 62 marks

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Place in cell: • E the text Species • F the text Ocean waste • G the text Contact us to help Apply style h1 to all this text. [2]

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Question 71 mark

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Place in cell H the contents of the file m21text.txt Apply style h2 to this text. [1]

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Question 81 mark

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Attach the stylesheet m21ocean.css to this web page. Save your web page. [1]

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Question 912 marks

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Open and edit the stylesheet m21ocean.css to meet the following specifications: Centre align all tables within the browser window. Set the background for the web page so that it has a colour with a: • blue component of d5 • red component of 9a • green component of ab Set the font for styles h1, h2 and the paragraph style so that the browser selects and displays the font Arial. If this font is not available, the browser selects and displays the font Verdana. If neither of these fonts is available, the browser should display its default sans-serif font. Set each of these fonts as black. Set style h1 to be centre aligned. Set style h2 and the paragraph style as fully justified. Add your name, centre number and candidate number as a comment at the start of the stylesheet. Save this stylesheet in your ocean folder. Take a screenshot to show the file name and all the contents of your stylesheet. [12] EVIDENCE 2 Place this screenshot in your Evidence Document. Make sure that the contents of your stylesheet can be easily read.

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Question 1049 marks

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Display the HTML source of your web page in your editor. EVIDENCE 3 Take a copy of the HTML source of your web page and place this in your Evidence Document. Display the web page in your browser. If necessary, resize it so that: • all the page can be seen • all text can be easily read • the address bar is visible. [1] EVIDENCE 4 Place in your Evidence Document screenshot(s) showing the web page in your browser. [Total: 49] Task 4 – Printing the Evidence Document Save and print your Evidence Document. PRINTOUT 1 Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number appear on every page of your Evidence Document. Task 5 – Data Analysis You are going to use a spreadsheet to analyse the annual donations given by each region. All currency values must be in dollars ($) to 2 decimal places. Use the most efficient method for each task.

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Question 112 marks

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Open and examine the file m21income.csv in a spreadsheet package. Place the text Last edited by followed by a space, your name, centre number and candidate number, centre aligned in the footer. Save this as a spreadsheet with the file name m21ocean_centre number_candidate number, for example, m21ocean_ZZ999_9999 [2]

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Question 121 mark

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Delete rows 2 and 3 of the spreadsheet. [1]

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Question 13

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Format the spreadsheet to look like this: A B C D E F G H I 1 Save our oceans 2 Regional Income 3 North America South America Europe Africa Asia Oceania Total 4 January $3,846.68 $9,929.78 $18,445.73 $214.60 $2,155.12 $11,617.92 5 February $10,535.28 $4,157.40 $10,134.95 $49.28 $4,750.12 $1,481.32 6 Quarter 1 March $21,539.28 $11,477.23 $19,250.03 $166.17 $3,643.92 $11,041.55 7 Total 8 April $23,975.72 $7,846.40 $5,769.50 $8.99 $4,570.40 $5,681.29 9 May $17,729.48 $2,439.98 $5,172.10 $264.19 $5,759.48 $11,126.84 10 Quarter 2 June $36,775.24 $1,305.30 $18,248.70 $265.61 $937.24 $6,443.77 11 Total 12 July $19,715.28 $2,190.40 $15,568.48 $146.08 $1,119.50 $4,412.56 13 August $26,858.00 $8,091.83 $3,264.95 $106.96 $5,180.03 $4,041.08

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Quarter 3 September $34,610.60 $10,868.33 $14,827.63 $197.80 $5,094.20 $7,681.46

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October $1,181.68 $5,791.19 $11,144.48 $14.77 $4,057.46 $8,033.80

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November $10,887.32 $5,971.36 $4,178.03 $227.96 $3,082.91 $6,702.18

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Quarter 4 December $39,236.44 $2,319.91 $11,141.73 $77.26 $4,644.15 $2,028.29

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Question 21

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Annual Total

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Question 2225 marks

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Quarterly Average Format the merged cell in row 1 to contain black 48 point text on a yellow background. Format the merged cells in row 2 and the merged cells between A4 and A19 to contain black 18 point text on a grey background. [10] 14 Enter functions in the appropriate cells to calculate the total income for each quarter for each region. [2] 15 Enter functions in the appropriate cells in column I to calculate the total income for each month and each quarter. [2] 16 Enter formulae in the appropriate cells to calculate the annual total income for each region. [2] 17 Enter functions in the appropriate cells to calculate the average of the quarterly total for each region. [3] 18 Apply appropriate formatting to cells containing numeric values. [1] 19 Save your spreadsheet. Print your spreadsheet showing the formulae. Make sure the: • row and column headings are displayed • page orientation is landscape • contents of all cells are fully visible and can be easily read. [1] PRINTOUT 2 Make sure that you have entered your name, centre number and candidate number on the spreadsheet showing the formulae. 20 Print your spreadsheet showing the values. Make sure the: • printout fits on a single page • row and column headings are not displayed • contents of all cells are fully visible and can be easily read. [1] PRINTOUT 3 Make sure that you have entered your name, centre number and candidate number on the spreadsheet showing the values. [Total: 25]

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