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Information and Communication Technology 0417/32 May/June 2023: question paper and mark scheme

Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology (0417), Paper 3 Spreadsheets and Website Authoring, May/June 2023. 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 Spreadsheets and Website Authoring
Total marks
70
Time
2 hours 15 minutes
Questions
3
Code on the paper
0417/32/M/J/23
0417_s23_ms_32.pdf

0417/32 mark scheme, question by question

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Question 18 marks

Question

Create a new folder called TAS Locate the following files and store them in your TAS folder. j2332banner.jpg j2332elep.htm j2332eleph1.jpg j2332elephant.jpg j2332monkey.jpg j2332tas.css j2332tas.txt j2332tiger.jpg j2332tiger.mp4 Open the file j2332tiger.jpg in a graphics package. Edit the image by: • rotating it 180 degrees • reflecting (flipping) it horizontally so the tyre is on the left • cropping it to remove most of the tyre but none of the tiger • cropping it to remove everything above the tiger’s ears • resizing it so that the image is 1000 pixels high but without changing the aspect ratio • cropping it to remove the right side so that the image is 500 pixels wide by 1000 pixels high. Save this new image in your TAS folder in .png format, using the file name tiger_ followed by your candidate number, for example, tiger_9999 Display the contents of your TAS folder, showing the folder name, all file names, file extensions, image dimensions and file sizes. Take a screenshot of this folder and place this in your Evidence Document. [8] [Total: 8] Task 3 – Web Page You are going to create a web page and stylesheet to promote the Tawara Animal Sanctuary. The web page and stylesheet must work in any browser. All colour codes are in hexadecimal and any new colour codes must also be in hexadecimal. Make sure that your stylesheet contains no HTML. Make your HTML and stylesheet as efficient as possible.

Mark scheme

1 TAS folder S/shot: filenames, sizes, extensions, dimensions 8 tiger_9999 Cropped to 500 × 1000 tiger_9999 in PNG format Tiger image rotated through 180⁰ horizontal reflection with all tiger visible after left and top crops foliage visible on right after right crop aspect ratio maintained

Question 210 marks

Question

Create in your TAS folder a web page called tas.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 B width = 58% C width = 42% D E width = 29% F width = 29% Each table cell is identified with a letter. Some dimensions are shown. The cell contents shown in the diagram must not appear on your final web page. Table borders must not appear on your final web page. [10]

Mark scheme

2 Browser view In browser with no letters vis 10 Table No borders/gridlines visible width=80% Row 1 colspan=3 Row 2 left width: 58% colspan="2" Row 2 right rowspan=”3” width:42% Row 3 colspan=”2” Row 4 left 2 width:29%

Question 311 marks

Question

Use video and source tags to place in cell B the video file j2332tiger.mp4 The video must fit the width of the cell. Display an appropriate text‑based error message if the browser does not support this video type. Place in cell: • A the image j2332banner.jpg • C the image tiger that you saved in Step 1 • E the image j2332monkey.jpg • F the image j2332elephant.jpg Make sure the aspect ratio is maintained for all images. Set appropriate alternate text for each still image. [11]

Mark scheme

3 Row 2 left Video visible in correct cell 11 Row 2 right Tiger image Banner & 2 lower images in correct cells Banner & 2 lower images aspect ratio maintained Appropriate alt text for all 4 still images Video video <…> tag used … … width="100%” Source<…> tag used … … src="j2332tiger.mp4" type="video/mp4" Appropriate error message

Question 43 marks

Question

Place in cell D the contents of the file j2332tas.txt Display this text as two paragraphs. Add, as a third paragraph, the text: Web page edited by: followed by your name, centre number and candidate number Apply style h2 to all text in cell D. [3]

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4 Row 3 Text from source file as 2 paragraphs 3 3rd para Web page edited by: A Cand ZZ999 9999 In style h2

Question 52 marks

Question

Create a hyperlink from the image j2332elephant.jpg to open the web page j2332elep.htm [2]

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5 Hyperlink Anchor around elephant image 2 href="j2332elep.htm"

Question 65 marks

Question

Create a hyperlink from the image j2332monkey.jpg to send an email message to tas@cambridge.org with a subject line Support a monkey [5]

Mark scheme

6 Hyperlink Anchor around monkey image 5 href=“mailto: tas@cambridge.org ?subject= Support a monkey

Question 733 marks

Question

Attach the stylesheet j2332tas.css to this web page. Save your web page. Display the web page in your browser. Take screenshot evidence and place this in your Evidence Document. Make sure that: • all the page can be seen • all the text can be easily read • the address bar is fully visible. Display the HTML source in your editor. Take a copy of the HTML source and place this in your Evidence Document. [2] [Total: 33] Task 4 – Spreadsheets The Tawara Animal Sanctuary is currently running three projects: Elephant, Monkey and Tiger. Income is from donations and for each project they record the amount spent on food, veterinary bills and relocating the animals back into the wild. You will edit a spreadsheet for this data. All currency values must be in dollars ($), displayed to 2 decimal places.

Mark scheme

7 Browser view Address bar visible 2 Stylesheet j2332tas.css attached

Question 86 marks

Question

Open and examine the file j2332project.csv in your spreadsheet software. Copy and paste the contents of cell A4 into cell B5. Delete rows 3 and 4. Place in the header, centre aligned, the text Spreadsheet prepared by followed by a space, your name, centre number and candidate number, then a space followed by on followed by a space and today’s automated date, then a space followed by at followed by a space and the automated time. Save your spreadsheet with the file name project_centre number_candidate number, for example, project_ZZ999_9999 [6]

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8 Header Spreadsheet prepared by … in centre 6 Candidate details then on automated date then at automated time Rows 3 & 4 deleted B3 Contains text Income

Question 97 marks

Question

Merge cells A1:N1, A9:A12, A13:A16 and A17:A20. Format the merged cell A1:N1 to have a solid black background. Format the spreadsheet to look like this. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N 1 Tawara Animal Sanctuary income and expenditure 2 Month January February March April May June July August September October November December 3 Project Income 4 Elephant 3480.38 2061.45 1893.74 4586.43 2159.94 6447.05 6541.33 5889.93 6281.2 8244.76 8249.47 8514.5 5 Monkey 754.21 3421.02 1134.94 2565.61 3338.51 4056.3 2089.17 3501.97 1018.73 3604.78 455.33 3126.84 6 Tiger 2952.38 1846.3 1487.65 4718.89 5897.85 6828.12 8690.99 1525.76 8812.25 472.59 6400.24 4808.71 7 8 Project Expenditure 9 Relocation 2716.18 4118.3 3239.28 2469.32 2973.13 3579.62 3260.53 33.8 2719.38 2096.41 831.69 421.84 10 Veterinary 2190.97 913.83 1604.3 3595.88 1753.4 934.38 3886.05 3200.7 3052.32 2874.79 1306.57 1675.18 Elephant 11 Food 2048.94 2815.71 2295.06 2629.31 280.63 1149.43 2479.65 2007.2 4420.34 542.01 365.61 2438.75 12 Total 13 Relocation 542.2 629.55 357.86 844.56 681.08 251.3 485.6 866.48 523.59 698.75 685.38 534.26 14 Veterinary 381.8 186.53 240.2 327.27 351.5 210.9 284.51 299.61 188.59 309.2 123.29 283.5 Monkey 15 Food 38.87 20.33 39.66 36 18.63 24.15 57.47 17.97 21.86 35.45 7.67 34.32 16 Total 17 Relocation 1323.71 2813.99 694.47 3050.36 2387.33 340.58 1893.51 2375.29 2964.81 3778.31 2764.51 4239.04 18 Veterinary 1727.69 174.66 4028.66 646.21 3094.14 753.83 3335.82 26.2 1051.52 3373.79 139.1 2872.11 Tiger 19 Food 4319.77 2678.66 803.92 2731.27 3085.12 854.12 1463.75 1310.9 1850.41 1611.76 1603.44 1308.39 20 Total 21 22 Project Balance 23 Elephant 24 Monkey 25 Tiger [7]

Mark scheme

9 A1:N1 Merged and centre aligned … 7 … Large white sans-serif font black background Merged A9:A12, A13:A16 and A17:A20 Rows 7, 21 Less than 1/2 height of row 3 Grey Correct 7 cells with grey background Bold Rows 2,3,8,22 and column A Centre Row 2 and columns A and B

Question 103 marks

Question

Place in appropriate cells functions to calculate the total expenditure for each project for each month. [3]

Mark scheme

10 C12 =SUM(C9:C11) … 3 … replicated to N12 C16 & 20 Correct formulae replicated to column N

Question 114 marks

Question

Place in cell C23 a formula to calculate the balance for the Elephant project in January. This is the income for this project for this month minus the total expenditure for this project for this month. Calculate, in cells C24 and C25, the balances for the other two projects. Replicate these three formulae for all other months. [4]

Mark scheme

11 C23 =C4-C12 4 C24 =C5-C16 C25 =C6-C20 C23:C25 Replication correct

Question 121 mark

Question

Apply appropriate formatting to all cells containing numeric data. [1]

Mark scheme

12 Numeric data in $ with 2dp 1

Question 136 marks

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Apply conditional formatting to only the cells in the range C23 to N25 so that if a cell contains a value: • greater than or equal to zero, the cell has a light‑green background with dark‑blue text • less than zero, the cell has red text on a white background. Place in your Evidence Document a screenshot showing the conditional formatting rules, cell ranges and formats. [6]

Mark scheme

13 Rules Both applied to cells C23:N25 6 Cell value >=0 … … dark blue text … … on light green background Cell value <0 … … red text on white background

Question 141 mark

Question

Save your spreadsheet. Print your spreadsheet showing the formulae. Make sure: • the row and column headings are displayed • the page orientation is landscape • the contents of all cells are fully visible and can be easily read. [1]

Mark scheme

14 Printout Landscape row & col heads fully visible 1

Question 1529 marks

Question

Print your spreadsheet showing the values. Make sure: • the printout fits on a single landscape page • the row and column headings are not displayed • the contents of all cells are fully visible and can be easily read. [1] [Total: 29] Task 5 – Printing the Evidence Document Make sure your name, centre number and candidate number appear on every page of your Evidence Document. Save and print your Evidence Document.

Mark scheme

15 All Fully visible with no row & column headings 1

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