IGCSE - I

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper 3 Practical (0417/31) - Set A

Data Manipulation & Presentation

Additional Materials: Candidate Source File Second Semester Examination

March 2019
2 Hours 30 minutes
Marks - 80

Candidate
Name

Centre Candidate
number number

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.
Carry out all instructions in each step. You can track your progress through the examination by crossing
out each question number.
Enter your name, Centre number and candidate number on every printout before it is sent to the printer.
Printouts with handwritten candidate details on will not be marked.
If you have produced rough copies of printouts, put a neat cross through each one to indicate that it is not
the copy to be marked.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Write today’s date in the box below.
 Task 1 - Database
You are now going to prepare some reports for the company.

1 Using a suitable database package, import the file N14INPUT.CSV [6]

The Min_Stock field is not required.
Make sure all currency values are in Euros with two decimal places.
Assign the following field names and data types.

Field Name Data Type Format

Make Text
Model Text
Features Text
Connection Text
Buttons Numeric
Programmable Boolean/Logical Yes/No
Gaming Boolean/Logical Yes/No
Cost_Price Currency Euro
Stock Numeric
Reorder Numeric
Notes Text/ Memo

You may add another field as a primary key field if your software requires this.
EVIDENCE 1
Place screenshot evidence of the field names and data types used in your evidence
document.
2 Insert the following two records: [4]
Programmable
Connection

Cost_Price
Features

Reorder
Buttons

Gaming
Model

Notes
Stock
Make

Cyborg R.A.T. 9 Wired 2 No Yes 63.56 9 5

Eclipse Touch Wired No No 33.98 6 7
Mouse
Loder Torso Skype Wired 2 No No 45.87 4 4
enabled

Logitech M105 Wireless 2 No No 70.98 7 8

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3 Check your data entry for errors. [1]
Save the data.

The company needs to reorder input devices that are getting low on stock. Items are reordered when below a
minimum stock level and the Reorder quantity is used to place the order.

4 Produce a report which: [13]

 contains a new field called Item_Value which is calculated at run-time. This field will
calculate the Cost_Price multiplied by the Reorder field
 has the Item_Value field set as currency
 shows only the records where the number of items in stock (Stock) is less than 10
 shows all specified fields and their labels in full (Do not display the Notes field)
 fits on a single page wide
 has a page orientation of landscape
 sorts the data into ascending order of Make
 calculates the value of the whole order and
– shows this value at the bottom of the Item_Value column
– formats this value as currency
– has the label Value of order to the left of this value
 includes the title Order for new mice at the top of the page
 has your name, Centre number and candidate number on the left at the bottom of the
report.

EVIDENCE 2
Place screenshot evidence of how you made an automatic calculation of the value of the
order in the report in your evidence document.

5 Save and print your report. [2]

PRINTOUT 1
Make sure that you have entered your name, Centre number and candidate number on your
report.

6 Produce an report from all the data which: [7]

 selects only those activities:
− which include Ski or Snow
− located in France
− where the Rating is 5
 shows only the fields Activity, Course_Code, Course_Cost in this order
 sorts the Course_Cost in descending order.

EVIDENCE 3
Place in your Evidence Document screenshot(s) showing the criteria used to select the
required records.

7 Save and print your report. [2]

PRINTOUT 2
Make sure that you have entered your name, Centre number and candidate number on your
report.

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8 Produce a report which: [13]
 contains a new field called Stock_Value which is calculated at run-time. This field will
calculate the Cost_Price multiplied by the Stock field
 has the Stock_Value field set as Euro
 shows only the records where the connection is wireless.
 shows all specified fields and their labels in full (Do not display the Notes field)
 fits on a single page wide
 has a page orientation of landscape
 sorts the data into ascending order of Model
 calculates the average Stock_Value
– shows this value at the bottom of the Stock_Value column
– formats this value as Euro
– has the label Value of Average Stock Value to the left of this value
 includes the title Stock Value at the top of the page
 has your name, Centre number and candidate number on the left at the bottom of the
report.

EVIDENCE 4
Place in your Evidence Document screenshot(s) showing the formula used to calculate the
average stock value.

9 Save and print your report. [2]

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

[Total : 50]

Task 2 - Presentation
You are now going to work on a presentation.

10 Create a new presentation using the file N14PRES.RTF. [4]

This should contain five slides with bullet points.
Delete any blank slides.
11 On the master slide place: [8]
 Pale yellow background
 two thick vertical lines with 3 pt and dark blue colour towards the right hand side
 your name, Centre number and candidate number at the bottom on the left
 the slide number at the bottom right.
 Keep date on top left corner
Make sure that no items on any slide overlap each other.
12 Change the layout of slide one to title and subtitle. [3]
Add the text: Presentation by: and your name as the subtitle.

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13 Set the same transition between the slides. [3]

EVIDENCE 5
Place screenshot evidence of the transitions in your evidence document.

14 Set the bullets on all slides to appear one by one [4]

Change the bullet style to square shape
Change the colour of bullet to red.

EVIDENCE 6
Place screenshot evidence of the animations in your evidence document.

15 Print all slides as audience notes, with 6 slides per page. [2]

EVIDENCE 7
Place screenshot evidence of the audience notes in your evidence document.

16 Create two more slides for the presentation. Each slide must have: [6]
o appropriate styles and layout (Heading and bulleted text)
o the contents of the slides should explain:
– What is the use of presentation?
– How is audience notes useful?

[Total : 30]
Task 3 – Printing the evidence document
 Save and print your Evidence Document.

PRINTOUT 4
Make sure that your name, Centre number and candidate number appear on every page
of your Evidence Document.

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