PREMIER EDUCATION SOCIETY’S

TRINITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (IGCSE – A LEVEL)

MOCK – I

Prepared on the basis of Model paper of:

Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/01

Paper 1 Theory 5th October 2020

2 hours
No Additional Materials are required.

MODIFIED LANGUAGE

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of
the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 100.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
● No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This question paper consists of 8 printed pages.

[Turn over]
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1. Data can be input to a computer using direct data entry methods.
Write down the most appropriate device to input the following:
(a) information from the chip in an electronic passport

(b) text from an id card 1

(c) account details from the front of a credit card at an EFTPOS terminal 1

(d) account details from the back of a credit card at an EFTPOS terminal
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2 Tick whether the following are examples of applications software or
systems software.

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3 Internet banking can be used by bank customers to check their account
balance.
Many ways of logging into such a system involve the use of passwords.
Describe three methods of minimising the possibility of passwords being
misused if intercepted.

1 _________________________________________________________

2 _________________________________________________________

3 _________________________________________________________

(b) Describe three benefits to customers of using internet banking.

1 _________________________________________________________

2 _________________________________________________________ 3
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3 _________________________________________________________

4 Tick whether the following statements would most appropriately apply to

the internet or an intranet.

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5 Complete the following sentences.
(a) A piece of programming code which maliciously deletes files is called

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(b) The scrambling of data to make it unreadable by unauthorised users
is called

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(c) An internet protocol for delivering private messages using
cryptography is called

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(d) An attachment to an electronic message used to verify the identity of
the sender is called

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6 (a) Explain what is meant by VOIP.

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(b) Name two items of computer hardware that are needed in order to
make a VOIP phone call from one computer to another

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7 Information on the internet can sometimes be unreliable. Discuss ways
you could minimise the chance of finding unreliable information when
searching the internet.

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8 A student exam answer sheet consists of boxes or lozenges which the

student shades in to indicate their choice of answer.
(a) Apart from the details of the test and the lozenges, give two items of
information, essential to the student, that are pre-printed on the answer
sheet.

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(b) Describe how Optical Mark Recognition is used to process the details
from the form.

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(c) Describe the drawbacks of using Optical Mark Recognition

3
9 Describe what an ISP is and, apart from security measures, describe what
it offers its customers.

3
10 In certain countries, the RFID chip in a passport is scanned when the
passport is presented at an automated passport control gate.
(a) Give three items of information about the passport holder that are
stored on the RFID chip.

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(b) Describe how RFID technology reads the details from the chip.
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(c) Explain why RFID technology is used for reading data from passports.

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11 HTTP is an internet protocol.
(a) Explain what is meant by HTTP.

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(b) Explain the differences between HTTP and HTTPS.

2
12 Give four reasons why an internet search to find relevant information is
not always fast.

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13 “Chip and PIN is the new, more secure way to pay with credit or debit
cards ”.
Discuss the accuracy of this statement with regard to developments,
since and including the use of magnetic stripe cards at EFTPOS terminals
and ATMs.

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14 Tick whether the following are features of operating systems containing a

command line interface (CLI) or a graphical user interface (GUI).

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15 Tick whether the following statements about output devices are true or
false.

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16 The doctors at the Mumbai Clinic have commissioned a knowledge
engineer to create an expert system to help them with their diagnoses of
patient illnesses.
(a) Describe how such a system would be created.

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(b) Give two other applications apart from diagnostic systems which
make use of expert systems.

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17 A headteacher has decided to arrange delivery of hard copy versions of
the school magazine as well as placing it on the school website.
(a) Give two reasons why he has chosen to do this.
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(b) Give three disadvantages of producing the hard copies.

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18 (a) Identify five different items of data that are input at an ATM when
cash is withdrawn by a customer or read from the card.

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(b) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the use of a local ATM
to withdraw cash rather than travelling to a bank.

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19 Describe how a microprocessor uses the data from input devices to
control an automatic cooker.

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20 A student is producing a website for his history course. He has produced
the following CSS. However, he has made some mistakes in the coding.
h1 {color: #ff0000;
font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif
font-size: 30pt;
text-weight: bold;
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text-align: centre;}

h2 {color: #000000;
font-family: Courier, Times, serif;
font-size: 14pt;
text-decoration: underlined;
text-align: justify;}

body [background-color: #ad88e6;]

table {border-color: #000000;

border-style: dot;
border width: 3px;}

tbody {background-color: #c6dde8;}

Write down four mistakes that have been made in the CSS and for each,
give the correction. Your answers should be different in each case.
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