Cambridge Assessment International Education: Information Technology 9626/13 May/June 2019
Cambridge Assessment International Education: Information Technology 9626/13 May/June 2019
Cambridge Assessment International Education: Information Technology 9626/13 May/June 2019
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1 4
Hard disks are metal platters with a magnetic coating that stores data 9
Magnetic tape drives have moving parts and so are at risk of being
damaged
SSDs have a faster data transfer rate than magnetic tape drives 9
Magnetic tapes are used in laptop computers more than hard disks
SSDs still cost more per gigabyte than hard disk drives 9
SSDs make more noise than the sound of hard disk drives when in
use
2 4
A temperature sensor is able to directly control the temperature of
water in a washing machine
3 Four from: 4
4 Five from: 5
Three from:
6 Eight from: 8
Absolute and relative cell referencing makes sure you only increment the parts
of a formula you need to
allows you to change prices / costs of individual items to see the effect
Cell protection makes sure that the cells you want do not change by
accident
such as fixed costs such as overheads
User interface forms makes it easier to input quantities / costs into the model
Macros make it easier to create more complex formulae or functions
such as comparing different costs simultaneously
Automatic re-calculation means it is not necessary to evaluate a formula every
time you change it
such as changing individual costs / prices
Conditional formatting allows you to highlight certain values that match
specific criteria
such as seeing at a glance which items are making a profit
Values can be changed to ask whatif questions
Graphs can be used to show trends and illustrate forecasts
such as which goods are likely to make profits over time
Goalseek can be used to determine which variables need to be changed to
achieve a target or goal
such as how many goods need to be sold / what price needs to be charged
to make a given profit.
7 Six from: 6
This type of encoding is used to reduce the size of audio and video files
Encoded media file is sometimes similar in quality to the original but has much
smaller file size
however, video compression can be lossy
the compressed video lacks some information present in the original
video
decompressed video has lower quality than the original as there is
insufficient information to accurately reconstruct the original video
Each audio and video file format has a corresponding coder-decoder / codec
program
The codec is used to code it into the appropriate format and then decodes for
playback
Encoding involves the use of a code to change original data into a form that
can be used by an external process
Encoding / decoding often refers to the process of analogue-to-digital / digital-
to-analogue conversion
Can apply to images, audio, video, signals from sensors / control systems.
8(b) 6
Field: FamilyName FirstName Phone Engine Residence Make
Sort:
Show: 9 9 9 9
or:
A format check tests to see if the data is in the correct format such as 5 digits
followed by a space followed by 6 digits for the Phone field
Would be impossible to apply here as all the licence plates all follow a different
pattern
such as 3 letters followed by a space then 3 digits VSE 648, 2 letters
followed by a space then 5 characters SB A5526, 4 digits followed by a space
then 2 letters then a space then 2 digits 1233 CD 33
Lookup check could be used on Make in Car table as there would probably be
a limited number of car makes
Almost impossible to apply here as there are so many possible licence plate
numbers
9(a) =SUM(C4:E4) 1
9(c) =AVERAGEIFS(C4:C13,A4:A13,C15,A4:A13,D15) 6
=AVERAGEIFS() 1 mark
(C4:C13 1 mark
,A4:A13 1 mark
,C15, 1 mark
A4:A13 immediately after ,C15, 1 mark
,D15) 1 mark
Level 0 (0 marks)
Response with no valid content.
Client-server:
A centralised database of usernames and passwords on a server makes
client-server networks more secure
In a client–server network, if the server goes the down whole network gets
affected
With a client-server network users do not need to worry about making
backup
this is managed centrally by a network manager
Upgrading the network is easier with a client-server network as it is easier to
just upgrade the server
Easier for users to access the server in a client-server network using
alternative devices
As new information is uploaded in a database, each computer need not have
its own storage capacity increased as may be the case in peer-to-peer
networks
10 Peer-to-peer:
There is no need to pay for a network manager with a peer-to-peer network
With a peer-to-peer network you do not have to worry about buying expensive
hardware such as servers
does not need a server because individual workstations are used to access
the files
With a peer-to-peer network everything is decentralised so it is more difficult to
manage the network
Much easier to set up than a client-server network as it does not need
specialist knowledge
Because each computer might be being accessed by others it can slow down
the performance for the user unlike client-server
The over-all cost of building and maintaining this type of network is
comparatively cheaper.
11 Eight from: 8