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KS5 ICT
Year 12
Topic areas covered in course include the following:
Data, information and knowledge
The value and importance of information
Quality of information
Validation and verification
Capabilities and limitations of ICT
Uses of ICT in: Business/Education/Health/Home
Presenting information
Networks
Human computer interface (HCI)
Social issues
Database systems
Spreadsheet modelling:
- You will learn advanced spreadsheet skills
- You will create a spreadsheet model which you will use to answer exam questions
Assessment
30% (IT1) 2 hours 15 minutes Written Paper 80 marks (120 UMS)
20% (IT2) Internal Assessment 80 marks (80 UMS)
Year 13 Theory: Use and Impact of ICT
30% (IT3) 2 hours 30 minutes Written Paper 90 marks (120 UMS)
Topic areas covered in course include the following:
- Networks
- The internet
- Human computer interface (HCI)
- Working with ICT
- ICT security policies
- Database systems
- Management of change
- Management information systems (MIS)
- System development life cycle (SDLC)
Year 13 Practical : Databases
20% (IT4) Internal Assessment 100 marks (80 UMS)
When undertaking this unit candidates should be able to:
- discover how a structured database could be used in an organisation
- understand data types and formats
- discover how data is captured and prepared for use in a relational database
- understand validation techniques to minimise errors
- learn and apply the principles of normalisation of data with respect to relational database design
- design, implement and test a relational database to meet a specification
- produce user documentation
- develop good practice in their use of ICT
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be able to evaluate their design