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Cambridge IGCSE ICT: Exam Success Guide
Michael Gatens
Cambridge IGCSE ICT: Exam Success Guide
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The Cambridge IGCSE ICT Exam Success Guide fully supports the Cambridge IGCSE ICT syllabus (0417), for first examination in 2023. It is suitable for use alongside the Complete ICT Third Edition series or as a stand-alone resource, helping students to reach their full potential and achieve their best grades in exams.

The Guide brings clarity and focus to exam preparation and provides explicit exam guidance. Learners can recap content through easy-to-digest chunks, apply this via targeted revision activities, review and reflect on their work, and use exam practice and worked examples to raise their grade.

Other resources available for the Cambridge IGCSE ICT syllabus are a Student Book, which is at the heart of delivering the course, and a Teacher Handbook, which offers full lesson planning support.

Language
English
ISBN
9781382022767
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Types and components of computer systems
1.1 Hardware and software
Hardware
Software
Analogue and digital data
1.2 The main components of computer systems
Roles of the components: central processing unit (CPU), internal memory, input and output devices, backing storage
1.3 Operating systems
Command line interface (CLI)
Graphical user interface (GUI)
Dialogue-based interface
Gesture-based interface
1.4 Types of computer
Desktop and mobile computers
1.5 Emerging technologies
2 Input and output devices
2.1 Input devices and their uses
Input devices
3.1 Storage devices and media
Magnetic drives
Optical drives
Solid-state drives
4.1 Networks
Common network devices
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Cloud computing
Common network environments
Network types
5.1 Microprocessor-controlled devices
Effects of devices in the home
Microprocessors in transport systems
6.1 Communication
Communication media – characteristics and uses
Mobile communication
6.6 Banking applications
Banking applications for personal customers
Other banking technologies
System specification
7.1 Analysis
Methods of analysis of the current system
Record and analyse information about the current system
8.1 Physical safety
Safety issues
9.1 Audience appreciation
A sense of audience and purpose
The needs of the audience
Planning ICT solutions that meet audience needs
10.1 Communication with other ICT users using email
Characteristics, uses and constraints of email
Spam: issues and prevention
2.2 Direct data entry and associated devices
DDE devices
2.3 Output devices and their uses
Output devices
3 Storage devices and media
4 Networks and the effects of using them
4.2 Network issues and communications
Security issues regarding data transfer
Passwords
Other authentication methods
Anti-malware software
Electronic conferencing
5 The effects of using IT
5.2 Potential health problems related to the prolonged use of IT equipment
Health issues
6 ICT applications
6.2 Modelling applications
Computer modelling
6.3 Computer-controlled systems
Robotics in manufacture, production line control, autonomous vehicles – advantages and disadvantages
6.4 School management systems
Learner registration and attendance
Recording learner performance, including computer-aided learning
6.5 Booking systems 86 Online booking systems – travel, concerts, cinema, sporting events
6.7 Computers in medicine
Information systems in medicine
3D printers used in medicine
6.8 Expert systems
Expert systems – characteristics and uses
Components of an expert system
Using an expert system
6.9 Computers in the retail industry
Computers in the retail industry
Internet shopping
6.10 Recognition systems
Recognition systems – OMR, OCR, ANPR, RFID, NFC, biometrics – uses, advantages and concerns
6.11 Satellite systems
Satellite systems – uses, advantages and concerns
7 The systems life cycle
7.2 Design
Design aspects for a new system
7.3 Development and testing
Developing the solution and making a test plan
Definitions, characteristics and use of test data
7.4 Implementation
Methods of implementation
Advantages and disadvantages of four implementation methods
7.5 Documentation
Characteristics, uses and purposes of documentation
7.6 Evaluation
Useful evaluation strategies
8 Safety and security
8.2 E-safety
Personal and sensitive data
Data protection and the law
E-safety
8.3 Security of data
Threats to data
Protection of data
9 Audience
9.2 Copyright
The need for copyright legislation
Preventing software copyright theft
10 Communication
10.2 Effective use of the internet
Internet, intranet and extranet
Browsers, web addresses, URLs, hyperlinks and protocols
Using a search engine effectively
Evaluating the results from a search engine
Using the internet: risks, policing and control
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