AS & A Level Information Technology (9626) — May–June 2025, Paper 12

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Question 1 · 8 marks

A company is going to carry out an investigation into shopping habits. The company will get data from indirect data sources. Describe the benefits of getting data from indirect…

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Question 2 · 9 marks

The spreadsheet shows the prices of various items in a clothes shop. The discounted price for a jumper is calculated by using the formula in cell F12. The formula in cell F12 is…

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Question 3 · 4 marks

There is a fault with a car engine. An expert system is used to help diagnose the fault. Describe how the following components of an expert system are used in the process of…

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Question 4 · 4 marks

A company finance director could use either off-the-shelf or custom-written software to help manage the company's finances. Contrast these two types of software.

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Question 5 · 5 marks

Describe five advantages of using computers rather than a human to monitor water pollution.

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Question 6 · 6 marks

Computer systems can be affected by malware. A network manager has already installed malware prevention software. Describe additional methods the network manager can use to help…

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Question 7 · 5 marks

A school stores records of its students in alphabetical order of family name. It uses indexed sequential access to locate a student record. Explain what is meant by indexed…

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Question 8 · 2 marks

Describe what is meant by an actuator. You must include an example of an actuator in your answer.

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Question 9 · 6 marks

Eric has made a spreadsheet that he has shared with a number of friends. Some of his friends cannot open the spreadsheet. Identify three possible reasons the spreadsheet will not…

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Question 10 · 6 marks

A person uses a dialogue interface to control multiple devices in their home. Evaluate the use of a dialogue interface in this context.

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Question 11 · 4 marks

A college database contains details about students. Part of the database is shown. StudentID FirstName FamilyName PhoneNumber --- --- --- --- AB37689 Mohammed Abbas 016324908367…

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Question 12 · 3 marks

Banks process a large number of transactions simultaneously. They use mainframe computers for transaction processing. Explain why mainframe computers are used by banks for this…

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Question 13 · 8 marks

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using encryption when transferring data between web browsers and web servers.

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