INTERNATIONAL GCSE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (4IT0)

NOTES FOR CENTRES – 2018

These notes are to be read in conjunction with the relevant sections of the Instructions
for the Conduct of Examination (ICE) for June 2018 (available from the Pearson
website).

These notes are provided to enable Centre staff to re-create the data files for use in
the International GCSE Examination in Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
(4IT0).

NOTES:

 The contents of this document or the data files must NOT be discussed
with candidates before the end of the examination window on
18 May 2018.

 If it is necessary to reconstruct files using these notes, a printout of the files

produced MUST be included with the scripts for the examiner.

 Centres should check in the OFFICE 2007, OFFICE 2003 and NON-OFFICE
folders for file formats which are consistent with the Centre system.

LIST OF FILES:

A copy of each of the following data files must be stored in each candidate’s secure
examination user area before the examination:

IMAGES Folder containing TEN JPG image files named

folder DUCK, GROUP, POOL, RACQUET, PLAYER, SERVING, SHUTTLECOCK,
SWIMMER, TROPHY, WINNERS
CRUACHAN Database file
BADMINTON Spreadsheet file
NOMINEES Spreadsheet file
AWARDS Word processed file
WEBPAGES Word processed file

The following details are provided to recreate the database, spreadsheet and word-
processed files if Microsoft Office 2007 or later products are not available for
candidates.

The IMAGES folder will need to be copied from the OFFICE 2007 folder to the
OFFICE 2003 folder or the NON-OFFICE folder if other versions are used.

If the files have to be recreated for software versions other than Microsoft Office 2007
then the Centre must submit a printout of the data files used by the candidates.

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DATABASE FILE:
Database filename: CRUACHAN
File formats available: ACCDB, MDB and CSV files
Database Tables: PLAYER, SALE, STOCK, TEAM

PLAYER table structure:

DATA
FIELD NAME DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
TYPE
Unique code for each player – Field size 7
three digits followed by first
PLAYER_ID Short Text Set as primary
letter of first name and first
key
letter of last name
FIRSTNAME Short Text Player first name Field size 25
LASTNAME Short Text Player last name Field size 25
GENDER Short Text M for male or F for female Field size 6
Short date format
DOB Date/Time Player date of birth
(dd/mm/yyyy)
PHONE Short Text Player telephone number Field size 15
EMAIL Short Text Player email address Field size 50
Player team code
TEAMCODE Short Text Field size 25
(one of AA, BB, CC, DD, EE, FF, NA)

The content of the table is stored in the NON-OFFICE folder as a comma separated
variable file called PLAYER.CSV

SALE table structure:

FIELD NAME DATA TYPE COMMENTS

Primary key
SALE_ID Autonumber
Long Integer
STOCK_ID Short Text Field size 255
PLAYER_ID Short Text Field size 255
SALE_DATE Date/Time Short date format (dd/mm/yyyy)

The content of the table is stored in the NON-OFFICE folder as a comma separated
variable file called SALE.CSV

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STOCK table structure:

FIELD NAME DATA TYPE

COMMENTS
Set as Primary Key
STOCK_ID Short Text
Field size 8
DESCRIPTION Short Text Field size 50

COLOUR Short Text Field size 10

SIZE Short Text Field size 10

COST_PRICE Currency 2 decimal places

SALE_PRICE Currency 2 decimal places

The content of the table in the NON-OFFICE folder as a comma separated variable
file called STOCK.CSV

TEAM table structure:

FIELD NAME DATA TYPE

COMMENTS
Set as Primary Key
TEAM_ID Short Text
Field size 2
TEAM NAME Short Text Field size 25
PHONE Short Text Field size 14

LOCATION Short Text Field size 25

EMAIL Short Text Field size 50

The content of the table in the NON-OFFICE folder as a comma separated variable
file called TEAM.CSV

The tables should be linked as shown in this image:

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SPREADSHEET FILES

Spreadsheet filename: BADMINTON

File formats available: XLSX, XLS and CSV files

The spreadsheet contains one worksheet named SALES

Worksheet format:
 Page setup:
o landscape orientation and fit to 1 page wide by 1 page tall
o display row & column headings and gridlines
 All rows set to 15.00 (20 pixels) high
 All columns set to 8.86 (67 pixels) wide
 Font: default font set to Calibri (a sans serif font) size 11

Cells A16:B16 merged and right aligned with thick border on top and left sides, thin
border on right and bottom sides. Contents emboldened.
Cells A17:B17 merged and right aligned with thick border on bottom and left sides,
thin border on right and top sides. Contents emboldened.
Cells D16:E16 merged and right aligned with thick border on top, bottom and left
sides, thin border on right side. Contents emboldened.
Cell C16 centre aligned, with thick border on top and right sides, thin border on left
and bottom sides.
Cell C17 centre aligned, with thick border on bottom and right sides, thin border on
left and top sides.
Cell F16 left aligned with thick border on top, bottom and right sides, thin border on
left side.

All other cells formatted general with no borders

When opened by candidates the worksheet should look like this image:

The contents of the worksheet are stored in the BADMINTON.CSV file.

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Spreadsheet filename: NOMINEES
File formats available: XLSX, XLS and CSV files

The spreadsheet contains one worksheet named NOMINEES

Worksheet format:
 Page setup:
o portrait orientation and scaled to 100% normal size
o display row & column headings and gridlines
 All rows set to 15.00 (20 pixels) high
 Font: default font set to Calibri (a sans serif font) size 11.
 Row 1: set to bold
 Cells A1:H4 thin border on all sides of each cell.
 Cells D2:D4 set to short date format (dd/mm/yyyy)
 All other cells set to general format.
 Column width set so that there is no truncation of the data.

When opened by candidates the worksheet should look like this image:

The contents of the worksheet are stored in the NOMINEES.CSV file.

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WORD PROCESSING FILES

Word processed filename: AWARDS

File formats available: DOCX, DOC, RTF and TXT files

Format of document:

Margins: All 2.5 cm

Font: Calibri (any sans serif font is acceptable) size 11, Regular
Text aligned left
Single line spaced

When opened by the candidate, the document should look like this image:

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Word processed filename: WEBPAGES
File formats available: DOCX, DOC, RTF and TXT files

Format of document Margins: All 2.5cm

Font: Calibri (any sans serif font is acceptable) size 11, regular
Text aligned left
Single line spaced

When opened by the candidate, the document should look like this image:

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