Cambridge International AS & A Level

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 9626/02

Paper 2 Practical May/June 2022
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 90

Published

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for
Teachers.

Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.

Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2022 series for most
Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International A and AS Level and Cambridge Pre-U components, and some
Cambridge O Level components.

This document consists of 17 printed pages.

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Generic Marking Principles

These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers.
They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors
for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1:

Marks must be awarded in line with:

 the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question
 the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question
 the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2:

Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3:

Marks must be awarded positively:

 marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit
is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme,
referring to your Team Leader as appropriate
 marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do
 marks are not deducted for errors
 marks are not deducted for omissions
 answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these
features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The
meaning, however, should be unambiguous.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4:

Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed
instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5:

Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question
(however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate
responses seen).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6:

Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should
not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.

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Task Answer Marks

See Task 1 below for example of spreadsheet

1 Rows 1 3 7 Merged cells A to G 1

Rows 1 and 3 Dark blue background … 1

… with yellow text 1

Row 1 Centre aligned, 36 points high 1

Row 3 Centre aligned, 22 points high 1

A5 and C5 Right aligned 1

A7 Left aligned 1

All other cells Centre aligned 1

Rows 2 4 6 ½ height of row 12 1

Row 8 Text wrapped and vertically aligned 1

A8:G24 Gridlines (only) 1

Header 1
Created on: [date] at [time] on left

Filename with no path on right 1

Footer 1
Created by: name, centre number, candidate number on left

Task Answer Marks

See Task 2 below for example of formula in cell A9

2 A9 1
= … D5

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Task Answer Marks

See Task 3 below for example of formulae in column D

3 D9 1
= … VLOOKUP(…)

(C9 1

,j22port.csv 1

!$A$3:$B$12 1

,2,0) 1

Task Answer Marks

See Task 4 below for example of formulae in column B

4 B9 1
= … IF( … ) with correct syntax

WEEKDAY(A9) 1

= 1

VLOOKUP(…) 1

nested VLOOKUP(…) 1

C9 1

j22port.csv 1

!$A$3:$C$12 1

,3 1

,0) 1

j22port.csv 1

!$A$14:$B$20 1

2,0) 1

,A9+1 1

,A9) 1

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Task Answer Marks

See Task 5 below for example of formulae in column E

5 E10 1
Index with 2 matches for row/col pointers used

= … INDEX( … ) 1

... j22port.csv 1

... !$D$3:$M$12 1

,MATCH( … ) 1

... C9 1

... ,j22port.csv 1

... !$A$3:$A$12 may have ,0 or ,1 at end 1

,MATCH( … ) 1

... C10 1

... j22port.csv 1

... !$D$2:$M$2)) may have ,0 or ,1 in brackets 1

... All ranges as absolute references 1

Task Answer Marks

See Task 6 below for example of formulae in column F

6 F10 1
= … ROUNDUP(…)

,0) at end of calculation 1

E10/ 1

VLOOKUP(…) 1

$B$5 with absolute referencing 1

,j22ship.csv 1

!$A$2:$C$27 1

,3,0) 1

/24 1

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Task Answer Marks

See Task 7 below for example of formulae in column G

7 G10 1
= … B9+F10

Task Answer Marks

See Task 8 below for example of formulae in column A

8 A10 1
= … G10+2

Task Answer Marks

9 A9 blank when data removed **2 traps 1

A10-A24 blank when data removed 1

B9-B23 blank when data removed **2 traps 1

D9-D24 blank when data removed 1

E10-E24 blank when data removed 1

F10-F24 blank when data removed 1

G10 to G24 blank when data removed 1

All data present in rows 9-11 for model 1

Task Answer Marks

10 Replicated A10, E10, F10, G10 to row 24 1

Replicated B9, D9 to row 24 1

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Task Answer Marks

See Task 11 below for example of formula in cell A3

11 A3 1
Ship's itinerary for no ship selected

& 1

VLOOKUP( … ) 1

B5 1

,j22ship.csv 1

!$A$2:$B$27 1

,2,0) 1

,"No ship selected" 1

Efficiency of solution ISERROR IFERROR etc 1

Task Answer Marks

12 All dates (excluding in header) formatted as dd/mm/yyyy 1

Task Answer Marks

See Task 13 below for TS2_ model

13 TS2_ 1
Data for ship code H, port DNT and dept date 2/7/2022

Ship name Hariette 1

Depart date 3/7/2022 1

Ports Dolumbo, Negembe and Tawara 1

Number of miles 1400 and 2000 1

Travel time 3 days for each leg 1

Final arrival date 11/7/2022 1

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Task Answer Marks

See Task 14 below for TS3_ model

14 TS3_ 1
Ship name Ulyssess

Depart date 30/07/2022 1

Ports Fingagwa, Tawara, Snydey and Fingagwa 1

Arrive date 11/8/2022 1

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Task 1
Spreadsheet

Rows 1 3 7 Merged cells A to G 1 mark

Rows 1 and 3 Dark blue background 1 mark
Yellow text 1 mark
Row 1 Centre aligned, 36 points high 1 mark
Row 3 Centre aligned, 22 points high 1 mark
A5 and C5 Right aligned 1 mark
A7 Left aligned 1 mark
All other cells Centre aligned 1 mark
Rows 2 4 6 ½ height of row 12 1 mark
Row 8 Text wrapped and vertically aligned 1 mark
A8:G24 Gridlines (only) 1 mark
Dates Formatted as dd/mm/yyyy 1 mark

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Header Created on: [date] at [time] on left 1 mark
Filename with no path on right 1 mark
Footer Created by: name, centre number, candidate number on left 1 mark

A3 "Ship's itinerary for " 1 mark

& 1 mark
VLOOKUP( … ) 1 mark
B5 1 mark
,j22ship.csv 1 mark
!$A$2:$B$27 1 mark
,2,0) 1 mark
,"No ship selected" 1 mark
Solution in A3 works as specified 1 mark

Error trapping for rows 9 onwards

All formulae present in rows 9-24 1 mark
A9 blank when data removed 1 mark
A10-A24 blank when data removed 1 mark
B9-B24 blank when data removed 1 mark
D9-D24 blank when data removed 1 mark
E10-E24 blank when data removed 1 mark
F10-F24 blank when data removed 1 mark
G10 to G24 blank when data removed 1 mark

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A9 = … D5 1 mark
A10 = … G10+2 1 mark

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B9 = … IF( … ) with correct syntax 1 mark

WEEKDAY(A9) 1 mark
= 1 mark
VLOOKUP( … ) 1 mark
VLOOKUP( … ) 1 mark
C9 1 mark
,j22port.csv 1 mark
!$A$3:$C$12 1 mark
,3 1 mark
,0) 1 mark
,j22port.csv 1 mark
!$A$14:$B$20 1 mark
2,0) 1 mark
,A9+1 1 mark
,A9) 1 mark

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D9 = … VLOOKUP(…) 1 mark
C9 1 mark
,j22port.csv 1 mark
!$A$3:$B$12 1 mark
,2,0) 1 mark

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E10 Index with 2 matches for row/col pointers used 1 mark

= … INDEX( … ) 1 mark
... j22port.csv 1 mark
... !$D$3:$M$12 1 mark
,MATCH( … ) 1 mark
... C9 1 mark
... ,j22port.csv 1 mark
... !$A$3:$A$12 may have ,0 or ,1 at end 1 mark
,MATCH( … ) 1 mark
... C10 1 mark
... ,j22port.csv 1 mark
... !$D$2:$M$2)) may have ,0 or ,1 at end 1 mark
... All ranges as absolute references 1 mark

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F10 = … ROUNDUP(…) 1 mark

,0) at end of calculation 1 mark
E10/ 1 mark
VLOOKUP(…) 1 mark
$B$5 with absolute referencing 1 mark
,j22ship.csv 1 mark
!$A$2:$C$27 1 mark
,3,0) 1 mark
/24 1 mark

G10 = … B9+F10 1 mark

Replicated A10, E10, F10, G10 to row 24 1 mark

Replicated B9, D9 to row 24 1 mark

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TS2_ Data for ship code H, port DNT and start date 2/7/2022 1 mark
Ship name Harriette 1 mark
Depart date 3/7/2022 1 mark
Ports Dolumbo, Negembe and Tawara 1 mark
Number of miles 1400 and 2000 1 mark
Travel time 3 days for each leg 1 mark
Final arrival date 11/7/2022 1 mark

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TS3_ Ship name Ulyssess 1 mark

Depart date 31/07/2022 1 mark
Ports Fingagwa, Tawara, Snydey and Fingagwa 1 mark
Arrive date 11/8/2022 1 mark

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