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OCR A2 Level ICTG063 Revision

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Agenda12:00 Discussion Questions with AS Group

13:00 Break

13:10 Break

15:30 Finish

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Aims of todayUnderstand how to answer different types of exam questions• know what key words mean• Know how to respond to different styles of question

Have an insight into what examiners are looking forImprove essay writing techniqueRevise some popular exam topics

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Who am I? Who are you?Paul Long

• Text book author• Former principal examiner/moderator• ICT Teacher of 15 years• Now self-employed

Resources for schools Revision sessions Training for teachers Freelance training Home teaching for James Brindley School

• Two interesting things about me: Christian at Real Life Church Married to Catherine

You• Name• One thing that’s interesting about you

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Resources to help youwww.ocrict.com• (www.paullong.net/ocr)• G063 Online Text Book• G063 Presentations• G063 Exam frameworks and grids

AS resources

http://cnettv.cnet.com/www.bbc.co.uk/click follow @paullongnet• #alevelict

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Exciting or revising?Revision is not fun

We’ve all been there

Today you will learn to be SMART• but we don’t have time for lots of fun

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How to ace your exams by spending less time revising!

Organising your materialPlan your time and the topicsDon’t rewrite everythingPut post-it notes everywhere• demote them!

REDUCE YOUR REVISIONKnow it – done? Not sure – need to revise What? – need to learn again

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Exam paper tipsSee hand out

Read questions and instructions carefullyDon’t panicLook at marks availableAvoid ‘easier’, ‘faster’, ‘more efficient’, ‘better’Give full answersInclude extra information if timeGive examples related to the scenarioDraw diagrams if appropriateNEVER leave answers blank unless you run out of timeRevise and prepare

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StarterComplete this quick quiz

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G063 exam paper2 hours (120 marks)• 1 minute per mark

Section A (40 marks)• around 7 short questions • uses style of the AS paper• approximately 25 minutes

Section B (80 marks) • mainly essay-style questions • apply skills to scenarios• approximately 1 hour 35

minutes

Synoptic questions• covering AS Level• not restricted to

terminology from AS Level

Will include a discussion question at the end• and probably a long-

answer explain question

NOT in order of easy to hard

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A2 Revision - MENU

Identify

Describe

Explain Spot the Mistake (networks) Flow Chart

Hot Seat CPA

Verbal Tennis Gantt

Evaluate

Justify

Discuss

DistributeDatabases

Maintenance & Changeover

Networks

Question Styles

Revision Games

Revision Tasks

Diagramming

Spot the Mistake (operating systems)

Spot the Mistake (Blank)

Characteristic

Purpose

Use

Key words

Limitation

Advantages & Disadvantages

Venn Diagrams

DFD

Process

ERD

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Question Styles

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Hierarchy

Discuss

Evaluate Justify

Explain

Compare

Describe

Identify State Give

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Identify, state, giveList your knowledgeSentences, statements or single wordsOne mark per point made

Individual exercises:1. Identify three methods of database distribution [3]2. For each of the symptoms below, state the health problem and state

the possible cause:a) chronic pain experienced in the arms, shoulder or back [2]b) blood clot found in the leg [2]c) pressure on the median nerve in the wrist producing numbness in the hand

[2] Q14 June 2012

3. Give four reasons why batch processing is used to process employees’ salaries. [4] Q3b June 2012

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Sample papers - identifyG063 June 2011• 1 – design specification• 3 – operating systems• 14a – expert systems

Group exerciseMark each of these answers on the 3 scripts• what is right/wrong with each answer• identify any shortcomings for each answer• make corrections to answers• come up with additional answers

send out one ‘negotiator’ to ‘trade’ more answers

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Key word: characteristicDistinguishing part, function or feature of a systemNOT uses

Identify three characteristics of a wide area network (WAN). [3] Q2a Jan 10• connected devices are geographically remote• uses an external communication system / connected by

third-party cables• requires a router

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CharacteristicsWhole group exercise

Identify four characteristics of a satellite navigation system. [4]

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Spot the mistake - networksADSL lines have contention ratiosSatellites require line of sightInfrared does not require line of sightLeased lines do not have contention ratios4G has a higher bandwidth than satelliteLeased lines have a higher bandwidth than 4GFibre optic cables suffer less interference than copper cablesUnshielded Twisted Pair cables have a maximum length of 1000m

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Spot the mistake – operating systemsInteractive processing requires user interactionBatch processing requires user interactionReal-time processing requires user interactionSingle-user operating systems can only be used by one user at onceMulti-user operating systems can run many tasks at onceMulti-tasking operating systems can run many tasks at onceAn operating system manages the hardware on a computerAn operating system allocates memory to tasksAn operating system is a Graphical User Interface

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Key word: useHow a system can be usedWhat it can be used forEXAMPLES

Identify three uses of an expert system.• mobile phone problem diagnosis• car engine fault diagnosis• medical condition diagnosis

Alternative wording:• “Identify three ways an expert system could be used”

Whole group exerciseGive four uses of an extranet for a school. [4]

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DescribeOne mark per description • Describe rapid application development (RAD). [2] Q1 Jun 12• Describe how interactive processing could be used to prevent the double

booking of theatre tickets. [2] Q1 Jun 12OR two marks per description• Describe three applications of an expert system. [6] Q8 Jun 12

OR banded response• Describe the services available to the individual that are offered by digital

television networks. [6] Q6 Jun 12If no number of responses is specified• give more answers than you think are required

eg 3 full descriptions for 4 marks

Describe using examples• must be related to scenario

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Describe – banded response

Max marks:• Three descriptions• Two descriptions

will need to include more information or example

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Describe – how to answerDescribe the role of a personnel system in a company. [4] Q1a Jan 11

Try answering the describe questions on your hand out

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Identify Points Describe ExampleStores employee contact details

including next of kin details

mobile phone number of spouse in case employee is injured at work.

Stores attendance details

including when each employee was at work and reasons for absence

so that salaries can be calculated correctly and absences monitored