Grade 1228 periods
Concept of ICT
Explores the basic concepts of ICT together with its role and applicability in today's knowledge based society
Exam objectives
- Define data and information and distinguish clearly between them, with an example
- List the stages of the data life cycle: creation, management, removal of obsolete data
- State the characteristics of valuable information (timely, accurate, in context, understandable, low uncertainty)
Important areas to cover
- "Distinguish data from information" is a near-annual short-answer opener
- Listing the characteristics of quality/valuable information is a common structured question
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Exam objectives
- Explain the drawbacks of manual data processing (errors, duplication, delay, poor sharing)
- Describe how networks, the Internet, mobile computing and cloud computing overcame those drawbacks
- Give examples of information used in decision making, policy making, prediction, planning and monitoring
Important areas to cover
- "Why did ICT replace manual methods" recurs as an essay-length Part A prompt
- The network → Internet → mobile → cloud timeline is a common short-essay question
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Exam objectives
- Draw and label the input-process-output (IPO) abstract model
- Relate the IPO model to a computer system and to the general definition of a system
Important areas to cover
- Low period weight — expect a quick diagram or definition question, rarely essay-length
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Exam objectives
- Classify the hardware and software components of a computer system
- Distinguish proprietary from open-source software, with an advantage and disadvantage of each
Important areas to cover
- Proprietary vs open-source comparison is a frequent short-structured question
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Exam objectives
- List and describe the five data-processing steps: gathering, validation, processing, output, storage
- Identify data-gathering tools (OMR, OCR, MICR, card/tape readers, barcode readers, sensors) and validation methods (type/presence/range checks)
- Distinguish batch vs real-time processing, online vs offline input, and local vs cloud storage
Important areas to cover
- Matching a named tool (OMR/OCR/MICR/barcode) to its purpose is a common MCQ pattern
- Batch vs real-time and online vs offline are a recurring paired short-answer question
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Exam objectives
- Identify the ICT tools and skills used in education, healthcare, agriculture, business, engineering, tourism, media and law enforcement
- Discuss, in depth, the benefit ICT brings to at least two named domains
Important areas to cover
- "Discuss the use of ICT in domain X" is a recurring Paper II Part A prompt — prepare 2-3 domains in real depth
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Exam objectives
- Explain the social and economic benefits of ICT
- Explain the social, economic, environmental, ethical, legal and privacy issues caused by ICT — piracy, phishing, copyright, plagiarism, licensing, digital divide, e-waste
- Relate ICT's role to the Sustainable Development Goals and to closing the digital divide
Important areas to cover
- Ethical/legal/social issues (piracy, copyright, licensing) is a near-guaranteed structured question
- e-waste disposal and digital divide are common short-answer add-ons to the main question
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