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1. Using ICT - 20-30%
2. use ICT to plan and analyse complex or multi-step tasks and activities and to make decisions about suitable approaches
3. select and use software applications to meet needs and solve complex problems
4. select and use a range of interface and systems facilities effectively to meet needs
5. select and adjust system settings as appropriate to individual needs
6. respond to ICT problems and take appropriate action
7. understand the danger of computer viruses and how to minimise risk
8. manage files, folders and other media storage to enable efficient information retrieval
9. Finding and selecting information 10-20%
10. search engines, queries and AND/OR >, <, >=,<=, contains, begins with, use of wildcards
11. recognise and take account of copyright and other constraints on the use of information
12. evaluate fitness for purpose of information
13. Developing presenting and communicating information 50-70%
14. apply a range of editing, formatting and layout techniques to meet needs, including text, tables, graphics, records, numerical data, charts, graphs or other digital content
15. process and analyse numerical data
16. use appropriate field names and data types to organise information
17. analyse and draw conclusions from a data set by searching, sorting and editing records
18. organise electronic messages, software attachments and contacts
19. use collaborative tools appropriately
20. understand the need to stay safe and to respect others when using ICT-based communication
21. organise and integrate information of different types to achieve a purpose, using accepted layouts and conventions as appropriate
22. work accurately and check accuracy, using software facilities where appropriate
23. evaluate the selection, use and effectiveness of ICT tools and facilities at each stage of a task and at the task’s completion

Mapping of the criteria above to the test and mark scheme

Section 1 - 4 marks

Make a new "regular" page on the Ingot Functional Skills web site using the learner menu option on the front page (2 marks)

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4

Give the page the title "INsafety proposal" followed by your user id number and save the page. (Your supervisor will give you your id number) (2 marks) 

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7

From this point you have 110 minutes to complete the tasks below

Section 2 - 14 marks

Starting at the top of your page make a table with 4 columns and 10 rows to present a simple plan in the form of an ordered list of tasks. (4 marks)

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14

Provide suitable headings for each column. Task name, Resources, Time. (2 mark)

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16

List in each row under the appropriate heading, the activities and resources you will need and the time you are giving to the task. (8 marks) 

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2, 3

Section 3 - 16 Marks

INsafety need a new logo, a capital letter S in a circle.

Use the internet to find the most popular colour to use for the logo. Write the name of the colour into your web page and say where you got the information (2 marks)

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10, 12

Design a simple logo for INsafety to display on its web site. INsafety specifies that the logo should be a capital letter S in a circle and measure 100 pixels by 100 pixels when displayed (4 marks) Relevant functional skills criteria

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Using a suitable file format and naming the file P followed by your candidate id eg P12345, upload the logo to your user area on the INGOT Functional Skills site and display it on your web page. (4 marks)

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8, 16

Provide a version of the logo in a file format suitable for download. This version might be used on large posters where the image might need to be very large. Name this file V followed by your candidate id eg V12345 (2 marks)

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8, 16

Upload the file and make a link to it from text in your page called "Image for download" (3 marks)

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18

Write down a word that describes a way of protecting the logo design from other people using it without permission (1 mark)

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11

Section 4 - 13 Marks

INsafety is an international company. They want you to demonstrate that you can provide simple words and phrases in different languages.

Make a suitable table that formats to the full width of the screen to compare words in different languages. (2 marks)

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14

Give the table the title "Words in different languages". Adjust the table cell styles to make them different from the default. (2 marks)

Use your table to display the English words:

• Good morning
• Please
  
• Thank you
  
• Yes
  
• No

(2 marks)

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14

Display the corresponding words translated into German and French across rows in the table. (2 marks)

You can use an internet search or searches to find the translations of the English words into each language or to check their spellings if you know the translations already.

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10, 12

At the end of the table write down the URL(web address) of the source of the translation. (2 marks)

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19

Use the internet to search for people saying the French and German words (there is no need to do this for English) and provide links from each word so that it is possible to hear as well as read the word. (3 marks) 

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10, 12

Section 5 - 9 Marks (Target time 18 minutes)

INsafety want to be confident you understand some things about computer security.

Make a title in Heading 2 style "Reducing the virus threat ". (2 marks)

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14

Under this title present 3 ways of reducing the risk of infection by computer viruses  (3 marks)

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7

Use at least one url (web address) as a reference to a more detailed explanation in one of your examples. (2 marks)

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19, 21

Explain why you think the souce of your information there is likely to be reliable and accurate. (2 marks)

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12

Section 6 - 14 marks (Target time 18 minutes)

Your boss wants an evaluation report of your work.

Make a title "Evaluation" and centre it (2 marks)

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14

Make a subtitle "Strengths" in a different style to the main title (2 marks)

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14

Make a subtitle "Weaknesses" in the same style as for strengths (2 marks)

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14

Evaluate your work by making a bullet list of at least 4 strengths and 4 weaknesses under the titles. (8 marks)

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23

Summary of coverage of criteria for this test

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