Personalised Feedback Sheet for IGCSE Section 7 The uses of ICT

Name: Amy Pountney

Target grade: A*
Score on this assessment: 81.82%
Grade for this assessment: A
General feedback/class needs:
This test was basically a general knowledge ICT test. It brought together all the
things youve learned from previous units about sensors, input and output
devices, processing and put them in a real world context for things such as
transaction processing, expert systems, monitoring patients and so on. In reality,
there were no new concepts here, only new applications.
It should be more than clear to you all now, the value of exam question practise.
When you look at the amount of time we spend going over exam questions in
class, and then look at your test you should see that the time spent on those
questions was valuable.
There were few excuses this time around for poor performance being as youd
seen most of the questions during the lessons and it really has now become a
matter of practise makes perfect. If youre still not quite happy with where you
are in terms of progress, the formula is simple the more you practise past
questions, the higher your grade will be.
Most people struggled with the question on stock control this is a bullet point
list answer (and one we did in class) and the question on expert systems.
Your test review:
One question I got completely right was question 6. This is because I understand
the steps taken when a chip and pin system is used at a banks ATM.
One question I achieved some, but not all marks on, was question 11b. This is
because I did not put an example for when an OCR might be used.
I did not get 0 marks on any of the questions. This is because I understand ICT
applications and found the test easier than others.

Your personal targets:

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Understand the context of a question

Check through the paper
Understand the steps taken during a transaction at POS

Challenge/Extension
Write out and answer fully questions 3, 9 and 10

Question 3 A supermarket uses POS terminals. The stock levels in the

supermarket are updated automatically. Describe the steps involved in updating
the stock level of a product when the barcode is read.
Barcode gets scanned
Looks up number of products in stock
Number purchased is taken away from number in stock
Number left in stock is checked against re order number and if there arent
enough, it will automatically reorder the product

Question 9 Describe online processing of data, using the booking of airline

tickets as an example.
The customer will be in direct contact with the main system only. The computer
will search for matching details the customer wants in the registered flights and
then they will be able to select an available seat. The computer will mark this
seat as booked and when the customer has paid, the system will be updated
immediately to prevent double booking.
Question 10 Expert systems can be used for diagnosis in a range of situations.
List 4 parts of an expert system.
User interface, knowledge base, inference engine, rules base