A garden centre requires an input device to read barcodes on a range of item from seed packets to garden furniture.
Name and justify a suitable device(s) for the garden centre to use.

One type of systems software is an operating system.
Describe other types of systems software.

Choosing the right software to solve a problem using ICT is very important.
Give an example of a problem you have solved, stating the software you used and explaining how the functionality of the software helped you to produce an effective solution.

With reference to your Sample Work, identify who needed the solution.

With reference to your Sample Work, identify one of the people who will use your solution and describe what they will use it for.

Test plans may include tests carried out for a number of reasons using normal, extreme and erroneous data.
With reference to your test plan, test data and testing evidence, describe and justify tests you have carried out for two different reasons.…

The suitability of the output produced is one way of judging the effectiveness of a solution.
With reference to your Sample Work, explain how you ensured the outputs produced were suitable and therefore effective.…

Explain, using an example, what is meant by verification.

A group of friends are using a local travel company, ‘Sporty Tours’, to organise a tour to Australia in 2013. ‘Sporty Tours’ has recently produced a website for online booking.
They are trying to encourage people to sign up to the website and enter their personal data, as they are in the process of moving away from the paper-based data entry form, as shown in Figure 1 on the insert.

6 (b) (i) You have been asked to design an online booking form. Explain the validation and verification you could include in your design which would support robust data entry by minimising errors and ensuring valid and accurate data entry.

In the space provided below sketch a design for an online input screen for entering the personal data for collection by the Sporty Tours.

LONG ANSWER: Discuss the advice you could give parents concerning their children’s use of ICT devices, the health problems that may arise and how those problems could be prevented.…