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INTERNATIONAL GCSE
MARKING SCHEME
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SYLLABUS/COMPONENT: 0418/02
Information Technology
SPECIMEN PAPER
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0418/02 SP 2007 Markscheme Pg 3
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Rootrainer Trees
Plans for the future
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Expansion plans for the future include
current offices in Japan, Thailand, Australia, India
regional offices in seventeen more countries as many
and Indonesia.
governments worldwide are starting to prioritise
diversification, and there are current developments in
environmental issues.
the following areas:
The original aim of the
His business plan has led to
company; ‘to help in arresting the deforestation of the
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United Kingdom, by providing indigenous trees at a
i.
bonsai trees
reasonable cost’ has grown into a multi million dollar
ii.
landscaping
business across the globe.
iii.
koi carp
The core business still remains the
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The
problems
in 2005 with
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roman numerals
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container grown one-year-old seedlings called
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Rootrainers. Costs continue to be kept low (both
supply and demand still exist but to a lesser degree.
financially and environmentally) by retaining the
capacity within England, and regional nurseries are
sales of bare rooted trees in the second and
now in full swing in America, Thailand and South
Rootrainer Trees nurseries continue to run at full
Here is a brief cost analysis for Africa. America currently has two nurseries with
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others in the planning stages, and a 17,000-acre site
size 1 trees, comparing bare rooted and potted sales:
subsequent years.
Rootrainer Trees has shown major
growth over the past twelve months and can now be
hailed as a significant success story as it progresses
from a small company which started in England, into
a global force in arboreal supplies and conservation.
has been acquired in Malaysia to try to counter the
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rapidly increasing demand. Here is a summary of the
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potential site allocations already identified, showing
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the number of sites and the total number of hectares:
Initially starting with offices in America, Thailand,
Australia and South Africa, during the first six
months of last year new offices opened in Brazil and
Japan. The last few weeks have seen the launch of
offices in Argentina, India and Indonesia.
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During the past twelve months some
restructuring has taken place within the company.
Takeo Ogawa was appointed to oversee the opening
of the Japanese office and had such a profound
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impact on Rootrainer Trees that he now heads the
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‘South EastCorrect
Asian sums
Division’ which includes
the
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Code Sum Of Potential area Count Of Sites
AF
463945
22
AM
618160
15
AS
664305
10
EU
256000
16
ME
154910
10
OC
8980
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The number of sites can be seen
graphically.
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has specified has not been available, the company has
The
substituted the next size down and customers have
continued to increase and Rootrainer Trees has
development plan was to introduce a secure ordering
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facility Header
to their customers. Name
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development but has been Cand
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to meet the perceived increase in sales that this is
continued to add an even wider range of shrubs which
likely to cause.
been informed about the reduction in price.
Number of potential sites in each region
Number of sites
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The
market
for
shrubs
has
also
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are entirely suitable for amateur gardeners and in
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particular the development of wildlife habitats.
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other
element
in
last
years,
corporate
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manage the website have now finalised the stylesheet
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Africa America
Asia
Europe
Middle Oceania
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current hardware and has been redesigned to allow This is an excerpt from it:
on-line requests using the internet. These requests
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The company
maintains
its policy
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regionstill
names
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of not lifting plants for specific dates, if plant
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condition or weather
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damage
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is likely to be sustained during or as a result of lifting
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during these periods. The company has made every
will list all the products and availability within each
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country, as well as providing the customer with the
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trees which were available for an acidic soil and
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effort to meet their customers' planting deadlines, but
the database would suggest which trees or shrubs
have always kept their customers fully informed if
would be most suitable. It will also provide valuable
this has not been possible.
information about the habit of each specimen, the
which were between 40 and 89 centimetres in height,
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maximum growing height and spread, growth rates
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that whilst
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demand continues to rise dramatically for the larger
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trees, Rootrainer
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throughout the Fully
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and a multitude of other information.
The advent of the web server for the
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database has only been a partial success this year.
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Field names
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meaningful
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Ignore ID field – or other key fields
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Growth
Data & labels
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Name
Far East Sites
Growth Code
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Code = OC or AS
Ascending Growth
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Potential-Current
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Country
Current Area
Potential area
17000
17000
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220
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AS
Malaysia
220
OC
Bali
460
OC
Australia
330
790
550
OC
Australia
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550
1250
AS
Thailand
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2000
2300
AS
Thailand
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4500
AS
Indonesia
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4500
5000
AS
Thailand
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5000
7420
OC
Australia
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7420
8905
AS
China
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8905
24000
AS
Malaysia
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24000
150250
AS
China
0
150250
210000
AS
India
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210000
240350
AS
China
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240350
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Small sites already owned
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Current Area Potential area
South Africa
500
500
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8905
Australia
330
790
Australia
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550
China
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