Applied ICT Checklist AS Theory Sections-Peterhouse 2014
Section 1: ICT systems including portable communication devices
Syllabus Objective
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Identify the input devices including: keyboards, pointing devices (including
mouse, touchpad and tracker ball), video digitisers, remote controls, joysticks,
magnetic stripes, scanners, digital cameras, microphones, sensors, MIDI
instruments, graphics tablets, MICR, OMR, OCR, barcode readers, videocameras,
web cams, light pens;
Identify suitable uses of the input devices stating the advantages and
disadvantages of each;
Identify the following output devices: monitors (CRT, TFT), printers (laser, ink jet
and dot matrix),plotters, speakers, control devices (including motors, buzzers,
lights and heaters);
identify suitable uses of the output devices stating the advantages and
disadvantages of each
Describe common backing storage media (including magnetic tapes, CD ROMs, CD
Rs, CD RWs,DVD ROMs, DVD Rs, DVD RWs, DVD-RAM, Blu-ray, minidisk and hard
discs, memory sticks, flash memory) and their associated devices;
Identify suitable uses of the storage media and understand the types of access
and access speeds required for each use (e.g. serial/sequential, direct/random).
Describe the comparative advantages and disadvantages of using different
backing storage media;
Identify the following portable communication devices: mobile phones, portable
DVD players, portablehard disk players, portable media players (MP3 players),
global positioning systems, satellite navigation systems, personal digital
assistants, Bluetooth devices and handheld computers;
Identify suitable uses of the communication devices in (g) above, stating the
advantages and disadvantages of each.
Section 2: How organisations use ICT – Part 1
Syllabus Objective
How control systems work including applications such e.g air conditioning, robots,
medical applications and process control
Working practices: Home working, Remote Working, Instant Messaging, Video
Conferencing, Phone Conferencing and Faxing
Uses of IT in Adverstising: Product, Business and Sevice advertising. Use of
Posters, Flyers, Websites
Use Of IT in teaching and learning: CAL, CBL, Computer Aided Assessment and
Record Keeping
Use of ICT in Publishing: Printing books, magazines, newspapers, record sleeves
and posters. Computerised platemaking, typesetting
Use of ICT in Time Management: Organising meeting times, project management,
research and development, daily and weekly planning
Data Management: Batch processing e.g payroll processing, indexed sequential
and random files, hybrid batch and interrogational processing. Relational
database systems and interrogational databases.
Data Mangement: Hierarchical database management systems for Business
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Applied ICT Checklist AS Theory Sections-Peterhouse 2014
reporting etc. Network database management systems for organisations spread
across the world.
Payroll applications e.g payslip production
Technical and customer support in utility companies, call centres, online help
lines
Art and Design work e.g sleeves, flyers, posters and magazines
Section 3: Impact of ICT on society – Part 1
Syllabus Objective
Online services: Online shopping and Banking
Employment: unemployment for general staff and employment for technical
staff
Increased leisure time
Working patterns:compressed hours, job-sharing, flexible working hours, parttime working, working from home, moving from branch to branch
Health and safety: RSI, Vision, posture for health and electrocution, fires for
security
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Section 4: Systems life cycle
Syllabus Objective
Analysis: Fact finding. Identify inputs, processing and outputs in existing system
and recording information using DFDs. Identifying problems in current system.
Identify suitable software and hardware for the new system. Identifying user and
information requirements.
Design: Hardware and software. Designing data collection formsand screen
layouts. Designing report layouts and screen displays. Designing validation
routines. Designing file structures and programming specifications
Development and testing: Creating data structures, program modules. Testing
strategies. Improvements needed from tests.
Implementation: Parallel, direct changeover, phased implementation and pilot
running
Documentation: Technical and User Documentation and contents e.g DFDs,
Systems flow charts, program code etc
Evaluation: Efficiency, ease of use, appropriateness and techniques of evaluation
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