MOEYC-JM/SBA/MS 2005-01
CARIBBEAN
EXAMINATIONS
COUNCIL
SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Paper 03 Technical Proficiency
PRACTICAL
SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT
MARK SCHEME
MOEYC-JM/SBA/MS 2005-01
-2-
WORD PROCESSING
MARKS
DESCRIPTION
Letter of invitation (Primary Document)
Required information in coherent manner
Insertion of merge fields in appropriate sections of document
Appropriate use of header to create letterhead
Variation in fonts, font sizes and font styles used in letterhead
Selection of appropriate fields in data source
Effective use of columns/tables/tabs in organising data
Memorandum
Layout of document in Memo format
Coherent comments on Student Performance and Review Meeting
Chart inserted from spreadsheet in appropriate location and
2
adequately sized to fit between margins
Report inserted from database in appropriate location and data
remains neatly arranged
Good use of bullets and numbering
Document free of spelling and grammatical errors
Assignment submitted in coherent manner
Candidate demonstrated awareness of existence of basic word processing
features
1
Total
20
MOEYC-JM/SBA/MS 2005-01
-3-
SPREADSHEET
DESCRIPTION
Task A
Demonstration of awareness of possible solution to spreadsheet
MARKS
tasks
Correct use of copy and paste features
Relevant use of relative addressing
Relevant use of mixed/absolute addressing
Correct use of formula to compute overall score
Use of data formatting as required
Task B
use of more than one worksheet to complete task
use of functions and operations to link more than one worksheet
correct use of the average function
Relevant data sorted on last name (primary key) and on first name
2
(secondary key) in ascending sequence.
Task C
use of complex criteria to extract correct data
ability to select required range of non-adjacent cells
use of 3-D column chart as required
appropriate labelling of chart title
appropriate labelling of chart axes
Candidate showed knowledge and application in majority / some common
2
spreadsheet features.
Total
20
MOEYC-JM/SBA/MS 2005-01
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DATABASE MANAGEMENT
DESCRIPTION
Task A
creation of ALL THREE tables consistent with the specifications
MARKS
3
Primary key(s) utilised effectively to create efficient database
Importing of correct data from spreadsheet (STUDENT &
SCORES tables)
Task B
List of all students showing overall score (OVERALL)
List of all female students
Task C
Ability to use multiple tables
Selection of appropriate fields
valid records in query
Assuming query was already created:
group by form;
sorted by score;
sorted descending
line 1 of report title
Ability to export report to word processor
All parts of printout submitted as required
Assignment submitted in a coherent manner
1
Total
20