0417.1.1.08 — System software provides the services that the computer requires to operate: past paper questions
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- 0417/11 · October/November 2025 · Q7c(i)[3]
eyestrain
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back problems
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · October/November 2025 · Q9a[4]
Describe the process of safely uploading the file onto the organisation's network. Include in your answer any issues that may occur and how they can be avoided.
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · October/November 2025 · Q9c[2]
Data within the organisation needs to be protected. The organisation follows data protection legislation. Explain why data protection legislation is required.
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · May/June 2025 · Q2a(ii)[2]
Control software
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · May/June 2025 · Q3[6]
The headteacher at Tawara School is planning to improve the registration system for pupils. The headteacher can choose a system that uses either ID cards with a magnetic stripe or scanners that read handprints. Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using a system that will read handprints.
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · May/June 2025 · Q10a[3]
Explain what is meant by SSL.
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State how a user would know that SSL was being used on the website.
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · May/June 2025 · Q2b[2]
State two examples of system software.
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · May/June 2025 · Q6a[3]
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
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Headaches
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · October/November 2024 · Q2b[1]
Software that the computer requires to operate is called
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · May/June 2024 · Q12a[3]
Explain what is meant by credit card cloning.
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · May/June 2024 · Q12b[2]
Give two other security improvements that could be made to help reduce this type of threat.
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · May/June 2024 · Q13a[1]
State what this process is called.
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · May/June 2024 · Q13b[4]
State fourprinciples of a typical data protection act.
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · May/June 2024 · Q12a[2]
Explain what is meant by key logging.
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Give two security improvements that could be made to prevent key logging. ,
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · February/March 2024 · Q2b(ii)[2]
System
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · October/November 2023 · Q8a[4]
Describe the benefits and drawbacks of using a smart security system.
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What examiners said
Many candidates confused control software with the CPU or the control panel. However, many candidates did attempt the question.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0417/11 Q2(a)(ii) (Cambridge)
This question was quite well answered by many of the candidates who were able to gain three of the six marks available. The question related to the use of handprints to register candidates. Some candidates reverted to the use of fingerprints and where this occurred the Examiners marked the first instance wrong and then gave a follow through mark for other instances, this may not be the case in fut...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0417/12 Q3 (Cambridge)
This was a technical question about Secure Socket Layer and was challenging for many of the candidates. Many candidates misread the stem of the question which stated that SSL was a secure socket layer. In the question it asked what was meant by SSL, nearly all candidates wrote it is secure socket layer which was in the question. Some candidates accurately described SSL as a protocol that encrypts...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0417/12 Q10(a) (Cambridge)
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