File management: past paper questions
Real questions on file management
The newest 20 of 44 written questions. Open one to see it on the real paper.
- 0417/11 · May/June 2025 · Q5b[3]
Explain what is meant by file compression.
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · May/June 2025 · Q14a[1]
image
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · May/June 2025 · Q14b[1]
text
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · May/June 2025 · Q4a(i)[1]
File structure
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · May/June 2025 · Q4a(iii)[1]
The output format
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · May/June 2025 · Q8a(i)[1]
Format check
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · May/June 2025 · Q8a(ii)[1]
Range check
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · May/June 2025 · Q8a(iii)[1]
Length check
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · May/June 2025 · Q8b[4]
Validation and verification checks are carried out on the data. Explain why both validation and verification are needed.
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · May/June 2025 · Q4a(ii)[1]
Input format
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · May/June 2025 · Q11b[1]
Alexander has written a report which includes images and text. He was planning to store this document on his pendrive and finds that the document is too large to store. State one way in which he could reduce the size of the document so it can be stored without removing any of the text or images.
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · February/March 2025 · Q13a[2]
State the need for generic file formats.
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · February/March 2025 · Q13b[2]
Give two examples of generic file formats used for images.
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · October/November 2024 · Q2a(i)[2]
csv
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · October/November 2024 · Q2a(ii)[2]
rar
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · October/November 2024 · Q2a(iii)[2]
txt
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · October/November 2024 · Q2b[3]
The file formats txt, rar and csv are examples of generic file formats. State three other examples of generic file formats.
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · October/November 2024 · Q2c[2]
Explain the need for generic file formats.
See it on the paper → - 0417/01 · Specimen 2023 · Q13[2]
A media student is creating a movie, in school, for a project. He needs to take the movie home to edit it. The student intends to use a CFast solid-state memory card to transport the movie files. The student is unable to save the work on the memory card. Give two error messages that may appear when attempting to save t...
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · October/November 2023 · Q6a[2]
Describe two disadvantages of saving the list of players as a PDF file.
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What examiners said
As with part (a) this was a challenging question. It may have been due to the positioning of the question following on from video streaming. Candidates that did well in this question expanded on the basic answer given. Some wrote about saving space but to improve on this the answer needs to be clear in that it refers to storage space. The most common correct answer was that it reduced the size of...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0417/11 Q5(b) (Cambridge)
This question referred to why a file structure needed to be tested. This was a new topic on the paper and as such many candidates found the question challenging.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0417/12 Q4(a)(i) (Cambridge)
As with the other parts of this question candidates found this part very challenging. The question asked candidates to explain why an output format was tested. This was a new topic. Those candidates that achieved well in this question wrote about the readability by the user.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0417/12 Q4(a)(iii) (Cambridge)
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