Mark Scheme (Results)

October 2022

Pearson Edexcel International

Award In Primary Computing (JCP11)
Paper 01
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October 2022
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 General Marking Guidance

• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in
exactly the same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they
have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of
where the grade boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used
appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always
award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should
also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit
according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which
marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s
response, the team leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an
alternative response.
Section A

Question Answer Mark

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1 The only correct answer is C (1)

A is not correct because a fingerprint is biometric data

B is not correct because a password should be more than just

numbers

D is not correct because a username is not purely made up of

numbers

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2 The only correct answer is D (1)

A is not correct because it does not describe digital etiquette

B is not correct because it does not describe digital etiquette

C is not correct because it does not describe digital etiquette

Question Answer Mark

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3 (a) Cyberbullying can cause fear. (1)

3 (b) Award one mark for any of: (1)

• Tell your teacher/parent/(appropriate) adult (1)

• Report it to the administrator of an online
community/chat group (1)
• Report it to someone in authority (1)
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4 Award one mark each up to a maximum of 2 for any of: (2)

• Touch screen (1)

• Keyboard (1)
• Stylus/pencil (1)
• Microphone (1)
• Camera/camcorder (1)
• Sensor (1)
• Mouse(1)
• Scanner (1)
• Joystick

Question Answer Mark

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5 Award one mark each: (2)

A buzzer and a speaker are devices used to output sound.

Accept in any order

Question Answer Mark

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6 Digital devices can use a wired or a wireless network (1)
connection to transfer data.

Question Answer Mark

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7 The world wide web (WWW) is a collection of webpages (1)
accessed through the Internet.

Question Answer Mark

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8 The only correct answer is A (1)

B is not correct because a spreadsheet is used to process numerical

data

C is not correct because a VLE is used to support learning

D is not correct because a wiki is used to pool knowledge

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9 Award one mark for each correct line (2)

Ignore clearly crossed out lines and credit replacement if

correct.

Do not award lines between boxes where a box has more than
one line.

Question Answer Mark

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10 Award up to two marks for a linked explanation such as: (2)

• People can become less fit (1) because they play online
games rather than real games (1)

• People can get eye strain (1) because they spend too long
looking at the screen / the position of the screen is
incorrect / the lighting in the room is poor / the screen
contrast is not sufficient (1)

• People can get RSI (1) because they repeat the same
actions (1)

• People can get wrist strain (1) because the keyboard is in

the wrong position (1)
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11 The image is protected by copyright. (1)

Question Answer Mark

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12 Award one mark for the correct software type for each task: (2)

Task Software type

Award 1 mark for any of:

Produce • Word processing/processor

posters
• Desktop publishing/DTP
• Graphics (package)
Award 1 mark for any of:

Record sales • Spreadsheet

• Database

Do not accept brand names

Question Answer Mark

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13 Award one mark for the correct answer (1)

Network type Tick ()

Mobile phone network 
Wired phone network
Cable TV network

Do not award a mark if more than one tick is present

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14 Award up to two marks for a linked explanation such as: (2)

• There may not be enough storage space on the

smartphone (1) because movie files are very large (1)

• To save storage space on her smartphone (1) as it may

be full already (1)

• She wants to watch the movie immediately(1) rather than

wait for the download to complete (1)

Question Answer Mark

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15 Tricking people (2)
Award one mark for any of:

Watching

Award one mark for a single line with no line to anything else
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16 The only correct answer is D (1)

A is not correct because connecting computers in a network would

not reduce the amount of paper used

B is not correct because connecting computers in a network would

not save electricity

C is not correct because connecting computers in a network would

not save office space

Question Answer Mark

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17 The only correct answer is C (1)

A is not correct because a variable cannot carry out a calculation

B is not correct because a variable cannot find errors

D is not correct because a variable cannot repeat an action

Question Answer Mark

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18 The only correct answer is B (1)

A is not correct because this is multiplying (*) the number of sweets

by 10

C is not correct because this is adding (+) 10 to the number of

sweets

D is not correct because this is subtracting (−) 10 from the number

of sweets
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19 Award one mark for each correct line (2)

Do not award lines between boxes where a box has more than
one line

Question Answer Mark

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20 The only correct answer is B (1)

A is not correct because debugging involves finding errors in the

code once it has been written

C is not correct because interpret involves translating rather than

breaking a problem down into smaller sub-problems

D is not correct because writing involves coding the solution once it

has been decomposed

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21 A flowchart is a way of describing an algorithm. (1)

Question Answer Mark

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22 It is night time (1)
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23 (a) Award one for any of: (1)

• Stored Password (1)

• Attempts (1)
• password (1)
23 (b) Award up to two marks for a linked description such as: (2)

• The user is only asked to input their password once / only

gets one chance to enter the correct password (1) before
the message “account locked” appears / before the
number of attempts reaches three (1)

• The algorithm will not ask the user to re-enter the

password (1) after the first unsuccessful attempt (1)
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24 (a) Award one mark each for adding text to the empty boxes (2)

• Car doors shut? (must imply a question) (1)

• Sound alarm (1)

24 (b) Award one mark any of: (1)

• Selection/decision (1)
• Output (1)
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25 Award one mark each for adding the correct letter(s): (3)

• B in the correct position (1)

• C and D in the correct position (1)
• A in the correct position (1)

C D

A
Section B

Question Answer Mark

number
26 The only correct answer is B (1)

A is not correct because caption is not a tool to remove part of an

image

C is not correct because format is not a tool to remove part of an

image

D is not correct because scissor is not a tool to remove part of an

image

Question Answer Mark

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27 Award up to two marks for a linked explanation such as: (2)

• Fewer trees are lost (1) because less paper is used (1)

• Less office space is needed / less fuel is needed (1)

because people can work from home (1)

• Less energy is used in the home (1) because apps can be

used remotely to control things (1)

• Less air pollution (1) as more electric cars are on the

roads (1)

Question Answer Mark

number
28 Award one mark for each of: (2)

• Linespacing (1)
• Font (style/size) (1)
• Vertical centre alignment (1)
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29 The only correct answer is D (1)

A is not correct because the text is already left aligned horizontally

B is not correct because the text is not right aligned horizontally

C is not correct because the text is not aligned to the top vertically

Question Answer Mark

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30 The background colour of a text box could be changed from (1)
white to red using the shading feature.

Question Answer Mark

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31 (a) The only correct answer is D (1)

A is not correct because a cell is not part of the structure of a

database

B is not correct because a column is not part of the structure of a

database

C is not correct because a field is part of a record

31 (b) The only correct answer is C (1)

A is not correct because it is a value in the field Attendance %

B is not correct because it is a value in the field Telephone number

D is not correct because it is a value in the field First name

31 (c) The only correct answer is D (1)

A is not correct because char is not an appropriate data type as

Student ID is not a single character

B is not correct because number is not an appropriate data type as

Student ID also contains an underscore

C is not correct because integer is not an appropriate data type as

student ID is not a whole number

31 (d) Correct answer (2)

Attendance % = 100.0

Award one mark each for:

• Attendance % (1)
• 100.0 (1)
• 100.00 (1)

Accept integer number

Question Answer Mark

number
32 (a) Award one mark for the answer as shown in the table (1)

Cell part Row () Column ()

E 
2 

Accept any other symbol

32 (b) The only correct answer is C (1)

A is not correct because SUM(B2:B4) is an incorrect cell range

B is not correct because SUM(B4:D4) is an incorrect cell range

D is not correct because SUM(D4:D5) is an incorrect cell range

32 (c) Award one mark for any of: (1)

• Easier to find the spreadsheet again (1)

• Easier to know the purpose of the spreadsheet (1)
32 (d) Award one mark for any of: (1)

• Word processing/processor (1)

• Desktop publishing / DTP (1)

Do not accept brand names

Question Answer Mark

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33 (a) Award one mark for the answer as shown in the table (1)

Internal External
Component
hyperlink () hyperlink ()
A 

B 

Accept any other symbol

33 (b) Award one mark for any of: (1)

• To play a sound/video/animation (1)

• To start/exit the presentation (1)

Do not accept hyperlink or anything to do with navigation

Question Answer Mark

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34 Award up to two marks for a linked description such as: (2)

• A transition is applied to a slide (1) whereas an animation

is applied to something on the slide (1)

• A transition is used when you move between slides (1)

whereas an animation controls how objects move on a
slide (1)
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