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Pearson Edexcel Number
International GCSE 9-1

Information and
Communication Technology
Paper 1: Written Paper

Friday 30th May 2025

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes GRADE 9
You do not need any other TOTAL
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materials.

Instructions
 Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer all
 Answer the questions in the spaces provided –
there may be more space than you need.
questions.
Information
 The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
 Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every
 Check your answers if you have time at the end.
question.

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 Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
All questions must be answered with a cross in a box If
you change your mind about an answer, put a line through the box
and then mark your new answer with a cross .

1) Jason wants to produce a slide show of the types of wild birds that are
seen in his home town.

He has a laptop computer.

(a) Identify the type of software he should use to produce the slide show.
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(b) Identify the devices he could use to input text and sound to his slide show.
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(ii) Sound
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(c)Identify two devices he could use to output sound from his slide show.
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(d) Jason wants to show his slides to a large group of bird watchers

at a meeting. Identify two additional hardware devices he could use

to do this.
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(e) Joson wants to save an image of an Eagle. The file name must be valid and allow easy
retrieval. Which one of these file names would be most appropriate?
A Image69624.jpg
B Eagle.Bird.jpg
C Eagle_Bird.jpg
 (f) He uses a digital camera with wireless capability to take photographs of the birds. He wants
to print the photographs.

Identify two types of wireless connection he could use to send the images from his
camera to a wireless printer.
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(g) Jason has downloaded the images from his camera onto his laptop.
a. Give two reasons why he should also make backup copies of the images.
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b. He has decided to use removable storage media for the backup. identify one type of optical
storage media that he could use.
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c. Identify one removable device that uses flash memory.

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d. Explain why a flash memory device may be more appropriate for the
backup than optical storage media.
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(h) Jason often emails photographs to fellow members of the

local bird watching club.
a. Identify one feature of email software that will enable him to include a
photograph in an email.
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He is aware that he should not share the members’ email addresses.

b. Identify one way of sending an email without showing email addresses.
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c. Identify one way of sending an email to the members without entering individual email
addresses.

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(Total = 20 marks)
(2)
(i) Access to computer Lab at oxford university is controlled by biometric scanners.
a. Identify one biometric that can be scanned.
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b. Give one benefit of using a biometric scanner to gain access to the rooms.
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c. Give one possible drawback of using a biometric scanner to gain

access to the rooms.
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(ii) Students at oxford university aged between 16 and 18.The college wants students to
stay safe when using the internet. Discuss the advice the college could give to
students.
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(iii) Students often use digital sources to find information for school projects.

(a) Some reference books are available on CDs, DVDs and eReaders.
Identify three benefits of using digital reference books rather than
traditional hard copy reference books.

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(3)
(iv) A device used to produce a hard copy of a document is a:
A speaker
B processor
C monitor
D plotter
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(v) All devices used to input data to, or output data from, a computer are:
A access devices
B peripheral devices
C communication devices
D wireless devices
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(Total = 18 marks)
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(Total = 12 marks)