Revision Advice READ THIS FIRST
The exam is a 1 and a half hour long written paper (NOT multi-choice)
It is worth 40% of Unit 2 (the Full course).

Pre-release Scenario: Travel-m8 (Word Doc)
Official Pre-release Scenario: Exotic Holidays (pdf)
Key points:

Research Brief
The idea is you do research homework (pdf) on ICT software solutions used in the Travel Industry (make sure you understand what Travel-m8 actually do) and then go into the exam with your notes (hopefully all the answers) to get you full marks!!!

You are allowed to take in to the exam 4 sheets of A4 full to the brim with notes, provided from your homework research project.

You get zero marks for your answers unless you relate it to the Travel-m8 scenario. Eg If asked 'Describe how the travel company might use a computer keyboard' You get NOTHING for saying 'For Typing'. The examiner expects you to say 'They may use it to type letters to customers'. This issue has led to some good students doing badly in this exam in the past.

Never refer to software products by name. Eg asked 'What type of software would the staff use to type a letter? Don't answer 'Microsoft Word' it's the wrong answer. They will allow 'The admin staff would use Word Processing Software'.

Some Revision Materials for the full course paper Read below first!!!

Here is an exhaustive list of exam material which may be relevant
(but not hugely important): Exam revision background reading

• Different types of hand-held and fixed computer systems including personal computers, networks,
mainframe computers and mobile phone systems

• The use and convergence of modern hand-held devices

• Mobile phone functionality including internet access

• Input and output devices including touch screens and concept keyboards

• Data storage technologies

• The environmental impacts of hardware obsolescence and replacement, including recycling

• Methods of communicating using the internet including blogs, web-chat forums and Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP)

• Different ways of using wireless technologies to link devices together
• Intellectual property rights and the growth of digital technology
• Criteria for evaluating websites
• Internet cookies

• Security issues when using internet communications such as email and websites
• Methods of protecting data security including firewalls, anti-virus software, spam filters, antispyware
and popup blockers

• Passwords and password management software

• Software purchasing and updating

• Software and desktop widgets

• Use of bitmap and vector graphics

• Health and safety when using a computer.

• data input, output an

• database entry forms (common features of a data entry page on a travel company ’s website where you sign up for information eg submit button, required fields, etc)

• the use of system flow charts (drawing flow charts which don't just show what happens when, but also show what happens to the data when each process occurs)