Paper Reference(s)

FT101/01

Edexcel Functional Skills

Information and Communication Technology
Level 1
2830 January 2009 Time: 2 hours
Materials required for examination Short treasury tag hotels_test0901 survey_test0901 Vilniusinfo_test0901.txt image bank_test0901 Items included with question papers Cover sheet

Instructions to Candidates
Complete your candidate details on the cover sheet provided. At the end of the examination use a treasury tag to attach your printouts to Page 2 of the cover sheet.

Information for Candidates

There are three tasks in this examination paper totalling 70 marks. The two hours examination time includes time for printing and collating your work.

Advice to Candidates
Read the instructions on Page 3. Attempt ALL tasks. Take breaks away from the computer from time to time. Label your printouts clearly as instructed in each task.

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SCENARIO Golden Cities is a travel agency which specialises in organising coach trips to European cities. You work for a local branch and will carry out three tasks:

search records for hotels calculate the results of a survey create a newspaper advert

LABELLING AND PRINTING OF TASKS For all tasks, you MUST enter your name, candidate number and centre number BEFORE PRINTING, in addition to any other information required. Print directly from the software you use for the task. Printouts with handwritten names will not be marked.

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TASK 1: SEARCHING FOR HOTELS You have received this email.

holidays@goldencities.co.uk Spring trips

Hi We are planning three trips:

Discovering Prague Budget France Luxury Italy

Please search our hotels file to find suitable hotels. Thanks.

OPEN the file hotels_test0901. Discovering Prague SEARCH for hotels in Prague. INSERT the title Hotels in Prague. INSERT your name, candidate number, centre number at the bottom of the page. SAVE your search with a suitable name. PRINT the results. Make sure all the information is clearly displayed.

Budget France SEARCH for hotels in France with one star. INSERT a suitable title. INSERT your name, candidate number, centre number at the bottom of the page. SAVE your search with a suitable name. PRINT the results. Make sure all the information is clearly displayed.
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Luxury Italy SEARCH for hotels in Italy with four stars. SORT the data into alphabetical order of hotel. INSERT a suitable title. INSERT your name, candidate number, centre number at the bottom of the page. SAVE your search with a suitable name. PRINT the results. Make sure all the information is clearly displayed.

Reminder:

check your spelling use a suitable layout use a suitable font

TOTAL FOR TASK 1: 21 MARKS

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TASK 2: RESULTS OF SURVEY You have received this email

holidays@goldencities.co.uk Survey results

Hi We have done a survey of shoppers in four local towns to find out their favourite European cities. Most of the results have been entered into a spreadsheet. Here are the votes for Stoke: Amsterdam Barcelona Berlin Cologne Florence Lille Paris Prague Rome Venice Vilnius 28 33 19 4 87 24 39 41 73 46 12

Please complete the spreadsheet.

OPEN the file survey_test0901. INSERT a new column in an appropriate location. Label the column Stoke shoppers. INSERT the votes for Stoke. ENTER a formula in the Total votes column to calculate the total votes for each city. FORMAT the spreadsheet to make it easier to read and understand. SORT the spreadsheet by Total votes with the highest total at the top. INSERT your name, candidate number and centre number in the footer. SAVE your spreadsheet with a suitable file name. PRINT your spreadsheet in data view. Make sure it fits on one A4 page.

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DISPLAY your spreadsheet in formula view.

Use landscape orientation and show gridlines. Ensure that the formulae can be clearly seen and are not cut off.

PRINT your spreadsheet in formula view. Make sure it fits on one A4 page. CREATE a bar chart that displays the Total votes for each city. INSERT your name, candidate number and centre number in the footer. PRINT your bar chart. You may print your bar chart as a separate item or with the data.

Reminder:

check that your printouts display all information fully use a suitable layout and font use a suitable chart title, labels or legends

TOTAL FOR TASK 2: 25 MARKS

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TASK 3: ADVERT FOR A TRIP You have received this email.

holidays@goldencities.co.uk Trip to Vilnius Advert Hi The city of Vilnius is the European Capital of Culture 2009. We are planning a special trip to Vilnius in April. Please produce a full page advert about the trip. Most of the information you need is provided in the Vilniusinfo_test0901.txt file. I cant remember the name of the hotel in Vilnius or its star rating. You will need to find this out. Please add two pictures of Vilnius.

USE suitable software to produce the advert. It must fit on one A4 page, portrait. CREATE an advert using:

the information in the email the text in the file Vilniusinfo_test0901.txt the hotel file hotels_test0901 to find the name and star rating of the hotel in Vilnius

OPEN the file image bank_test0901. SELECT two suitable images. Insert them into your advert. INSERT your name, candidate number and centre number in the footer. SAVE your advert with a suitable file name. PRINT the advert. You do not have to print in colour. Reminder:

check your spelling remember who and what the advert is for use a suitable layout and font

TOTAL FOR TASK 3: 24 MARKS

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You have reached the end of the test. Ensure that you have the following printouts with your name, centre number and candidate number printed in the footer: Task 1 Evidence of three searches. Task 2 Spreadsheet in data view. Spreadsheet in formula view. Bar chart. Task 3 Advert. Printouts with handwritten names will not be marked.

TOTAL FOR PAPER: 70 MARKS END

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