Digital Technology

Assessment

IT1 24 % 2 hours 15 minutes Written Paper 80 marks (120 UMS) A written paper of two sections, A and B, presented in a question and answer booklet. There are no optional questions. Quality of Written Communication is assessed in two questions. Candidates will be required to prepare a spreadsheet on a specific topic, defined by WJEC, in advance of the written paper. Hard copies of the spreadsheet are taken into the examination and used to answer questions in Section B. This spreadsheet is submitted with the completed examination paper. IT2 16% Internal Assessment 80 marks (80 UMS) Candidates undertake DTP and multimedia tasks, presenting the outcome for internal assessment and moderation by WJEC A2 units IT3 36% 2 hours 30 minutes Written Paper 90 marks (180 UMS) A written paper, presented as a question paper requiring a separate answer booklet. Candidates answer all questions in Section A and one from two in Section B. Quality of Written Communication is assessed in two questions. IT4 24 % Internal Assessment 100 marks (120 UMS) Candidates analyse, design, implement, test and evaluate a solution to a problem of their choice requiring the use of a relational database. This is a substantial piece of work, undertaken over an extended period of time. It is internally assessed and moderated by WJEC.