Cambridge A Level Information Technology (from 2017) 9626 — 2022 May/June Paper 4 · Variant 0

This document has 8 pages. [Turn over DC (RW/SG) 301932/1 © UCLES 2022 * 2 5 9 9 4 9 0 2 5 5 * Cambridge International AS & A Level INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 9626/04 Paper 4 Advanced Practical May/June 2022 2 hours 30 minutes You will need: Candidate source files (listed on page 2) INSTRUCTIONS ● Carry out every instruction in each task. ● Save your work using the file names given in the task as and when instructed. ● You must not have access to either the internet or any email system during this examination. ● You must save your work in the correct file format as stated in the tasks. If work is saved in an incorrect file format, you will not receive marks for that task. INFORMATION ● The total mark for this paper is 90. ● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

2 9626/04/M/J/22 © UCLES 2022 You have been supplied with the following source files: MarchMerits.csv Merits.csv Scene1.png Sunset.jpg Create a folder called Examination. You must save all your work in this folder. Copy these files into this folder. Do not delete these files when submitting your work. You must use the most efficient methods to solve each task. All work produced must be of a professional standard and contain your candidate details. Task 1 Open Scene1.png in a graphics application. Extract a copy of only the balloon. The size of the image of the balloon must be 3000 pixels wide by 2250 pixels high. The balloon must have a transparent background. Save the image as Balloon1_ followed by your centre number_candidate number e.g. Balloon1_ZZ999_9999 Repair the sky and save a copy of the scene without the balloon. Save the image as Scene2_ followed by your centre number_candidate number e.g. Scene2_ZZ999_9999

3 9626/04/M/J/22 © UCLES 2022 [Turn over Without cropping, remove all traces of the posts, fence and wires that are shown in the Scene2_ image. Wires Posts and fence Save the complete image as Scene3_ followed by your centre number_candidate number e.g. Scene3_ZZ999_9999 Open Sunset.jpg in a graphics application. Replace all the sky in your Scene3_ image with a suitable section of the sky shown in the Sunset.jpg image. Save the image as Scene4_ followed by your centre number_candidate number e.g. Scene4_ZZ999_9999 [25]

4 9626/04/M/J/22 © UCLES 2022 Task 2 Create a vector graphic image of this balloon. Use your Balloon1_ image as a template for the proportions of the balloon and the size and positions of the panels. Use gradient fills to create the impression of curves in the balloon, the panels and the text. Make sure the proportions of the basket and the passengers match those shown in this image. Make sure the basket has a pattern fill. Save the image as a scalable vector graphic (.svg) as Balloon2_ followed by your centre number_ candidate number e.g. Balloon2_ZZ999_9999 [25]

5 9626/04/M/J/22 © UCLES 2022 [Turn over Task 3 Students at Tawara High School can be awarded Merits for good performance or Demerits for poor performance in these 5 categories: Academic Behaviour Arts Social Sports. All students are members of one of four Houses: Laratheon Dannister Tark Mully. The Merits.csv file contains details of the Merits and Demerits awarded to students in January and February 2022. Open and examine Merits.csv and use this to create a spreadsheet as a dashboard to look like this: Note: The totals and values shown in the examples are not correct for the data in the source file.

6 9626/04/M/J/22 © UCLES 2022 The dashboard must display tables and charts as shown in these examples: Example 1 Tables showing the number of Merits and Demerits awarded to each house and the number awarded by each member of staff. These tables must be dynamic. Example 2 Charts showing the number of Merits and Demerits awarded to each house and the number awarded by each member of staff. Note: The totals and values shown in the examples are not correct for the data in the source file.

7 9626/04/M/J/22 © UCLES 2022 [Turn over Set: • all text as sans-serif • all text as bold • the dashboard heading to 36pt • the chart headings to 14pt • all other text to 12pt • the dashboard background, table and chart columns to the colours shown • each chart background with a yellow gradient fill. Save the workbook as JanFebMerits_ followed by your centre number_candidate number e.g. JanFebMerits_ZZ999_9999 [25] Please turn over for Task 4

8 9626/04/M/J/22 © UCLES 2022 Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series. Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge. Task 4 Update the JanFebMerits data with the records in the MarchMerits.csv file. Save the workbook as Merits_1stQuarter2022_ followed by your centre number_candidate number e.g. Merits_1stQuarter2022_ZZ999_9999 Amend the dashboard so that users may select to view the Merits and Demerits data for individual months or the totals for all months. The month selected must be automatically displayed in these tables. The vertical axis for the Merits chart must be fixed as 0 – 350. The monthly data selected must be automatically displayed on the charts. Note: The totals and values shown in the example are not correct for the data in the source file. Resave your workbook. [15]