Exam-style practice

Design practice questions

Practise mixed syllabus-aligned questions for Design. Aligned to Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology.

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Question 1 of 2

Choose an answer, get feedback, then move sideways through the set.

Paper 1 structured question: Design

Paper 1Theory6 marks

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File Structure Example

A student database includes fields such as Student ID, Name, Gender, and Age. The Gender field uses coding conventions where 'M' represents male and 'F' represents female.

Field Name	Data Type	Field Length	Coding Convention
Student ID	Numeric	6	None
Name	Text	30	None
Gender	Text	1	M/F
Age	Numeric	2	None

a
Define Define what is meant by a 'coding convention' in the context of the Gender field.
Your answer
Aim for approximately 2 distinct marking points.
[2]
b
Explain Explain two validation checks that could be used for the Age field.
Your answer
Aim for approximately 4 distinct marking points.
[4]