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Things To Do (page 5)
4(a)
(i) Any three sensible details such as:
Health problems/medication
Name of parent/guardian
Home telephone number
Parent/guardian work contact telephone number
Options taken Form teacher etc.
(ii) You could have two pupils with the same surname and forename. The Pupil Number is a unique identifier in these situations.
(b)
Form should be laid out sensibly with important information first.
The form should contain the fields listed in the question and also the three answers for part 4(a)(i).
(c)
Teachers and administrative staff can immediately identify a pupil if they cannot remember their name.
 
Examination Questions (page 307)
1(a)
  Any two from: They make lessons fun with the interactive nature of multimedia. Can have video, sound, graphics and photographs. A huge amount of information can be stored in a small space. For example encyclopedias consisting of many volumes can be stored on one or a couple of CD-ROMs.
(b)
  One from: A computer is really needed for each pupil. CD-ROMs are expensive since one is needed for each computer.
2(a)
Any two from: They hold a huge amount of data (video clips, sound, graphics, photographs and text), typically 650 Megabytes. A couple of CD-ROMs can replace the contents of many traditional paper volumes. Searching CD-ROMs takes much less time.
(c)
Any two from: Graphics (still or animated), photographs, sound, video clips