Section II - Core
Candidates showed strength in these areas:
- demonstrating understanding of workstation ergonomics (Q.21b)
- identifying key features of open source software from the text provided (Q.22a)
- understanding what is meant by full backup (Q.23b)
Candidates need to improve in these areas:
- understanding the difference between tagging and labelling (Q.21a)
- addressing the individual conditions (neck, back and wrist pain) in the workstation setup (Q.21b)
- understanding how to install a software using an ISO image and the need to extract to media (Q.22b)
- understanding why it is not necessary to run a defrag on a SSD (Q.23a)
- knowing the difference between differential and incremental backup (Q.23b)
- providing a justification in addition to describing the most efficient procedure for restoring the full system (Q.23b).
Section II – Digital Animation
Candidates showed strength in these areas:
- identifying a feature of ‘squash and stretch’ (Q.24a)
- describing generic skills needed to work in a production team (Q.24b)
- identifying a difference between 2D and 3D using technical terminology (Q.25a)
- knowing about animation sequences (Q.25c).
Candidates need to improve in these areas:
- knowing the skills that an instructional designer requires to work in a production team (Q.24b)
- understanding how perspective can be introduced into an animation sequence (Q.25b)
- understanding creative principles used in animation (Q.25c).
Section II – Networking and Hardware
Candidates showed strength in these areas:
- identifying the advantages of having a FAQs section on a website (Q.24a)
- identifying advantages of one-to-one training (Q.24b)
- explaining the advantages of one-to-one training (Q.24b)
- giving an appropriate example for HTTPS (Q.25a)
- knowing the purpose of the ping test (Q.25b)
- understanding a number of methods for securing a SOHO network (Q.25c)
- structuring responses with clear justifications (Q25c).
Section II – Web and Software Applications
Candidates showed strength in these areas:
- knowing what a formula is (Q.24a)
- describing file management functions relating to user access (Q.24b)
- identifying a benefit of using cascading style sheets (CSS) (Q.25a)
- knowing why it is useful for a web author to understand coding (Q.25b)
- recognising headings, paragraphs and image in HTML source code (Q.25c).
Candidates need to improve in these areas:
- knowing what a function is (Q.24a)
- understanding the management functions relating to version control (Q.24b)
- differentiating between coding and WYSIWYG authoring (Q.25b)
- knowing the title, unordered list and emphasis tags (Q.25c).
Section III – Digital Animation
Candidates showed strength in these areas:
- producing basic line sketches (Q.26a)
- identifying basic types of transitions, eg cut (Q.26b)
- creating a basic storyboard (Q.26c).
Candidates need to improve in these areas:
- labelling features of line sketches (Q.26a)
- understanding the purpose of transitions in animations (Q.26b)
- indicating camera movement and shot types and providing adequate descriptions for scenes on storyboards (Q.26c).
Section III – Networking and Hardware
Candidates showed strength in these areas:
- identifying many generic advantages for using a separate graphics card (Q.26a)
- recognising that a dedicated card could allow for upgrading (Q.26a)
- identifying the connectors and the most suitable one for the computer (Q.26b)
Candidates need to improve in these areas:
- understanding that justify means ‘give reasons’ (Q.26a)
- justifying the choice of connector (Q.26b)
- justifying the recommended components (Q.26c)
Section III – Web and Software Applications
Candidates showed strength in these areas:
- recognising that the game was online so online documentation was more convenient (Q.26a)
- providing features of both online documentation and printed documentation (Q.26a)
- understanding the general features of copyright (Q.26b)
- relating the answer to the scenario (Q.26c)
- recognising that the site needed to be tested on multiple browsers (Q.26c).
Candidates need to improve in these areas:
- supporting the arguments with clear understanding of the advantages of online documentation (Q.26a)
- relating the answer to the scenario (Q.26b)
- discussing more than one issue (Q.26b)
- understanding that a discussion requires points for and/or against the issues (Q.26b).
- recommending and justifying, not just identifying strategies (Q.26c)
- providing more than one strategy (Q.26c).
Section IV – Core – Question 27
Candidates showed strength in these areas:
- suggesting a number of communication methods and tools with examples of how they could be used
- explaining how social media could be implemented in the scenario.
Candidates need to improve in these areas:
- recommending appropriate collaborative tools
- justifying the methods and tools chosen based on the scenario
