GCE O/L Information & Communication Technology case studies
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The GCE Ordinary Level Information & Communication Technology (O/L ICT) is a school-leaving qualification subject taken by candidates in Sri Lanka and in some other Commonwealth systems. It is designed for students around the age of 15–16 who have completed lower-secondary schooling and want a recognised foundation in computing. The GCE O/L Information & Communication Technology case studies are 5 cases and about 3,785 words.
1Fitting the Prize-Day Gallery onto a 4 GB Card
The ICT club of a school has been asked to prepare a digital photo gallery for the annual prize day. A parent has donated a 4 GB SD card, and the club must decide whether the whole gallery fits on it.
716 words, about 4 min2The Rural Library's Shared 8 Mbps Link
A rural community library runs a computer lab with 12 desktop computers connected to one ADSL router. The library pays for an 8 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream package.
713 words, about 4 min3The Mark-Recording Program with the Minus-One Problem
A small tuition institute uses a program to summarise the results of a class of ten students. The clerk enters each mark from 0 to 100, but when a student is absent the clerk types -1 so that the absence is visible on the printout.
770 words, about 4 min41 200 Bookings in One Flat Spreadsheet
A private tuition centre keeps its class bookings in a single spreadsheet with the columns BookingID, StudentName, StudentPhone, ClassName, TeacherName, TeacherPhone and ClassFee. It now holds 1 200 booking rows and has three visible symptoms.
760 words, about 4 min5The Shared Password, the Phishing Email and the Parent's Request
A school office stores the medical records of 240 students, including allergy notes, clinic visits and guardian contact numbers, in a single spreadsheet on the office's cloud drive. Five staff members know the shared account password 'office2024', and two of them left the school at the end of last term but were never removed.
826 words, about 4 min