Assessment

Standard Level

Internal Assessment

Project: The development of an original IT product for a specified client

  • A: Initial investigation

  • B: Analysis

  • C: Project schedule

  • D: Product design

  • E: Product development

  • F: Product evaluation and future product development

  • G: Required elements

External Assessment

Paper 1: Structured questions that assess in an integrated way the three strands of the syllabus

  • Social and ethical significance

  • Application to specific scenarios

  • IT systems

Paper 2: Students are required to write a response to an unseen article

  • A: The issue and stakeholder(s)

  • B: The IT concepts and processes

  • C: The impact of the social/ethical issue(s) on stakeholders

  • D: A solution to a problem arising from the article

Higher Level

Internal Assessment

Project: The development of an original IT product for a specified client

  • A: Initial investigation

  • B: Analysis

  • C: Project schedule

  • D: Product design

  • E: Product development

  • F: Product evaluation and future product development

  • G: Required elements

External Assessment

Paper 1: Structured questions that assess in an integrated way the three strands of the syllabus, including HL topics

  • Social and ethical significance

  • Application to specific scenarios

  • IT systems

Paper 2: Students are required to write a response to an unseen article

  • A: The issue and stakeholder(s)

  • B: The IT concepts and processes

  • C: The impact of the social/ethical issue(s) on stakeholders

  • D: A solution to a problem arising from the article

Paper 3

  • Questions based on a pre-seen case study

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