Cambridge IGCSE™
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/31
Paper 3 Spreadsheets and Website Authoring February/March 2023
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 70
Published
This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.
Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for
Teachers.
Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.
Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the February/March 2023 series for most
Cambridge IGCSE™, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level
components.
This document consists of 11 printed pages.
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Generic Marking Principles
These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers.
They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors
for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles.
GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1:
Marks must be awarded in line with:
• the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question
• the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question
• the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts.
GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2:
Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions).
GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3:
Marks must be awarded positively:
• marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit
is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme,
referring to your Team Leader as appropriate
• marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do
• marks are not deducted for errors
• marks are not deducted for omissions
• answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these
features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The
meaning, however, should be unambiguous.
GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4:
Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed
instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors.
GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5:
Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question
(however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate
responses seen).
GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6:
Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should
not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.
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Question Answer Marks
1 Cells A1:V1 and A2:V2 merged 5
Row deleted – First cell contained 'Batting'
New row inserted at top of spreadsheet
Footer – Spreadsheet edited by (space) Candidate details on right
Text Tawara Cricket Club 100% accurate
Question Answer Marks
2 Row 1 Dark grey background 10
Row 1 White text
Row 1 36-point sans-serif
Row 2 Light grey background
Row 2 18-point sans-serif text
Row 3 Centre aligned vertically
Text wrapped as shown
All text centre aligned horizontally …
… except A4:A31 right aligned
Column S - Narrowed to <0.5 of column T
Question Answer Marks
3 Cell U4: 3
=COUNT( …)
… B4:R4
Replicated to U31
Question Answer Marks
4 Cell B33: 5
=MAX ( … )
… B4:B31
Cell B34:
=MIN ( … )
… B4:B31
B33 and B34:
Replicated to column R
Cell V4: 11
Use of IF function…
… U4<5
… displays blank
ROUND( …)…
… to 1 decimal place
SUM …
… (B4:R4)
/
U4-T4 …
… in brackets to ensure order of operations
Replicated to V31
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Question Answer Marks
6 Printout 2
Landscape with gridlines
Fully visible with row & column heads
Question Answer Marks
7 Sort: 5
Ascending order …
… in the range A4:V31
… to move blanks to bottom
Descending order
… in the range A4:V25
Question Answer Marks
8 All printout No gridlines 2
Fully visible with no row and column headings
Question Answer Marks
9 TCC folder: 5
Screenshot – file names, sizes, extensions, dimensions
tcclogo_9999:
in PNG format
900 wide 180 high
reflected horizontally
rotated 180 degrees
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Question Answer Marks
10 body: 13
background-color: #6d040a
table:
margin-left:auto
margin-right:auto
border-collapse: collapse
borders not visible
h1,h2,h3,p {}:
font-family: Domino
, Domino Regular
"Domino Regular" in speech marks
, serif
color: #ffff00
All using single selector
Correct CSS syntax
Comment with /* Cand details */ at top
Question Answer Marks
11 Row 1: 6
tcclogo_9999 in top row
Row 2:
m23text.txt in left cell
m23bat.jpg in right cell
Row 3:
Web page created by: name, centre and cand no in left cell
Rows 2 and 3:
Both cells set to h2
Aspect ratio of both images retained
Question Answer Marks
12 <table> table width 85% 1
Question Answer Marks
13 Browser view: 2
In a browser, address bar visible, no letters visible
<head> m23tcc.css attached
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Formulae
B33 =MAX ( … ) 1 mark
… B4:B31 mark 1 mark
B34 =MIN ( … ) 1 mark
… B4:B31 mark 1 mark
B33 & B34 Replicated to column R 1 mark
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U4 =COUNT( …) 1 mark
… B4:R4 1 mark
Replicated to U31 1 mark
V4 Use of IF function( …)… 1 mark
… U4<5 1 mark
… displays blank 1 mark
ROUND( …)… 1 mark
… to 1 decimal place ,1 1 mark
SUM … 1 mark
… (B4:R4) 1 mark
/ 1 mark
U4-T4 … 1 mark
… in brackets to ensure order of operations 1 mark
Replicated to V31 1 mark
Column S Narrowed to <0.5 of column T 1 mark
Printout Landscape with gridlines 1 mark
Fully visible with row & column headings 1 mark
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Row 1 New row inserted at top of spreadsheet 1 mark
Tawara Cricket Club 100% accurate 1 mark
Dark grey background 1 mark
White text 1 mark
36-point sans-serif 1 mark
Cells A1:V1 & A2:V2 merged 1 mark
Row 2 Light grey background 1 mark
18-point sans-serif 1 mark
Old row 3 Deleted 1 mark
Row 3 Centre aligned vertically 1 mark
T3:V3 wrapped as shown 1 mark
A1 and B1:R31 centre aligned horizontally 1 mark
A4:A31 right aligned 1 mark
Sort Ascending order … 1 mark
… in the range A4:V31 1 mark
… to move blanks to bottom 1 mark
Descending order 1 mark
… in the range A4:V25 1 mark
All NO gridlines 1 mark
Fully visible with NO row & column headings 1 mark
Footer Spreadsheet edited by (space) Cand details on right 1 mark
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Evidence document
TCC folder Screenshot - file names, sizes, extensions,
dimensions 1 mark
tcclogo_9999 tcclogo_9999 in PNG format 1 mark
900 wide x 180 high 1 mark
m23tcc.css Comment /* Cand details */ at top 1 mark
body background-color: #6d040a 1 mark
table margin-left:auto 1 mark
margin-right:auto 1 mark
border-collapse: collapse 1 mark
h1,h2,h3,p font-family: Domino 1 mark
, Domino Regular 1 mark
"Domino Regular" in speech marks 1 mark
, serif 1 mark
color: #ffff00 1 mark
All using single selector 1 mark
Correct CSS syntax 1 mark
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Browser view In browser, address bar visible, no letters visible 1 mark
Row 1 tcclogo_9999 in top row 1 mark
tcclogo_9999 reflected horizontally 1 mark
tcclogo_9999 rotated 180 degrees 1 mark
Row 2 m23text.txt in left cell 1 mark
m23bat.jpg in right cell 1 mark
Row 3 Web page created by: name, centre and
candidate no in left cell 1 mark
Row 2 & 3 Both cells set to h2 1 mark
Borders Not visible 1 mark
Aspect ratio of both images retained 1 mark
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="m23tcc.css">
</head>
head m23tcc.css attached 1 mark
<body> table Table width 85% 1 mark
<table style="width:85%">
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><img src="tcclogo_9999.png">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><h2>The Tawara Cricket Club was founded in 1864 and has won the
district championships on 43 occasions since then. Many players have
learned the game at the TCC and have gone on to become international
superstars within the sport. The facilities are second to none. All age
groups can benefit from expert coaches who will help you to develop your
game. Membership of the club allow you to watch all home games for free and
to get reduced ticket prices for most away fixtures.</h2>
</td>
<td><img src="m23bat.jpg">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><h2>Web page created by: A Candidate, ZZ999, 9999</h2>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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