study guide · 8 units

Information Technology

Pick a unit, work through the activities, then test yourself. The bars show how often each unit turns up in past papers, so you know where your time pays off.

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Often asked

Theory

Computer fundamentals and information processing

Kinds of computer, hardware and software, storage, input and output devices, and turning data into reliable information.

0 of 9 done · 170 min

Often asked

Theory

Computer networks and web technologies

Types of network, the parts that connect them, mobile networks, and how the web, browsers and URLs fit together.

0 of 3 done · 60 min

Theory

Social and economic impact of ICT

Cybersecurity and computer misuse, protecting data, automation and jobs, IT careers, and ICT in education, medicine and business.

0 of 4 done · 80 min

Productivity tools

Word-processing and web page design

Formatting and editing documents, tables, mail merge and fillable forms, and planning and building a simple website.

0 of 4 done · 85 min

Productivity tools

Spreadsheets

Cells, formulas and functions, absolute and relative addresses, sorting and filtering, charts and linked worksheets.

0 of 5 done · 105 min

Productivity tools

Database management

Tables, records, fields and keys, building a database, and getting answers with forms, queries and reports.

0 of 3 done · 60 min

Problem-solving and programming

Problem-solving and program design

The steps of problem-solving, variables and constants, algorithms as flowcharts and pseudocode, and trace tables.

0 of 4 done · 80 min

Often asked

Problem-solving and programming

Program implementation

Low- and high-level languages, turning an algorithm into a program, finding and fixing errors, and documenting code.

0 of 4 done · 80 min

0 of 36 topics done across the guide. Paper 1 bars show how many of a paper’s 60 questions each unit gets on average, across 14 past Paper 1s; the longest bar is the unit asked most. Last 5 bars count only the five most recent Paper 1s (2019–2025), on the same scale. Unit names and order follow the CSEC Information Technology syllabus.