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consisting of five questions: four on Productivity Tools, worth 35
marks, and one on Problem-Solving worth 15 marks.

School-Based Assessment

Paper 031 The SBA component will comprise a practical project testing
Section 4, Word-Processing and Web Page Design; Section 5,
Spreadsheets; Section 6, Database Management; Section 7,
Problem-Solving and Program Design; and Section 8, Program
Implementation.

The Project will carry 50 marks which will account for 25 per cent
of the final grade. This 50 marks will be distributed as follows: 10
for Word-Processing; 5 for Web Page Design; 10 for
Spreadsheets; 10 for Database Management; and 15 for
Problem-Solving. The project will be marked by the teacher in
accordance with CXC® guidelines and the marks should be
submitted to CXC®. The assignment should be administered as
specified in the instructions contained in the Guidelines to the
Conduct of the SBA, on pages 31–42.

 CERTIFICATION

The subject will be examined for certification at the General Proficiency. The School-Based Assessment
component for this syllabus is aligned to selected units within the regional qualification of the
Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ). Through this integration, once all requirements for issuing
the CVQ are met, every student with acceptable grades will receive a Statement of Competence to
recognise their competencies in selected units from the Level 1 Caribbean Vocational Qualification
(CVQ) in Data Operations – Level 1 (CCITI10106). The decisions to award competencies will be based
on the quality and relevance of the pieces of evidence presented for the occupational area.

In addition to an overall grade, there will be a profile report that reflects the performance of each
candidate under the following headings.

 DEFINITION OF PROFILE DIMENSIONS

Profile Dimensions

Theory The ability to apply fundamental concepts and skills to Information
Technology.

Productivity Tools The ability to apply standard features in the following areas:

(a) word processor in the preparation of documents, as well as
the candidate’s ability to use web page design applications;

(b) spreadsheet program in solving problems and presenting data;
and,

CXC 30/G/SYLL 17 4