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Reply 1

The CGP books are really beneficial.

Look up stuff on RAM/ROM, cpu's components (arithmetic unit, memory...etc), stand alone computers vs. networks, flow chart diagrams, computer laws, backing up, internet protection...etc.

Bear in mind that the exam will cover a lot of what you had to during the projects/coursework you have been doing over the past two years.

Reply 2

Search for ictgcse (I think it's www.ictgcse.com, not sure though). We've spent 2 years on a short course ICT GCSE, and we've learnt NOTHING except from playing the quiz on that site :P It's pretty decent, if you can answer every single question on the quiz, you should get top marks in the exam.

Not sure what the full course paper is like though, but the short course paper has 20 multiple choice Qs, then 40 marks from non multiple choice +3 QoWC. The quiz on that site is pretty much the multiple choice section of the exam :smile:

The rest are so easy anyway once you look at the mark scheme. When it asks you something about why they use database or something, anything related to why they use a computerized solution works, which makes the exam too easy really...One of the past papers we did gave you a mark for "connect to the internet" when it asked how the person should conduct a search :s-smilie: