Which level is this paper for?

Secondary 5 ICT, used with the system development life cycle chapter.

What should I do after marking?

Redo only the wrong items and note whether the slip was concept, sequence or arithmetic.

S5 ICT | System Development Life Cycle Practice Paper 2

2026-11-03

Tutor Prep Guide · Secondary ICT

Paper 2 moves to agile and teamwork: sprints, roles, data migration and conversion methods.

Attempt first, mark afterwards　Allow about twenty-five minutes; keep roles and conversion methods in separate dimensions instead of reciting terms.

01　Paper details (check answers afterwards)

Item	Detail
Questions	10 items
Suggested time	About 25 minutes
Difficulty mix	Foundation 4 · Intermediate 3 · Challenge 2 · Error redo 1
Chapter	Chapter: S5 ICT \| System Development Life Cycle Tutor Prep Guide
Level	S5 (Secondary 5) ICT

02　Questions (10 items)

FoundationWhat is the biggest difference between agile development and Waterfall?
FoundationIn Scrum, which role sets priorities and represents business value?
FoundationIn iterative development, what is a sprint?
FoundationBefore migrating data to a new system, which step comes first?
IntermediateHow do phased conversion and pilot conversion differ?
IntermediateWhat is the main purpose of version control in team development?
IntermediatePilot conversion goes live in one department first while others wait; what is the main benefit?
ChallengeFour developers cost 25,000 dollars each per month over a six-month build; what is the total labour cost?
ChallengeDevelopment cost is 600,000 dollars and annual maintenance is 15 percent of it; what is the maintenance total over three years?
Error redoA student treats UAT as developer work; what is the correct split?

03　Answers and one-line notes

#	Answer	One-line note
1	Agile delivers working increments in short iterations and allows requirements to change between them	Waterfall assumes stable requirements, while agile assumes they will change.
2	The Product Owner	The Scrum Master smooths the process, while the development team delivers the work.
3	A fixed-length development cycle, commonly two to four weeks	A fixed length makes estimates comparable and short sprints give faster feedback.
4	Back up the existing data and rehearse the migration in a test environment	Without a backup there is no rollback, and an unrehearsed migration fails in production.
5	Phased conversion goes live module by module, while pilot conversion runs fully in one department or site first	Both slice the risk, but along different lines: functions versus locations.
6	To record every change so work can be traced, rolled back and merged	Without it nobody can tell who changed which line, and rollback becomes unsafe.
7	It limits the impact of any failure to a controllable area	If the pilot fails, the other departments keep running until the problems are fixed.
8	600,000 dollars	Four times 25,000 gives 100,000, which times six months gives 600,000 dollars.
9	270,000 dollars	600,000 times 0.15 gives 90,000 a year, so three years come to 270,000 dollars.
10	Users run UAT, while developers run unit and integration tests	Acceptance testing exists so users can confirm the system fits real work.

04　What to do after marking

After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.

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