Class A2
DPS International
First Term Examination
Syllabus
Class A2
AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE (8693)
PAPER 12 (PASSAGES FOR COMMENT) – 50 MARKS
DURATION: 2 HOURS
A)
- COMMENTARY BEFORE DIRECTED WRITING (15 MARKS)
- DIRECTED WRITING BASED ON ORIGINAL PASSAGE (10 MARKS)
B)
- DIRECTED WRITING BEFORE COMMENTARY (10 MARKS)
- COMPARISON OF DIRECTED WRITING & ORIGINAL PASSAGE (15 MARKS)
C)
- DIRECTED WRITING: CONTINUATION OF STORY (10 MARKS)
- COMPARISON OF CONTINUATION & ORIGINAL PASSAGE (15 MARKS)
CANDIDATES ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS FROM A CHOICE OF THREE
PAPER 12 (PASSAGES FOR COMMENT) – 50 MARKS
DURATION: 2 HOURS
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
- NARRATIVE WRITING
- DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
- IMAGINATIVE WRITING
CANDIDATES ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM A CHOICE OF FOUR
SECTION B (25 MARKS)
- ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING
- DISCURSIVE WRITING
CANDIDATES ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM A CHOICE OF FOUR
Accounting
Syllabus for Check Point Exams
Subject - Accounting Level
Paper 2 1 hour 30 minutes
PAPER STRUCTURE :
PAPER : 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE PAPER
30 multiple choice questions .There are 30 marks for this paper.
PAPER : 2 STRUCTURED PAPER
3 structured questions .There are 90 marks for this paper.
WEIGHTAGE : PAPER -1 40% AND PAPER -2 60% of total marks
SYLLABUS :
Complete AS Level syllabus as per syllabus booklet (CIE) 2011.
Biology
Checkpoints
1. Cell structure
2. Biological molecules
3. Enzymes
4. cell membranes and transport
5. Cell and nuclear division
6. Genetic control
7. Transport in plants and animals
8. gas exchange
9. infectious diseases
10. Immunity
11. Ecology
Physics
1. Units and measurements
2. Mechanics
3. Waves and Oscillations
4. Thermal Physics
5. Electricity & Magnetism
6. Modern Physics.
Note: The papers will be based on the AS syllabus only of CIE which includes some or all the topics covered in the above mentioned units.
Mathematics
Complete AS syllabus of P1, M1 and S1
Business Studies
Unit 1 Business and Environment
1. The need for and nature of business activity.
2. Business activity and economic structure
3. Business size and business growth
4. Business objectives and strategies
5. constraints on business strategies: 1. External economic influences
6. Constrains on business strategies: 2. Technological, legal, social and environmental
Unit 2 Marketing Decisions
7. Marketing issues and concepts
8. Market research and sales forecasting
9. The marketing mix – product
10. The marketing mix – pricing decisions
11. Marketing decisions: promotion and place
12. Marketing strategy and market planning
Unit 3 People in organizations
13. Motivation in theory
14. Motivation in practice
15. Management roles and leadership styles
16. The structure of organizations
17. Communication
18. Human resource management
19. Further human resource management
Unit 4 Operations management decisions
20. Intoducing operations management
21. Costs, break-even and costing methods
22. Improving operational efficiency 1: Capacity, scale of operation and work study
23. Improving operational efficiency 2: Stock management; lean production
24. Improving operational efficiency 3: Quality issues; operational planning
Unit 5 Business accounting and finance
26. The need for business accounts
27. The final accounts of business
28. Analysis of published accounts
29. Investment appraisal
30. Cash flow management and budgeting
Unit 6 Numerate techniques for business studies
31. Information for decision making
PATTERN
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Economics
• COLIN BAMFORD
CHAPTERS 1-12
(except Philips Curve)
• ALAIN ANDERTON AS LEVEL
CHAPTERS 1-37
• ALAIN ANDERTON
UNITS 47—56 , 58,59,
61—65,
67—69,
71—74,
82—84
86, 89, 90,
93—95
Chemistry
• MOLE AND STOICHIMETRY
• ATOMIC STRUCTURE
• CHEMICAL BONDING
• CHEMICAL ENERGETICS
• REDOX REACTIONS
• CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
• STATES OF MATTER
• CHEMICAL PERIODICITY
• GROUP 2 AND GROUP-7
• NITROGEN AND SULPHUR
• INTRODUCTORY TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
• HYDROCARBONS
• HALOGEN DERIVATIVES
• HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
• CARBONYL COMPOUNDS
• CARBOXYLIC ACID
ICT
WRITTEN PAPER
1. ICT systems including portable communication devices
• Types of hardware
• Types of software
• Application of Input devices
• Identification of Output devices
• Application of Output devices
• Control devices in control applications
• Storage Media
• Portable Communication devices
2. How organizations use ICT – Part 1
• Control Systems
▪ Maintaining constant physical conditions: Air conditioning systems, Central heating systems, Refrigeration
▪ Car manufacture: Industrial robots
▪ Medical applications: Intensive care
▪ Process control
• Remote working
▪ Home working
▪ Remote working
▪ Office based working
▪ Through the use of: Video conferencing, Phone conferencing, Instant messaging, Faxing
• Use of ICT in Advertising
▪ Product advertising
▪ Business advertising
▪ Service advertising
▪ All of these through: Websites, Multimedia presentations, Flyers, Posters
• Use of ICT in Teaching and learning
▪ CAL
▪ CBL
▪ CAD
• Use of ICT in Publishing
▪ Printing: Books, Magazines, Newspapers
▪ All through: Computerised plate making, Computerised typesetting, Facsimile transmission
• Use of ICT in Time Management.
▪ Managers of offices: Organising meeting times, Arranging workload, Research and development, projects
▪ Construction project management: Identifying project progress, Daily and weekly planning
• Data management
▪ Sequential file systems
▪ Indexed sequential & random access files
▪ Relational database systems
• Use of Data management
▪ Hierarchical database management Systems
▪ Network database management systems
3. Impact of ICT on society – Part 1
CONTENTS:
• Payroll Applications
▪ Producing payslips
▪ Financial reports
• Technical and Customer support
▪ Utility companies
▪ Mail order catalogue firms
▪ Telephone call centres
▪ Customer support for computer hardware and software
▪ On-line help lines
• Online services
▪ On-line shopping
▪ On-line banking
• Employment: General Staff unemployment, technical staff – employment opportunities
• Increased Leisure time: Staff may work for shorter periods
• Working patterns: Job-sharing, part-time working, flexible working hours, working from home, compressed hours, ability to move from branch to branch
• Health and Safety: Increase in RSI, vision and posture problems. Need for increased safety measures against electrocution, fire etc.
• Security of, privacy of and access to personal/ confidential information/data: Need to protect confidentiality of data, data protection legislation, social and ethical implications of access to personal information. Need for security
4. Systems Life Cycle
CONTENTS:
• Analysis:
• Different methods of researching a situation
• Establishing the inputs, outputs and processing in the existing system
• Recording information about the current system
• Identifying problems with the current system
• Identifying suitable hardware and software for a new system
• Identifying the user and information requirements
• Design:
• Specifying the required hardware and software
• Designing data collection forms, screen layouts
• Designing report layouts and screen displays
• Designing validation routines
• Designing the required data/file structures and programming specifications
• Development and testing
▪ Creating data structures, program modules
▪ Testing strategies
▪ Improvements that could be needed as a result of testing
• Implementation
▪ Identifying the different methods of system implementation
• Documentation
▪ Designing and developing elements of technical documentation
▪ Designing and developing elements of user documentation
• Evaluation
▪ Evaluating a new system in terms of the efficiency, ease of use and appropriateness of the solution
PRACTICAL TEST
• Communication
• Document and Presentation Production
• Data Handling 1 – Databases and Charts
• Integration 1
• Output Data
• Data Handling 2 – Spreadsheets
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