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The Systems Life Cycle
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20 CIE IGCSE Information and Communication Technology questions on The Systems Life Cycle, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is the first stage of the systems life cycle?

  1. Design
  2. Analysis
  3. Testing
  4. Implementation
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✓ Answer: BAnalysis
Award 1 mark for identifying analysis as the first stage. A is incorrect — design follows analysis after requirements are understood. C is incorrect — testing occurs after implementation. D is incorrect — implementation comes after design and development.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which type of test data is used to check that a system correctly rejects invalid inputs?

  1. Normal data
  2. Abnormal data
  3. Extreme data
  4. Live data
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✓ Answer: BAbnormal data
Award 1 mark for identifying abnormal/erroneous data as used to test rejection of invalid inputs. A is incorrect — normal data tests typical valid inputs. C is incorrect — extreme data tests boundary values that should be accepted. D is incorrect — live data is real data used after implementation, not for testing invalid inputs.
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CIE IGCSE Information and Communication Technology: The Systems Life Cycle FAQ

How many CIE IGCSE Information and Communication Technology questions on The Systems Life Cycle are there on Kramizo?
Kramizo currently has 20 exam-board-aligned practice questions on The Systems Life Cycle for CIE IGCSE Information and Communication Technology, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real CIE paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
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Yes — completely free. Every student gets 45 questions a day on the free plan, with no card required and no trial countdown. That free quota works across every subject and every topic in our bank, so you can mix The Systems Life Cycle practice with other Information and Communication Technology topics or even switch to a totally different CIE subject without paying anything. Kramizo's optional Pro plan removes the daily cap and adds detailed progress analytics, but the free tier is the real product — used by thousands of GCSE, IGCSE and CSEC students.
Are the The Systems Life Cycle questions aligned to the official CIE IGCSE Information and Communication Technology syllabus?
Every question is written against the published CIE IGCSE Information and Communication Technology specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real CIE paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from CIE.
How is The Systems Life Cycle typically tested on CIE IGCSE Information and Communication Technology papers?
The Systems Life Cycle appears across multiple question types on real CIE IGCSE Information and Communication Technology papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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