The Cambridge IGCSE ICT (0417) May/June 2026 papers and mark schemes are out, and they’re free. All three papers, 0417/12, 0417/22 and 0417/32, can be downloaded and printed on the Tutopiya Learning Portal. Below is a breakdown of the theory questions, the practical tasks and their source files, and how the mark scheme gave marks, taken from the papers themselves.

Key points from the 2026 0417 papers

• Paper 1 had five 6-mark answers. Online booking, online gaming safety, printer versus monitor output, the internet versus the web, and GUIs versus dialogue-based interfaces each carried 6 marks.
• Safety and security ran through Paper 1: viruses, online gaming, social media for students and wireless network security.
• Paper 3’s spreadsheet was all about lookups. Two formulas alone were worth 14 marks, and both relied on a named range.
• Both practical papers rewarded exact settings. A width of 5 cm, a 7-point space after a table, a video height of 640 pixels and text typed 100% accurately each earned their own mark.
• Screenshots in the evidence document carry marks. Field codes, style settings, table structures, validation rules and HTML source all had to be shown.

All May/June 2026 0417 papers

Paper	Code	Duration	Marks	What it tests
Paper 1 Theory	0417/12	1 hour 30 minutes	80	Written questions across the syllabus
Paper 2 Document Production, Databases and Presentations	0417/22	2 hours 15 minutes	70	Practical: word processing, database, presentation
Paper 3 Spreadsheets and Website Authoring	0417/32	2 hours 15 minutes	70	Practical: spreadsheet, file management, images, web page

Timings and marks are taken from the front cover of each 2026 paper. Each paper comes with its official Cambridge mark scheme. For the full list of syllabus content, see the Cambridge IGCSE ICT 0417 syllabus.

Which variant is this? Cambridge sets different versions of each paper (variants) for different time zones. The papers here are variant 2: 0417/12, /22 and /32. All variants cover the same syllabus at the same difficulty, so variant 2 is just as good for practice as the one your school sat.

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What came up in 0417 Paper 1 (Theory), May/June 2026?

Paper 1 had thirteen questions worth 80 marks.

Question	Topic	Marks
1	Health issues from mouse use, screens and posture	4
2	Features of a spreadsheet formula that a function may not have	2
3	Benefits of a museum’s online booking system (6 marks), the device that reads an e-ticket	7
4	What a computer virus is, why restoring a backup may bring it back, ways to protect a computer	8
5	Reasons for using tables in a web page, the function of an anchor	6
6	Discuss how to reduce the dangers of online gaming	6
7	Sensors in a school weather station, discuss printer-only output versus monitor-only output	9
8	Differences between the internet and the World Wide Web (6 marks), naming parts of a URL	8
9	How RFID reads a pet’s microchip, benefits of microchipping	6
10	ROM as internal memory, characteristics of RAM	4
11	Compare graphical user interfaces with dialogue-based interfaces	6
12	Drawbacks of a university social media group, how students can reduce risks	6
13	What a WLAN is, its benefits and drawbacks, other network types	8

What made it hard: Questions 7(b) and 11 needed both sides. Question 11 asked for similarities and differences, and the scheme capped each side, so a one-sided answer could not reach 6 marks.

What came up in 0417 Paper 2 (Document Production, Databases and Presentations)?

Paper 2 is a practical paper done on a computer, with printouts and an evidence document of screenshots. The candidate was given eight source files: an evidence document template, a document to edit and the text for a presentation (all RTF), an engine-bay photo (JPG), and four CSV files of part categories, parts, recycling growth figures and suppliers.

Task	What you did	Marks
1 Evidence document	Open and save the evidence document for screenshots	—
2 Document	Edit a garage company’s document: save in the software’s own format, header with author details and an automated file name, page numbers, create and apply a new title style, find and replace, a two-column section, bullets, import, crop and wrap an image, edit and format a table, a final proofread	25
3 Database	Import three CSV files with set data types and keys, create two one-to-many relationships, add a record, build a report with a calculated field, selection and sorting, and produce mailing labels	30
4 Print the evidence document	Print all your screenshots	—
5 Presentation	Create six slides from the text file, add slide numbers and a footer, move a slide, build an exploded pie chart from the CSV, format sub-bullets as roman numerals, print handouts	15

Watch for: the database report (10 marks) combined two selection rules, a calculated cost increase shown as currency, a set field order and a two-level sort. Each of those was a separate mark.

What came up in 0417 Paper 3 (Spreadsheets and Website Authoring)?

Paper 3 is also practical. The candidate was given six source files: a stylesheet (CSS), the spreadsheet data (CSV), three images (a banner and two door photos, all JPG) and a short video (MP4).

Task	What you did	Marks
1 Evidence document	Create and save an evidence document	—
2 Spreadsheet	Format a door-pricing sheet to match a layout, sort a table, create a named range, write lookup formulas for the best-fitting door, its width, type and cost, add validation to two input cells, print formulae and values	41
3 File management	Make a folder, copy only the required files and screenshot their details	1
4 Images	Rotate an image 180 degrees and save it as a JPG	1
5 Web page	Build a web page in a single table with merged cells, add images, a looping video with controls, headings, an email link with a subject, and attach the stylesheet	27
6 Print the evidence document	Print all your screenshots	—

What made it hard: the cost formula in Step 8 was worth 9 marks. It needed one lookup to find the wall space and a second lookup inside it to work out which price column to use for the chosen door type.

How the 0417 May/June 2026 mark scheme gives marks

The theory and practical mark schemes work very differently. Here is what the 2026 schemes show.

1. Theory “discuss” and “compare” answers are points with caps. Paper 1 Question 7(b) allowed a maximum of five advantages and five disadvantages towards 6 marks. Question 8(a) allowed up to four points about the internet and four about the web. Write a balanced answer, or you run out of creditable points.

2. Examiners read the whole sentence. The Paper 1 scheme tells examiners not to mark just the keyword. A correct word inside a wrong explanation does not score, and brand names never score.

3. Don’t repeat the question or yourself. Question 1 said the four health issues must be different. In Question 4(a), “switches off the recycle bin” was not allowed because it is in the question, and in Question 13(c) “WLAN” was not accepted as another network type.

4. Practical marks are a checklist of exact settings. In Paper 2 Step 8, the image earned 4 separate marks: right image in the right paragraph, cropped to the border, 5 cm wide without distortion, and aligned and wrapped. Miss one setting and you lose only that mark, so finish every step.

5. Typed text must be 100% accurate. The Paper 2 scheme gives marks for the header text, the new database record, the report title and the chart title only when they are entered exactly. One typo costs the mark.

6. Formulas earn marks part by part. Paper 3 Step 5 gave 5 marks across the parts of a VLOOKUP: the function, the input cell, the named range, the column and an approximate match. Step 8 broke a 9-mark nested lookup into its pieces in the same way. A formula that isn’t quite right can still score most of its marks.

7. Web page code is checked tag by tag. Paper 3 Step 17 gave separate marks for the video tag, controls, autoplay, loop, a source tag with the file and its type, a 640-pixel height and an error message between the video tags. Step 15 gave marks for the 90% width, a single table, visible borders and the correct row spans.

8. One mark can cover a long list. Paper 2 Step 12 gave a single mark for a document with no widows or orphans, no split table or list, no blank pages and the original styles unchanged. It is easy to lose for one small slip, so check your printout before you finish.

Which papers should you sit?

0417 has no Core or Extended tiers. Every candidate sits all three papers: the Paper 1 theory paper and both practical papers, Paper 2 and Paper 3.

How to use the 2026 papers as a mock

1. Keep them for last. Use older 0417 papers for practice and save May/June 2026 for a full mock two to four weeks before your exam.
2. Sit each practical in one 2 hours 15 minutes block, with no internet or email, as on exam day.
3. Work from the source files named on page 2 of each paper, if your school can supply them, so your results can be checked against the mark scheme.
4. Tick off your printouts against the scheme line by line. Each line is one mark, so you will see exactly which settings you missed.
5. Rewrite your 6-mark theory answers with both sides covered, then compare them with the points and caps in the scheme.

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Frequently asked questions

Are the 0417 May/June 2026 past papers free? +

Yes. All three question papers (0417/12, 0417/22 and 0417/32) and their official mark schemes are free to download and print on the Tutopiya Learning Portal.

What tasks were in 0417 Paper 2 May/June 2026? +

Paper 2 (0417/22) had an evidence document, a 25-mark document editing task for a garage company, a 30-mark database task with three imported tables, a report and labels, and a 15-mark presentation with a pie chart.

What tasks were in 0417 Paper 3 May/June 2026? +

Paper 3 (0417/32) had a 41-mark spreadsheet task on sizing and pricing sliding doors, a file management task, an image rotation task and a 27-mark web page built with a single table, a video and an email link.

How are the 0417 practical papers marked? +

Each mark is a specific check on your printouts or screenshots, such as a style based on the normal style, a field formatted to one decimal place or a video set to loop. Text you type must be 100% accurate, and long formulas earn marks for each correct part.

Why can't I find 0417/21 or 0417/31 for 2026? +

Only variant 2 of the May/June 2026 papers is on the portal at the moment. Cambridge sets different variants for different time zones; variants 1 and 3 test the same syllabus in the same format, so variant 2 prepares you just as well.

When will the October/November 2026 0417 papers be available? +

Cambridge usually releases the October/November papers in the new year. We add them to the Learning Portal once they are published.

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