BTEC International Level 3 Artificial Intelligence

Unit 20: Unit 20 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 20 (Unit 20) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH10 criteria

Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

5 criteria
A.P1Describe how AI is used to support cybersecurity.
A.P2Describe AI techniques and limitations in cybersecurity.
B.P3Describe how AI cybersecurity solutions are used to support organisations and users.
C.P4Prepare cybersecurity data to investigate potential security threats.
C.P5Use AI tools, models or algorithms to identify and interpret potential security threats.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Analyse how AI techniques support threat detection and response.
B.M2Explain how AI cybersecurity solutions support organisations and users.
C.M3Test and improve an AI-enabled cybersecurity solution using evaluation findings.

Distinction

2 criteria
AB.D1Evaluate the role, suitability and impact of AI in cybersecurity.
C.D2Evaluate the effectiveness of an AI-enabled cybersecurity solution.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

DescribePrepareUseAnalyseExplainTestEvaluate
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

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