AS & A Level Computer Science (9618) — October–November 2023, Paper 12

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Question 1 · 6 marks · Hardware - sensors in automated systems

A factory makes chocolate bars. The factory uses a conveyor belt that moves the products from one stage of production to the next stage. An automated system counts the number of…

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Question 2 · 11 marks · Databases - relational database concepts

State what is meant by the following terms in a relational database model. Entity ........................................................................... Primary key…

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Question 3 · 6 marks · Data representation - units of memory (binary vs denary prefixes)

State one difference between a kibibyte and a megabyte.

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Question 4 · 5 marks · Boolean algebra and logic circuits - deriving expressions from a circuit

Write the Boolean expression that corresponds to the following logic circuit. The logic circuit has three inputs, A, B and C. Inputs A and B feed a NAND gate at the top. Input B…

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Question 5 · 6 marks · Security, privacy and data integrity - privacy of data

State the meaning of privacy of data.

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Question 6 · 8 marks · Data representation - compression (lossy and lossless)

A real-time video of a music concert needs to be streamed to subscribers. Tick (✓) one box to identify the most appropriate type of compression and justify your answer. Lossy…

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Question 7 · 17 marks · Networks - IP addressing (IPv4 vs IPv6)

A Local Area Network (LAN) contains four devices: - a router - two laptop computers - a server. The server has the IP address 192.168.3.2 Explain why this is not an IPv6 address.

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Question 8 · 8 marks · System software - purpose of the Operating System

A computer has an Operating System (OS). State one purpose of the Operating System.

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Question 9 · 8 marks · Assembly language - categories of instruction

The instructions in the processor's instruction set can be grouped according to their function. Identify the instruction group for each of the following opcodes. IN…

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