AS & A Level Computer Science (9618) — May–June 2024, Paper 32

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Question 1 · 5 marks · Floating-point representation - precision and range

Describe the effect of changing the allocation of bits used for the mantissa and for the exponent in a floating-point number with a fixed total number of bits.

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Question 2 · 7 marks · Networking - protocols

Outline why protocols are essential for communication between computers.

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Question 3 · 7 marks · Data types - composite and non-composite

Explain what is meant by the term non-composite data type and give an example of a non-composite data type. Example ............

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Question 4 · 4 marks · Encryption - asymmetric encryption

Sheila has a customer called Fred. Fred wants to send Sheila a confidential document as part of a transaction. Explain how Fred uses asymmetric encryption to send his document…

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Question 5 · 9 marks · Reverse Polish Notation (RPN)

Write this infix expression in Reverse Polish Notation (RPN): (7 – 2 + 8) / (9 – 5)

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Question 6 · 10 marks · Boolean algebra - logic circuits and truth tables

The diagram shows a logic circuit with three inputs A, B and C and one output Z. - Input A passes through a NOT gate to give signal P. - Input B passes through a NOT gate to give…

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Question 7 · 6 marks · File organisation and access - direct access

Outline what is meant by direct access as a method of file access.

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Question 8 · 8 marks · Algorithms - linear search

Complete the pseudocode to find an item in a 1D array Widgets of type STRING, using a linear search. DECLARE Widgets : ARRAY[1:50000] OF STRING DECLARE TopOfList : INTEGER DECLARE…

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Question 9 · 7 marks · Virtual machines - benefits and limitations

Outline two benefits and two limitations of a virtual machine. Benefit 1 ............ Benefit 2 ............ Limitation 1 ............ Limitation 2 ............

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Question 10 · 9 marks · Declarative programming - clauses/facts

Jane is a client who would like to choose the activity surfing and she has already done sailing. Write additional clauses to represent this information. 25 ............ 26…

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Question 11 · 3 marks · Artificial intelligence - reinforcement learning

Explain what is meant by Reinforcement Learning in relation to Artificial Intelligence.

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