AS & A Level Computer Science (9618) — October–November 2024, Paper 31

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Question 1 · 6 marks · 13.3 Floating-point numbers, representation and manipulation

Calculate the normalised binary floating-point representation of +201.125 in this system. Show your working. Record your answer as a 10-bit Mantissa and a 6-bit Exponent.

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Question 2 · 4 marks · RISC and CISC processors

Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC) is a type of processor. Identify four features of a RISC processor.

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Question 3 · 5 marks · Communication - circuit switching

Describe circuit switching as a method of data transmission.

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Question 4 · 4 marks · Communication - TCP/IP protocol suite

The TCP/IP protocol may be viewed as a stack that contains four layers: Application, Transport, Internet, Link. Describe how the layers of the TCP/IP protocol stack interact with…

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Question 5 · 5 marks · File organisation and access - hashing

Explain what is meant by a hashing algorithm in the context of file access.

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Question 6 · 7 marks · User-defined data types - set

Describe the user-defined data type set.

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Question 7 · 10 marks · 20.1 Boolean algebra

Write the Boolean logic expression that corresponds to the given truth table as the sum-of-products. T = ...

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Question 8 · 7 marks · Memory management - segmentation

Describe the process of segmentation for memory management.

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Question 9 · 6 marks · Object-oriented programming - encapsulation

State one reason why the attributes would be declared as PRIVATE.

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Question 10 · 9 marks · Backus-Naur Form (BNF) and syntax diagrams

Complete the Backus-Naur Form (BNF) for the given syntax diagrams. <operator ::= ... <label ::= ... <equation ::= ...

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Question 11 · 12 marks · Binary tree ADT and linked lists

A linked list of nodes is used to store the data. Each node consists of a left pointer, the data and a right pointer. −1 is used to represent a null pointer. Complete this linked…

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